Gov. Phil Murphy’s surprisingly narrow re-election victory and Senate President Steve Sweeney’s stunning loss to an unknown resonated well beyond New Jersey. National pundits flagged the election-night drama, along with Republican Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial victory in Virginia over Terry McAuliffe and other developments, as warning signs for Democrats heading into national midterm elections. New Jersey
Month: November 2021
Raising the cap on state and local tax deductions to $80,000 from $10,000 would reduce the federal income tax liability by $55.9 billion in 2021, making it less concentrated among those with the highest incomes and making it $35.3 billion cheaper for the government than repealing the SALT cap altogether. That was the takeaway from
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has re-established two key advisory groups for its 2022 fiscal year: the Compliance Advisory Group (CAG) and the Municipal Fund Securities Advisory Group (MFSAG). The MSRB is also seeking input on topics it should consider in developing compliance resources and tools for municipal fund securities. In a November 11 announcement,
Municipal bonds were slightly weaker Friday inside 10 years, but trading was light and munis still outperformed U.S. Treasuries, which weakened further on the day from Wednesday’s large sell-off. Investors put nearly $2 billion into municipal bond mutual funds for the most recent week with high-yield reversing a downward course to hit $1.2 billion following
Two sets of teachers’ unions and a judiciary association filed separate challenges to a Puerto Rico Oversight Board pension law interpretation the board has said is necessary to enact of the Plan of Adjustment. The teachers’ unions filed in the final hour before the 5 p.m. AST Friday deadline that Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura
Saif al-Islam, a son of former Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi, has formally registered as a candidate in his country’s presidential elections due to be held on December 24. His entry into an unstable political scene divided between squabbling factions is expected to further complicate efforts to hold the election. The ballot is seen by the
The writer is the author of ‘How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking’ It has become an unquestioned truism of the pandemic era to believe that more people than ever before are having a career wobble. They’re calling it The Great Resignation. Why not throw everything up in the air and
Divisions, commutes, workloads — and bras — were some of the issues raised by worldwide respondents to an FT reader survey on the return to the office. More than 1,000 readers — from London to Qatar — shared their concerns and hopes. There was optimism about hybrid work, a blend of office and remote working,
Are real estate prices today the equivalent of bread prices? It’s a question that was recently asked by a trade union leader in Germany, where there has been a push to seize corporate-owned rental units and put them in public ownership. Many Dutch cities want to ban investors from buying cheap homes to rent out.
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said controlling Covid-19 was key to taming inflation, as Joe Biden’s administration tries to stop rising prices derailing the US economic recovery and the president’s legislative agenda. “The pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation,” Yellen said, speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation programme. “And
Airbus has secured a multibillion-dollar order for 255 single-aisle jets from veteran airline investor Bill Franke, a deal that underlines the plane-maker’s forecast that the industry is poised to rebound strongly from the pandemic. The deal sealed at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday packages together A321neo aircraft for delivery across a stable of ultra-low-cost airlines
The EU will tighten sanctions on the Belarus regime by targeting those closest to its authoritarian leader, the union’s top diplomat has said, as ministers prepare to step up their response to what Brussels terms a “hybrid attack” at its eastern border. Thousands of people have travelled from the Middle East via Minsk to Belarus’s
Western intelligence suggests a “high probability of destabilisation” of Ukraine by Russia as soon as this winter after Moscow massed more than 90,000 troops at its border, according to Kyiv’s deputy defence minister. Hanna Maliar told the FT at the weekend that while interpretations of western intelligence “need further discussion”, they underlined “the high probability
After last-minute word changes insisted on by India and China, nearly 200 countries agreed to a climate deal that will help avoid the worst impacts of global warming, but stopped short of reaching the goals of the Paris climate accord. At a time of mounting public frustration over the warming planet — with protesters outside
Business groups joined climate activists in expressing frustration that national governments were not moving aggressively enough to tackle climate change, after the COP26 agreement was watered down in the final minutes. Nearly 200 countries at the climate summit in Glasgow reached a deal late on Saturday night, and agreed on the rules for implementing the
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The Slow Stochastic isn’t necessarily among the top three of most popular indicators but it does have a large and loyal following. Our trading expert David Jones takes a look at the math behind it, ways to adjust its parameters and different tricks and tips on how to get the best out of it. It’s
Our second video with David Jones focuses on the relationship between fear, anxiety and the amount of risk traders should tolerate. We talk about the critical points in time when a trader has to decide whether to close or keep an open position. Managing emotions at these junctures is as important as finding good entry
It might seem logical what a point or pip is in trading but some traders, especially new ones can get confused about the meaning of the term. This video sheds light on the exact definition of the terminology and what it represents. Different examples of currencies with two, four and five digits after the decimal
Japanese candlesticks have one ability that most other chart types don’t – they can show so called “engulfing” patterns. An engulfing pattern is defined as when the open and close price of a bullish or bearish candle are within the range of the open and close price of the candle following them. When this happens
In the first video of our new series explaining trading terminology, David Jones looks at one of the first things newbies see when they open a real account – leverage. What is it exactly? How does it work? Is there any way to see it in a real environment? All these questions and more are
In this video David discusses the mental hurdle of placing your first trade with any type of instrument, regardless if it’s in forex, stocks or commodities. Trading can seem daunting and complex and beginners can make mistakes when they open their first active position. He takes you through the actual process of making that first
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Trading has as much to do with overcoming the markets as it does with overcoming yourself and your own limits. Good traders know this and they manage their mental blocks to squeeze out the maximum results out of their trades. Our resident trading expert David Jones is here to discuss the three main psychological problems
In this article F CZR SHOO Ford CEO Jim Farley poses with the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, May 19, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters It seems each passing trading session brings a torrent of quarterly earnings and sharp swings for the stocks of the companies reporting results. Positive prints can have
Workers at Stellantis’ Detroit Assembly plant which produces the new 2021 Grand Cherokee L, a new three-row SUV. Michael Wayland | CNBC Broad-based strength in hiring in October signals the economy is shaking off the Covid-related slump of the third quarter and could grow faster than expected in the fourth quarter. Employment increased by 531,000
According to new legislation passed by the upper house of the country’s national parliament today, crypto businesses in Kazakhstan may soon be subjected to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, as reported by local news outlet Vlast. The new law extends the country’s financial monitoring system to cover crypto service providers. The new legislation would also establish a
Zimbabwe has been paying attention to the increasing demand for crypto among its people, which it views as a possible avenue for growth. The country has also been receptive to regulating the entire sector. Zimbabwe’s government is considering utilizing Bitcoin as a legal payment option to meet this growing demand and harness the technology, according
Apartments are where home sweet home is at for more and more Americans: in the last decade, the multifamily market has experienced hypergrowth. Even during COVID-19, 2020 saw a 50% increase in multifamily units, compared to that of 2019. And, rents in multifamily housing markets climbed 10% in 65 of the 150 largest metropolitan areas. The occupancy
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