Bitcoin faced another day of bearish pressure on Sept. 29 as the impact of China’s crypto crackdown and uncertainty about the regulatory landscape in the United States continue to weigh heavily on Bitcoin (BTC) and some of the larger-cap altcoins. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the early morning rally above $42,000
Despite Beijing’s ever-increasing crackdown on the crypto industry, there are still some signs of life in the People’s Republic regarding the Bitcoin network and OTC trading. China intensified its clampdown on crypto last week in an effort to suppress any remaining activity related to digital assets within its borders. The regime specifically targeted crypto transactions,
State and local governments would be encouraged to consider public-private partnerships for complicated projects like rural broadband or large transportation developments under the bipartisan infrastructure bill being debated by Congress this week. The legislation doubles private activity bond volume for surface transportation projects to $30 billion from $15 billion, a central financing tool for P3
Municipal yields rose as much as seven basis points in spots along the curve Tuesday as municipal investors rode the rapid rise in U.S. Treasuries and a volatile equity market as a time to move the asset class into a higher-yield environment. Triple-A benchmark yield curves cut levels by two to seven basis points. Selling
Tarrant County, Texas, will be authorized to issue $400 million of transportation bonds if voters approve the proposal Nov. 2. The bond issue by the fast-growing county that includes Fort Worth and its booming suburbs would be its first for transportation since 2006. Proposition A splits the $400 million into two categories. A scene from
Colleagues at the New York City Housing Development Corp. and elsewhere remembered Rich Froehlich as an affordable housing champion. “He connected people and ideas. There was never a problem too complicated for him to untangle and to guide us all through,” HDC President Eric Enderlin said after Froehlich, the agency’s chief operating officer and first
While Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials have been touting the need for congestion pricing revenue during multiple public hearings, observers have cited broader challenges for the state-run agency that has been in crisis mode throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Debt is high, federal aid won’t last forever and New York City area mass transit ridership is uncertain.
Plans to increase the commercial paper authorization for Los Angeles wastewater projects advanced this week. The city council’s budget and finance committee approved a request Monday to increase the city’s commercial paper program to $400 million from $250 million to support $2.2 billion in planned wastewater system projects. City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo submitted the
One bond underwriter undertook a unique two-pronged approach aimed at tackling the lack of affordable housing in the Southeast. KeyBanc Capital Markets priced the Clayton County Housing Authority, Georgia’s $41 million of tax-exempt bonds for the Villas at Mt. Zion and the Flats at Mt. Zion. Separately, KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured a $28.1 million
As Congress debates the size of a major budget bill, mayors Wednesday urged lawmakers to preserve the billions set aside for affordable housing, which they said is key to cities’ fiscal health. The budget reconciliation package, one of several high-stake bills Congress is debating this week, currently totals $3.5 trillion but is widely expected to
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his counterparts at the European Central Bank, Bank of Japan and Bank of England voiced cautious optimism Wednesday that supply-chain disruptions lifting inflation rates around the world would ultimately prove temporary. “The current inflation spike is really a consequence of supply constraints meeting very strong demand, and that is
Municipals were slightly weaker outside of five years Wednesday, with triple-A benchmarks cutting levels by a basis point or two, after four days of a correction to higher yields not seen since February and March of this year. U.S. Treasuries pulled back from Tuesday’s losses earlier in the morning, but yields rose into the afternoon
Some people don’t understand that you can actually be a seller of options. They think that you can only buy a put or buy a call, but this is not the case. Just like a car dealer will sell you a car before it’s even in their inventory, you can do the same thing with
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we are going to take a look at option greeks. We’ll to talk about delta, gamma, theta, and vega. In this video, we will cover: what the greeks are, how they’re used, and the big picture behind them. This lesson is perfect for people just starting out with
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we are going to take a look at the basics behind calendar spreads. I going to show you how they work, as well as how you can make money and profit from them in the market place. #calendarspreads #optionstrategy #thetadecay #marketplace #tradingcalendar Posted at: https://tradersfly.com/blog/options-calendar-spread-ep-209/ ???? GET MY
Learn how to buy a call option step by step. I’ll show you what you need to do in Think or Swim platform if you want to see what is the right approach to buying a call. You’ll see what are the things you have to pay attention to on trade panel and analyze panel.
A value needle in a haystack of frothy SPAC valuations
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Hello and welcome to Zacks Investing For Beginners. This episode explores some of the best ways to start buying and picking stocks…
After using the price-to-book ratio and the Zacks Rank to find value stocks, Tracey Ryniec profiles her top pick: Carnival Corporation (CCL). Carnival Corporation: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CCL?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
As interest rates rise, investors should avoid high dividend ETFs and instead focus on dividend growth ETFs (DGRO, DGRW). IShares Core Dividend Growth ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/DGRO/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
Bollinger Bands are one of the most popular trading indicators and in this video we’ll give you a tutorial on what they are and how you can use them in your trading. The bands themselves represent two volatility lines around the (typically) 20-day moving average. The two bands are placed at 2 standard deviations from
As per your requests David will take us through a review of Fibonacci Retracements – one of the most common and trusted indicators used by Forex and stock traders alike. Based on the work of an 11th century mathematician and found in many places in nature, this method has a loyal and numerous following. But
Trading 212 shows you how to identify reversals with pin bars. We guide you through what constitutes a valid pin bar setup and detail the three best ways to enter and exit your position when trading pin bar reversals. Learn how to trade reversals for free with virtual money: https://www.trading212.com/en/Free-FOREX-Practice-Account-GBP/ At Trading 212 we provide
This week, by popular demand, David decided to cover the Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator, more commonly known as MACD. It’s one of the oscillators that are quite popular with traders and being a combination of several variables, it’s considered as a more precise tool than many others. David takes us through the theory behind
The Relative Strength Index is arguably the most popular technical indicator when it comes to trading. But being popular doesn’t always make you right or easy. David Jones knows this and is here to give a helping hand to those just starting their journey in the world of the markets, as well as those who’ve
A recent study conducted by the online invoicing company that works with small businesses Skynova explains that the city of Los Angeles (LA) is the “most crypto-friendly city in the United States.” Skynova surveyed close to 600 small business owners and top-level executives from the U.S. in order to get their perception of the cryptocurrency
Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Dennis Lynch, says that bitcoin’s resilience is like Kenny from the popular TV series South Park. In almost every episode, Kenny comically died but always came back, just like how bitcoin bounces back every time after a bear market. Bitcoin Is Similar to Kenny in South Park, Says Morgan Stanley’s Executive
Non-fungible token (NFT) assets have taken the world by storm in 2021 and three current projects in the NFT universe have seen sales stretch into the billions. Statistics show that the NFT marketplace Opensea, the blockchain NFT game Axie Infinity, and the digital collectible series Cryptopunks have collectively captured over $10 billion in sales. Opensea,
The Central Bank of Bhutan, the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), has partnered with Ripple to start testing a model of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) using Ripple’s technology. The test will be using Ripple’s own CBDC private ledger, to support similar use cases. The pilot test will include retail, cross-border and wholesale payments for