The CLARITY Act, legislation that outlines a framework to regulate crypto, is in a holding pattern in the US Senate as negotiations drag on. Earlier this week, new language in the bill was revealed in an attempt to reach a compromise with policymakers who do not support it. Unfortunately, it appears there are The CLARITY […]
Shutterstock/AI/Leon Parks For mortgage brokers, the first half of this year brought back unhappy memories of 2022. The US-Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February triggered a period of market turbulence and rapid rate hikes that had echoes of the Liz Truss Mini-Budget three and a half years earlier. While the turmoil was […]
The S&P 500 ended its choppy week in the red, ultimately finishing with a loss of 0.6%. This marks the second straight weekly decline, the longest streak since late March. Key Takeaways The S&P 500 posted a 0.6% weekly loss. The index is currently sitting 2.6% below its record close reached on June 2nd, 2026. […]
In my opinion, no asset class is driven more by public policy than municipal securities. Federal or state policy initiatives determine everything from taxes levied upon income, property, and consumer sales to the coveted tax exemption on municipal bonds. Funding priorities and competing allocations of critical, yet thinning, resources for infrastructure and other essential purpose […]
Munis were steady to slightly firmer in spots Friday, while short-term U.S. Treasuries saw small gains and equities ended mixed. Processing Content With the Federal Reserve meeting next week, there should be “relatively manageable” tax-exempt supply, which should ease the pressure on bids wanteds, which were up 42% this week compared to the five-week average, […]
How Technical Do You Want to Be? 2 Hours, 53 Min ago How Technical Do You Want to Be? There are always multiple technical lenses through which to view market movement, but the simplest involve trendlines and level lines. Yield movement has largely held inside the same high/low trendlines since October 2025, […]
“Early-stage delinquencies remain subdued, and while serious delinquencies including foreclosures have reached pre-pandemic levels, new default activity has leveled off in recent months — a positive sign. New FHA defaults, which have been a focal point of market attention, were down 15% year over year in June. These trends are encouraging, even as the market […]
NICOSIE, Chypre, 24 juillet 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Xryma Plc (« Xryma ») annonce son intention de présenter une nouvelle demande d’admission à la cotation sur Euronext Paris (« Euronext ») dans les douze prochains mois, cette admission étant soumise à l’approbation d’Euronext. Avant de déposer sa demande d’introduction en bourse, Xryma a l’intention de mettre en place un mécanisme de […]
UN assembly approves four-year extension in mandate of rights chief
The official X account belonging to Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev was reportedly taken over and used to promote a newly created memecoin known as Vladhood, or $VLAD. The unauthorized post framed the token as the official mascot of Robinhood Chain and suggested it would soon appear for trading inside the […]