With its wrap-around porch, gently gabled roofs and saltbox design, this newly listed Bel-Air home seems more likely to be found in New England than Southern California—but a hillside setting overlooking the canyons and the city below makes it quintessentially Los Angeles. And like many L.A. properties, this one comes with its own slice of
Month: April 2022
In this article CSGP JLL UMH HHC Americans who are short on cash to make rent may need to face an uncomfortable reality: Conditions will likely get worse before they get better. U.S. housing supply fell to the lowest levels observed in over 20 years, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s dramatically pushing
Data shows the Bitcoin trading volume has continued to remain at low levels this week, weakening the latest rally in the crypto’s price. Bitcoin Spot Trading Volume Has Recently Stabilized At Low Values As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the BTC spot volume has continued to stabilize at relatively low values this
Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard called the task of reducing inflation pressures “paramount” and said the central bank will raise interest rates steadily while starting balance sheet reduction as soon as next month. The Federal Open Market Committee “will continue tightening monetary policy methodically through a series of interest rate increases and by starting to
The EU will on Wednesday discuss adding Herman Gref, the head of Russia’s Sberbank, and aluminium oligarch Oleg Deripaska to its sanctions list as it seeks to tighten the screw on Russian businesses following the invasion of Ukraine. Alexander Shulgin, the chief of Russian ecommerce platform Ozon, Boris Rotenberg, one of president Vladimir Putin’s closest
Municipals greatly outperformed a large selloff in U.S. Treasuries Tuesday with yields rising to multi-year highs in the global safety benchmark curve following Federal Reserve officials’ hawkish remarks about shrinking its balance sheet and a likely 50 basis point interest rate increase as soon as May. Equities end in the red. Munis lagged, as they
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Carvana (CVNA) – Carvana was downgraded to “sector perform” from “outperform” at RBC Capital Markets, with the price target for the online car seller’s stock cut to $138 per share from $155 per share. RBC bases its call both on valuation and potential
The institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies has been gaining momentum over the past couple of years due to venture capitalists and money managers looking to the crypto market as the next investment class that will offer the greatest return. The Boba Network (BOBA) is the most recent protocol to benefit from institutional interest and the long
If you’ve ever bought or sold real estate, you’ve probably heard of contingencies. In the most basic terms, a contingency is a specific requirement that must be met in order to make a real estate contract final. The most common reason a buyer or seller requests a contingency is for their own protection—to ensure that
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage just crossed 5%, now standing at 5.02%, according to Mortgage News Daily. This is the first time it has crossed that threshold since 2011, save two days in 2018. It stood at 3.38% one year ago today. Mortgage rates, which follow loosely the yield on the
It all started with a tweet by Dennis Porter, podcast host and self-described Bitcoin advocate, that led to a heady discussion about renewable energy and the role of Bitcoin miners. Porter asserted that Bitcoin (BTC) creates incentives to build out renewables, but environmental scientist Peter Gleick rebuffed the statement as a “self-serving lie.” The comments
A Los Angeles County School District had mixed success on its first bond sale since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against the district, its superintendent and chief business officer stemming from a $100 million general obligation bond sale. Montebello Unified School District achieved savings above its target level on the $12.2 million
Municipals were steady to firmer in spots Monday, while U.S. Treasuries strengthened inside five years but key parts of the curve remained inverted while equities ended in the black. Triple-A municipal yield curves were relatively stable, while the two-, three-, five- and seven-year UST were still sitting above the 10- and 30-year. More activity surfaced
Non-profile picture (PFP) NFTs had been cooling down over the past few months but now that Bitcoin and Ethereum have turned bullish again, altcoins and NFT-focused tokens are beginning to follow. Music NFTs are one sector of the ecosystem that is showing bullish signs this week, and Opulous (OPUL) protocol was the breakout star of
In this article TSLA TWTR Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Outspoken Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a giant stake in Twitter that makes him the largest outside shareholder in the social media stock, not long
In this article TSLA WFC HTZ LOG.N-CH CTRN Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twitter — The social media company soared 26.6% after a filing revealed that Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% passive stake in the firm, worth about $2.9 billion. The
Air fryers have been a top wellness design trend for more than a year, and are likely to inspire new countertop appliance sales for Mother’s Day soon. Air frying capability has also been built into ranges, ovens and microwaves. One manufacturer even sent the capability as an upgrade to existing owners. Other companies followed suit,
Real estate accounts for an estimated 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with 12% of that in the United States alone, according to the EPA. Buildings mostly operate on fossil fuels, and their surfaces leak a lot of air, releasing cooling and heating out into the atmosphere. Add the construction industry to that and the
For the last 11 years, a mysterious wallet associated with the Mt Gox scandal has sat dormant holding close to 80,000 bitcoin worth $3.7 billion today. While the wallet was once the sixth-largest address a few years ago, today it’s the ninth-largest wallet in terms of bitcoin held, and the funds have never been spent
COVID-19 has changed the economic as well the physical landscape of living and working in New York City, according to panelists at an symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the city will survive and thrive. “The Future of New York City: Charting an Equitable Recovery for All,” was a day-long
Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain designated the mediators and named the participants in the debt resolution process for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority but excluded the legislature from the list of participants. On Friday morning she named U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York Shelley Chapman to lead the
In this article 9866-HK TWLO FB MU AMZN Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio Inc’s first employee Tianshu LI, and company’s leadership team celebrate at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Opening Bell to commemorate the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the NYSE in New York, September 12, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks ended
In this article 9866-HK 2015-HK WYNN BB AAPL GME Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: GameStop (GME) – GameStop plans to seek shareholder approval to boost the number of shares outstanding in order to enable a stock split. The videogame retailer is proposing an increase to 1 billion shares from 300 million.
We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Chen Li, the co-founder and CEO of Youbi Capital, a venture capital firm investing in blockchain technologies and disruptive
Inventory is up. Mortgage rates are up (and climbing.) Do these indicators presage a slowdown in the white-hot New York City real estate market? Will the uncertainty around the ongoing Ukraine war freeze homebuyers in their tracks? How have buyers and sellers fared during the first quarter of 2022? Sales have remained brisk throughout the
In this article CTRN Real estate and related sectors account for at least 25% of China’s economy, according to Moody’s. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s economy faces so much new pressure from Covid that Beijing may increase stimulus — boosting overall growth, Citi said Thursday. “Given the strong start of
This is huge! Kraken now supports Lightning Network deposits and withdrawals. The suddenly popular second Layer protocol keeps growing and gaining importance. “Finally, traders have an instant and inexpensive way to move bitcoin on and off the platform,” Kraken said in their official announcement. The Lightning Network is much more than that, though. What will
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday threw cold water on measures to suspend the federal gas tax, warning the move would deplete the Highway Trust Fund and not necessarily translate into savings at the pump. Pelosi called the idea of a federal gas tax holiday “very showbiz” and said it would mainly benefit the oil companies,
Improved state revenue collections and federal COVID-related relief funds enabled Washington lawmakers to add $5 billion in spending to the supplemental budget signed by Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday. The $64.1 billion supplemental budget builds off of the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year. It includes $2 billion toward a 16-year,
Avalanche (AVAX) jumped 43.8% between March 14 and March 31 to a $97.50 daily close, which is the highest level since Jan. 5. This layer-1 scaling solution uses a proof-of-stake model and has amassed $9 billion in total value locked (TVL) deposited on the network’s smart contracts. AVAX token/USD at FTX. Source: TradingView Subnet adoption