Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. Zero day options are now almost 50 percent of the options market. But what are they? And why would anyone take these bets? Today on the show, host Ethan Wu and Alphaville’s Robin Wigglesworth discuss the
Michigan plans to price $1.182 billion of state trunk line fund bonds Tuesday. The deal, part of the Rebuilding Michigan road program, will fund the reconstruction of several major highways and other infrastructure projects in the state. It’s hitting the market nine months later than the state initially planned.  The deal received an Aa2 rating
In this article TSLA 9868-HK NSSC NVDA ESTE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An exterior view of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, May 30, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Palo Alto Networks — The security software provider jumped 15.2% after Palo Alto
Ryan Ratliff (C), Real Estate Sales Associate with Re/Max Advance Realty, shows Ryan Paredes (L) and Ariadna Paredes a home for sale on April 20, 2023 in Cutler Bay, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates jumped Monday, following a rise in bond yields driven by investors’ concerns that high interest rates and inflation
The Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits have the potential to transform the energy market, and in drafting best practices, the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service should consider the compliance burdens, added premiums and easing the excessive payments statute for state and local governments.  That’s according to Emily Brock, director of the federal liaison
When I published a bullish book about Asia in 2016, I felt I had good answers to all the sceptical questions except one. What about China’s demography? The cliché was that China will “grow old before it grows rich”. Like many clichés, it turns out to have some truth to it.  For all the talk in
A CVS pharmacy in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines during midday trading Thursday. Cisco Systems — Shares of the computer networking giant added 4% after reporting earnings postmarket Wednesday that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Adjusted earnings per share for its fiscal fourth quarter came in
China will push the Brics bloc of emerging markets to become a full-scale rival to the G7 this week, as leaders from across the developing world gather to debate the forum’s biggest expansion in more than a decade. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited more than 60 heads of state and government to a
On the latest episode of Macro Markets, analyst Marcel Pechman explains the impacts of the United States Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, breaking down how the Fed inflated its assets by $5 trillion between December 2019 and April 2022. Pechman notes that the expansion period coincides with a 38% crash in the S&P 500 index. Moreover,
In this article NIO AMAT EL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT American multinational skincare and beauty products brand Estée Lauder’s logo seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday. Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company edged 1.8% lower
Aerial photo shows a rural residential area in Chengdong town of Hai ‘an City, East China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s real estate troubles are accelerating. Prospective home buyers are holding back on making purchases, leading to weak sales that compound the urgent need for policymakers