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It was a big deal in September 2019 when overnight-lending “repo” rates suddenly spiked as high as 9%, raising concerns on Wall Street and at the Federal Reserve to step in to avoid a potential crisis in a key financing cog of global finance. Now, some 17 months later, pretty …

It’s been a pretty impressive 12 months for the world’s leading miners. The FTSE 350 mining index 156995, -0.22% — which includes diversified mining giants Rio Tinto RIO, -0.13%, BHP Group BHP, +0.35%, Anglo American AAL, -0.23%, and Glencore GLEN, -0.33% — has returned 46% to shareholders over the last year, according to …

Rising Treasury yields have contributed to a selloff by the stock market’s pandemic high-fliers, but probably won’t be enough to spoil the appeal of stocks over bonds in 2021, according to one analyst. U.S. equity investors “have become focused on the recent increase in 10-year Treasury yields over the past …

Movement Mortgage, a national top 10 retail mortgage lender, is excited to announce the addition of Market Leader Michelle Banning to the Indianapolis, Indiana market. Banning will be based out of Fishers, a popular suburb.  Banning brings nearly a decade of experience to the Movement Mortgage team. Starting as a …

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE With the wild moves in the stock of GameStop and AMC Entertainment, or last week in cannabis makers, it’s not illogical to think of the stock market as a casino. Here’s what academic research finds. See full story. These retirees left their pricey life in Santa Cruz, …

Turn on your JavaScript to view content We are currently living in Florida for the week enjoying some sun and warmth. While we are here we are still working long distance, but we are also here searching for inspiration and to clear our minds. While we sat here tonight watching …

Tesla Inc. on Monday said that it bought $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin, a purchase that comes after CEO Elon Musk has promoted the world’s No. 1 digital asset, along with other cryptos, in recent weeks. Bitcoin’s price BTCUSD, +1.82%, already on a stratospheric rise, garnered an additional fillip from the announcement, …

Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. said that it has acquired $ 1.5 billion in bitcoins in January and that it could accept the world’s No. 1 digital asset for payment in the future. Tesla TSLA, +1.77% revealed the purchase in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, …

Vaccines are being distributed. Hospitalizations seem to be on the decline in several areas. Now it’s time to think about life after the pandemic. What habits and cultural shifts are going to stay? Which ones are going to be thrown to the wind as soon as possible? Experts at HousingWire believe …