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Stablecoin Showdown: House Republicans Shake Up Digital Currency Landscape, Target SEC's Control
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - 4:50pm | 414Read More...House Republicans are proposing new draft legislation that would limit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) jurisdiction over payment stablecoins. The proposed bill shifts the oversight of stablecoins to federal and state bank and credit union regulators, The Block reported. The move...
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Benzinga 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Are Secretly Monitoring, But Not Yet Talking About
Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 3:57pm | 1042Read More...Investors are on the hunt for undervalued, underfollowed and emerging stocks to spot opportunities. Retail traders have countless methods at their disposal to uncover new information. For some, this may be overwhelming. Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and...
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'Psychological Milestone': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 2:56pm | 2252Read More...The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “The market has taken us on a roller coaster ride that no one would have believed — from the depths of March 2020, when we dropped to a level last seen in 2016 (e.g., $2,237.40 on the S&P 500) to a 51% rally back to reclaim an all...
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Stocks Gain On Federal Reserve Update
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 4:50pm | 667Read More...The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee restated rates will remain low for a “considerable time,” sending volatility into equity, debt and currency markets. Treasury buying was reduced by $5 billion per month, and the 2015 GDP estimate was cut to a range of 2.6 percent to 3 percent...
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Is It Time To Sell Out Of Longer Term Municipal Bonds?
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 10:32am | 779Read More...Longer-term municipal bonds with maturities of around 15 years to 25 years looked very attractive at the beginning of the year as they yielded the same or more than comparable taxable bonds. That's rare. Normally tax-free bonds yield less than comparable taxable bonds in nominal terms,...
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Fed Minutes Set To Impact These ETFs
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 4:25pm | 490Read More...The markets will be watching closely on Wednesday, for the monthly release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes for June. This ritual is typically met with an increase in volatility, depending on the wording of the statement and any new policy actions voted on by committee members....
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Fifteen Bond ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 10:04am | 1118Read More...iPath U.S. Treasury 10-year Bull ETN (NYSE: DTYL) is up nearly 30% year to date. The investment seeks to replicate the performance of the Barclays Capital 10-Year U.S. Treasury Futures Targeted Exposure index, which is designed to increase in response to a decrease in 10-year Treasury note yields...







