Hawaii’s luxury real estate market remains hotter than hot as the island lifestyle draws mainland buyers, inventory remains scant and sales prices jump. “The historic run since the summer of 2020 continues around much of the state,” said Hawaii Life’s owner, chief officer and principal broker Matt Beale. The brokerage’s third quarter 2021 real estate market
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A person walks past a coal fired power plant in Jiayuguan, Gansu province, China, on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s economy appears to be bouncing from a “mini-downturn” into an upswing as the country eases policy, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley. The Asian giant had tightened its
Following a year of robust enforcement in the public finance sector, the Securities and Exchange Commission will focus on municipal issuer disclosure and municipal advisor misconduct in 2022. LeeAnn Gaunt, chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Public Finance Abuse Unit, said that includes breaches of fiduciary duty and unregistered municipal advisor activity. “We continue to
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to languish below the psychological level at $50,000 in the first few days of the New Year, indicating a lack of aggressive buying by traders. Former BTCC CEO Bobby Lee said the exodus of the Chinese traders who had until Dec. 31 to exit Chinese exchanges may have kept prices lower into
Buffalo has spent generations trying to beat back its bad weather reputation. A hotel guidebook in the western New York city shows sailboats out on the water on a sunny day, with a headline that reads: “This is the Buffalo you don’t see on the Weather Channel.” But that is not the image people generally
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Farr, Miller & Washington is a “buy-to-hold” investment manager, which means we make each investment with the intent to hold the position for a period of
In this article NCLH PFE Paxlovid, a Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer | Handout | via Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Pfizer — Shares jumped 1.9% after British regulators approved the
Rounding up the last decade, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revisited his predictions made over the years, showcasing a knack for being right about abstract ideas than on-production software development issues. Buterin started the Twitter thread by addressing his article dated Jul. 23, 2013 in which he highlighted Bitcoin’s (BTC) key benefits — internationality and censorship
From San Diego to Santa Barbara, 2021 was a record-breaking year for luxury real estate setting the stage for 2022. Sales activity reached historic levels in 2021 as did prices throughout Southern California. Here’s a look at what’s ahead in some of the hottest local luxury markets. Greater San Diego Andy Nelson, president of Willis
A majority of municipal market participants say liquidity and equity are a top concern on a high-yield deal. Nearly 69% of respondents to a HilltopSecurities high-yield team survey ranked liquidity and equity as their first or second level of concern for 2022. “Our biggest takeaway from the survey is that there is ample appetite for
In the midst of the hype surrounding the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles, two NFT projects have appeared offering near-identical or mirrored versions of the original BAYC NFTs. The NFT marketplace Opensea has removed the NFT projects from the market for breaking the rules against copyright infringement. 2 Copycat Bored Ape
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins are attempting a rebound off their respective support levels, indicating that buyers continue to accumulate on dips. Data from Coinglass shows that 9,925 Bitcoin left Coinbase Pro, the professional trading arm of Coinbase, on Dec. 30, a possible sign of institutional buying. This is in sharp contrast to the
Gaming revenues, a major economic driver for Nevada and Clark County, are exceeding expectations. The Gaming Control Board said Wednesday that statewide gaming revenue in November was $1.32 billion, just shy of the single-month record of $1.36 billion reported in July. If the state surpasses $500 million in December, it will exceed its greatest single-year
James “Jimmy” Cayne, the swaggering bridge-champion Wall Street CEO who led investment bank Bear Stearns during its rise and ultimate fall that would serve as a touchstone for the financial crisis of 2008, has died at age 87. Cayne died Tuesday days after suffering a stroke, according to a report in Bloomberg. One of the
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) December 9, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s back to business in the week ahead with a busy economic calendar to start the new year, including the always important monthly jobs report. After a stellar 2021, stocks head into the 2022 with
In a recent YouTube video, Charles Hoskinson highlighted the rapid growth of the Cardano (ADA) ecosystem while clarifying the concerns raised by other members of the crypto community over the past year. “We live in a world where arbitrary groups of people get to be fact-checkers and decide what’s legitimate,” said Hoskinson while speaking about
The readers have spoken – that is, if clicks can talk. Most of the top-viewed homes of 2021 among Forbes Global Properties listings were located in the U.S. But among those in France, a 19th century stone chateau with an 18-hole golf course took the win. The Groupe Mercure offering is currently priced at nearly
Chinese stocks currently look “very, very attractive,” but are unlikely to see a quick turnaround in the next few months, according to UBS Global Wealth Management’s Kelvin Tay. “I think China is cheap. If you look at the performance of China this year, on a relative basis, it has actually underperformed by about 40% against
The United States Treasury agreed to provide support for Puerto Rico’s Act 154 tax for an additional year. Act 154 is a 4% excise tax on the revenues of foreign corporate subsidiaries based in Puerto Rico. In 2011 U.S. Treasury agreed to a tax credit for the Act 154 payments on a temporary basis. The
December municipal bond issuance was up nearly 10% year-over-year at $38.2 billion, but total volume in 2021 fell just shy of last year’s record. The muni market saw $475.3 billion of debt in 2021, down 1.9% from $484.6 billion in 2020. Despite this, the total issuance for 2021 still bested the previous record of $448.6