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SEC Issues “Innovation Exemption” to Facilitate the Trading of Tokenized NMS Stock and Request for Comment
The SEC is taking a significant step forward, within its statutory authority, to bring America’s capital markets into the digital age by facilitating onchain trading of certain tokenized stocks.
The Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates by a quarter point as policymakers try to tamp down inflation after more than five years of above-target price increases. Full coverage: #EconSky
The Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates by a quarter point as policymakers try to tamp down inflation after more than five years of above-target price increases. Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... #EconSky
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
SEC Proposes Rescission of Shareholder Proposal Rule and Reforms to Proxy Solicitation Process
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which exceeds the scope of the Commission's statutory authority and intrudes into matters of state law.The Commission outlined…
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New Census data: Median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 2.6 percent in 2025, to $87,460. The poverty rate (as measured by the supplemental poverty measure) held steady at 13.1…
New Census data: Median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 2.6 percent in 2025, to $87,460. The poverty rate (as measured by the supplemental poverty measure) held steady at 13.1 percent. #EconSky
Yesterday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury hit 5 percent for the first time since 2023. Today, I'm on The Daily explaining why yields are rising, and why you should care. Give it a listen! #EconSky
Yesterday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury hit 5 percent for the first time since 2023. Today, I'm on The Daily explaining why yields are rising, and why you should care. Give it a listen! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/p... #EconSky
What Was the Best Portfolio Over the Last 50 Years?
A few months ago, I analyzed U.S. stock returns over the last century. Today, I'm going to determine the best portfolio over the last 50 years among the following asset classes: U.S. Stocks International Stocks Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) U.S. Corporate Bonds 10-Year Treasury Notes 3-month Treasury Bills Gold Commodities U.S. Homes To do this, I examined the BullionVault annual return…
SEC Grants Exemptive Relief from Certain Inline XBRL Filing or Submission Requirements
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting exemptive relief from certain Inline XBRL requirements adopted on Dec. 16, 2024. More specifically, the Commission is granting exemptive relief from filing or submitting the following in…
Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of U.S. and UK Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution
Senior officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Reserve Board, and Bank of England convened for a tabletop exercise on Sept. 3, 2026, to discuss certain…
Inflation-adjusted hourly earnings fell on a year-over-year basis for the fifth straight month in August, as higher gas prices wiped away workers' pay increases. #NumbersDay
Musings on Markets — Aswath Damodaran·Interest Rates and Stock Prices: An Old Debate Flares up!
The war in Iran, oil prices and worries about a recession have all taken turns driving stock prices in 2026 but talk about interest rates and where they are going has been a constant concern all year. In the last few weeks, interest rate worries have come to the surface again, for three reasons, all related. The first is the rise in long-term US treasury rates to levels not seen in twenty years…
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Electricity bills are soaring, and Americans are fed up. The political backlash against utilities is finally here, driven by the broader revolt against the affordability crisis, says…
Electricity bills are soaring, and Americans are fed up. The political backlash against utilities is finally here, driven by the broader revolt against the affordability crisis, says @matthewstoller.bsky.social. “Everybody is mad at utilities." #Velshi
Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week:Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October The "Home ATM" Mostly Closed in Q3 1st Look at Local Housing Markets in December Asking Rents Decline Year-over-year Update: The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt as a Percent of GDP
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Schedule for Week of January 11, 2026
The key reports this week are December CPI, Existing Home Sales and November Retail Sales. Also, New Home Sales for September and October will be released. ----- Monday, January 12th ----- No major economic releases scheduled. ----- Tuesday, January 13th ----- 6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for December. Consumer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for 0.3%…
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Fed's Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased $6.1 Trillion in Q3
The Federal Reserve released the Q3 2025 Flow of Funds report today: Financial Accounts of the United States. The net worth of households and nonprofits rose to $181.6 trillion during the third quarter of 2025. The value of directly and indirectly held corporate equities increased $5.5 trillion and the value of real estate decreased $0.3 trillion. Click on graph for larger image. Net worth…
New Tsy Sec Bessent promotes a 3-3-3 policy. That’s 3% deficit to GDP, 3% REAL GDP growth and 3 million barrels of daily oil output. Current deficit is 6.5% of GDP which implies almost $1 trillion…
New Tsy Sec Bessent promotes a 3-3-3 policy. That’s 3% deficit to GDP, 3% REAL GDP growth and 3 million barrels of daily oil output. Current deficit is 6.5% of GDP which implies almost $1 trillion of budget cuts. I suspect this would get us to NOMINAL 3% GDP growth (about 0% real).
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4 yr old: “Daddy, why is the sky blue?” Me: “Good Q honey. I don’t know the answer to most basic things like that.” 4 yr old: “Daddy, what are central bank reserves?” Me: “How many hours can you sit…
4 yr old: “Daddy, why is the sky blue?” Me: “Good Q honey. I don’t know the answer to most basic things like that.” 4 yr old: “Daddy, what are central bank reserves?” Me: “How many hours can you sit still?”
U.S. stock futures and bond yields drop on reports Putin has updated nuclear doctrine
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