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Munis richened slightly Friday, as U.S. Treasuries saw gains and equities ended lower.Processing ContentMuni yields fell up to two basis points. UST yields fell by up to four points, with the largest gains at the front end of the curve.The muni market is closing out June with the curve “more or less static” to where it was at the end of May, Kim Olsan wrote for NewSquare Capital, “but with some performance in the longer intermediate range.” More prominent factors in the market in recent weeks have been the resilience of yields amid another heavy “supply haul” and the volatility…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

The Mortgage Works (TMW) will be reducing rates by up to 0.25% across selected buy-to-let (BTL) and limited company BTL products for existing customers. Reduced by 0.15%, the five-year fixed rate BTL product stands at 4.44% with a £1,495 fee, available up to 65% loan to value (LTV). The two-year fixed rate BTL product comes to 4.89% with no fee, available up to 65% LTV – reduced by 0.1%. The two-year fixed rate limited company BTL product sits at 5.74% with no fee, available up to 75% LTV – a drop of 0.2%. Dan Clinton, head of BTL at…

At this point, if you have spent any amount of time in the hobby, you have seen autos with zero effort put into them. They look like initials, at best, and a scribble at worst. When you, as the collector, are paying for a spot in a break, a value box, or a hobby box – whatever amount of money it may cost – you obviously want the athlete to care about their autograph and not just scribble something if you are lucky enough to hit an auto.Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. A lot of athletes, though, especially those…

Diana King’s biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit to date, Shy Guy (which peaked at #13 in 1995), has been certified platinum in the United Kingdom (UK). The certification issued Friday by the British Phonographic Industry, measured the equivalent of 600,000 units in sales and streaming equivalent. Shy Guy stalled at #2 on the UK Singles chart. It was also successful in other parts of the world, where it topped charts in Finland, Sweden and in Zimbabwe. It was a Top 5 hit in Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and in Norway. The song is featured on the soundtrack to the film Bad Boys as well as…

Anthropic PBC has yet to launch its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO), but Ninepoint Partners LP and LongPoint Asset Management Inc. are wasting no time trying to get ETFs that invest in the AI company to market. Ninepoint announced on Friday that it’s filed a preliminary prospectus to launch the Ninepoint Anthropic HighShares ETF, once the AI startup behind the popular Claude chatbot goes public. Though LongPoint hasn’t made an official announcement, the SEDAR+ database of filings shows that the company filed a preliminary prospectus earlier this month to launch the SavvyLong (2X) Anthropic ETF. The proposed Ninepoint fund…

The English Private Landlord Survey, analysed by Propertymark in January, found 45% of landlords in England own just a single rental property, yet this group is increasingly finding the economics difficult to justify. The pivot towards limited company structures has accelerated, with landlords attracted by the ability to retain rental income within a corporate wrapper. Quinn also reported growing interest in new build, driven by buyers wanting stock that already meets energy performance certificate (EPC) requirements and avoids void periods. What should brokers be doing now? For brokers still focused on the mortgage transaction, both professionals warned the job description…

The next day (June 22), Northampton County Sheriff’s Deputy J. Johnson served Morris with a warrant for arrest as a fugitive for outstanding charges out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Those charges consisted of Megan’s Law, Fail to Register, Fail to Verify, and Fail to Provide. In Pennsylvania, Megan’s Law requires individuals convicted of certain sex crimes to register with the Pennsylvania State Police and maintain their registration for 15 years, 25 years, or life.Morris did not receive a bond due to Fugitive Process Hold.Northampton County Sheriff Jack Smith commended Deputy D. Pate and Sergeant R. Battle for their swift response and…

Apple’s next iPhone may not get a dramatic RAM upgrade, but it could receive just enough extra memory to keep its growing AI ambitions running smoothly. According to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the standard iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e are expected to move from 8GB to 9GB of RAM, primarily to support deeper Apple Intelligence integration in iOS 27. Just enough RAM to keep Apple Intelligence happy In a post on X, Kuo says Apple’s latest supply chain checks indicate that the A20-powered iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e will feature 9GB of RAM, up from the 8GB found…

On June 24, the Colorado AG announced that a home equity investment company entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance regarding its home equity investment products. The Attorney General alleged that the company’s home equity investment products violated the Colorado Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) and the Colorado Consumer Equity Protection Act. The AG alleged that the company marketed its products as home equity agreements under which consumers received a lump-sum payment in exchange for a percentage interest in their home’s future value, whether the home’s value increased or decreased. According to the AG, these agreements were consumer credit transactions subject…