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are currently trading at $79.72, positioning the market below the Daily VC PMI Mean ($80.05) and around the Weekly VC PMI Mean ($79.21). This alignment may confirm a bullish price momentum structure, as both the daily and weekly means are acting as support. According to the VC PMI model, sustained price acceptance above the mean shifts the probability toward higher targets, while a failure back below reintroduces a neutral-to-corrective phase. From a structural perspective, the market recently tested a high near $83.24, approaching the Daily Sell 1 ($84.57) zone. This area represents the first level of 90% probability mean reversion…

West One has reduced its buy-to-let mortgage rates by 0.30% across its full product range, while also introducing e-signatures to support faster completions. The lender has applied the rate cuts across both standard and more complex lending segments, affecting products aimed at a wide range of property investors. Its standard property range, alongside small HMOs and multi-unit freehold blocks of up to three units, now includes two-year fixed rates starting at 3.69% and five-year fixed rates from 4.39%. For larger and more complex assets, pricing has also shifted. Medium and large HMOs, as well as multi-unit freehold blocks,…

Fragments of the hellish, lava-covered “proto-planet” that existed before Earth 4.5 billion years ago have survived unaltered in ancient rocks, groundbreaking new research reveals.The fragments contain telltale potassium signatures not seen in any other rocks or meteorites that scientists have examined so far, according to a study published Oct. 14 in the journal Nature Geoscience. Theoretically, these signatures should have disappeared in the giant collision that formed the moon, but it now appears that a handful survived this cataclysmic event and subsequently withstood the test of time.”This is maybe the first direct evidence that we’ve preserved the proto Earth materials,”…

Great news for anyone looking to buy a home! The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has just dipped to its lowest point in a month, offering a welcome breath of fresh air for homebuyers navigating the typically busy spring market. This recent drop to 6.30% is a significant improvement compared to where we stood just a year ago. Seeing rates retreat from recent highs feels like a little win for folks trying to achieve the dream of homeownership. It’s a reminder that while the market can certainly feel unpredictable, opportunities can emerge when you least expect them. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate…

CICT, Singapore’s largest real estate investment trust, on Monday said it has agreed to divest the 773,000 square-feet (71,814-square-meter) property, which houses office, hotel, and retail space, at a 9.9% premium to its market valuation of about S$2.25 billion as of the end of last year.An announcement by IOI Properties, meanwhile, said the agreed price reflects a S$50 million discount to an independent valuation dated April 13 by consultancy Savills.The transaction, expected to be completed in the second half of this year, is structured through a put-and-call option agreement between the trustee of CapitaLand Commercial Trust, a wholly owned sub-trust…

Trust and security remain central to the platform’s proposition. OGold partners with established refineries, banks and auditing firms, while also providing insurance policies tied to users’ holdings, he says. These measures are critical to building confidence in a market where authenticity and asset security are paramount.Beyond spending, Abdeltawab highlights wealth-building features within the OGold app. Users can earn returns on their gold through yield-generating programmes, receiving additional gold annually. He also reveals upcoming features such as gold-backed lending, allowing users to take loans against their holdings.Geographic expansion is also on the horizon for OGold, with plans to launch in Egypt…

Published Sat, Apr 18, 2026 · 11:00 AM[LOS ANGELES] Blue Owl Capital co-chief executive officers Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz have revised the terms of personal loans to remove the company’s shares as collateral, after turmoil in the private credit market hammered the stock’s value in recent months.The pair had previously pledged more than half of their Blue Owl stakes to secure loans from financial institutions, according to regulatory filings. But in a new disclosure on Friday (Apr 17), Blue Owl said that the executives no longer have any equity interests pledged as collateral.A representative for the firm declined to…

UK Finance has reported that there were 59,489 new buy-to-let (BTL) loans advanced in the UK in Q4 2025, worth £11.2bn.  Its BTL mortgage market update for Q4 2025 showed this was up 18.2% by number and 21.3% by value compared to the same period last year, with most of the growth coming from remortgage activity. The average gross BTL rental yield for the UK was 7.18% in Q4 2025, up from 6.99% in Q4 2024.  The number of fixed rate BTL mortgages outstanding increased to 1.46 million, while variable rate loans fell 9.8% to 466,000. The average interest rate…

A drone photo taken on Sept 9, 2025, shows vehicles passing a toll gate of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, seen from the north bank of the Yangtze River, in East China’s Jiangsu province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING — China’s National Development and Reform Commission has released the second batch of major project lists for 2026 under the country’s initiative for implementing major national strategies and building security capacity in key areas.It also allocated 216.8 billion yuan (about $31.8 billion) of ultra-long special treasury bonds to support 336 key projects, according to the commission’s announcement on Sunday.READ MORE: China outlines policy…

(HedgeCo.Net) A critical inflection point is rapidly approaching for global markets, and institutional investors are positioning accordingly. According to signals from Citadel Securities, the final week of April has emerged as what many on Wall Street are now calling the “Super Bowl of Earnings”—a compressed, high-stakes period in which nearly 43% of the S&P 500 by market capitalization will report quarterly results. The scale and concentration of earnings releases during this window are unprecedented in their potential to drive market direction. More importantly, they arrive at a time when hedge funds and institutional allocators have already pushed net exposure toward historical highs, reflecting…