21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ETF Focus: Fearing EU collapse, investors run from France ETF ahead of election
ETF Focus: Fearing EU collapse, investors run from France ETF ahead of election
Ahead of one of the most pivotal French elections in recent memory, investors are so uncertain about what the outcome will be—and what it will mean for markets—that they are simply staying away.
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21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s Why the Best Is Yet to Come for Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Here’s Why the Best Is Yet to Come for Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP), with its propane distribution focus, got itself into a jam recently with a series of midstream acquisitions. As oil prices started to fall, the company’s push into the midstream oil and gas industry dimmed the partnership’s overall outlook. But it did what no partnership wants to do and, as a result, better days are likely ahead for Ferrellgas.
21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Mortgage Rates Inch Up, With 2 Notable Exceptions
Mortgage Rates Inch Up, With 2 Notable Exceptions
Most mortgage rates inched up today, led by a jump of five basis points — a basis point equals 1/100 of a percent — in the 15-year fixed refinance rate to 3.08%. Adjustable-rate loans bucked the trend and actually declined, both fairly significantly.
The 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) and 5/1 ARM refinance rates each dropped five basis points. The 5/1 ARM offers a fixed rate for five years, then adjusts based on the prevailing rates following the fixed period.
Here are today’s average mortgage rates across the U.S., along with where they stood a month ago.
21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Fed: Fed’s Fischer says first quarter doldrums only temporary and rate hikes can proceed
The Fed: Fed’s Fischer says first quarter doldrums only temporary and rate hikes can proceed
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said in an interview on CNBC Friday the weak GDP growth in the first quarter is most likely transitory and he still expects the central bank to raise interest rates twice more this year.
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21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Acadia, Washington Sq. Partners put City Point building on the market
Acadia, Washington Sq. Partners put City Point building on the market
Acadia Realty Trust and Washington Square Partners are looking to sell their majority stake in affordable housing building in the City Point megacomplex in Downtown Brooklyn, The Real Deal has learned. The 23-story, 230,000-square-foot property at 7 DeKalb Avenue opened in March 2016 as the first phase of the three-building, 1.8 million-square-foot development. Of the 250 apartments, 200 – or 80 percent — are affordable. The developers hired a CBRE team led by Darcy Stacom […]
21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilisation
Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilisation
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21 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Police departments have none of James Bond’s cool, but they’re getting his gadgets
Police departments have none of James Bond’s cool, but they’re getting his gadgets
A new generation of James Bond–like police gadgets are designed to fight crime and save lives.