The Reserve Bank of Australia is meeting and banks are forecasting an imminent cash rate cut.
If it happens, it would be good news for mortgage borrowers hoping to shell out less money on their home loan repayments — especially when forecasts at the end of last year predicted we’d be waiting until autumn for a rate cut.
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…Embarks on massive construction to enhance mobility
The Lagos State government appears bullish in opening up more space for ease of transportation across the metropolis with the massive development of the Quality Bus Corridor (QBC) project.
The QBC project was initiated by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) as part of the state government’s Greater Lagos initiative.
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Big-cap tech stocks are usually priced at hefty premiums to the broader market for a few reasons.
Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC cut its holdings in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:IYY – Free Report) by 4.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,695 shares of the company’s stock after selling 85 shares during the period.
The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump unleashed a plan to uproot decades of trade policy.
In starting a process to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners,
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Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have been rolling downhill in 2025, having been buffeted by multiple headwinds over the past few months.
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Relentless selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continues to drag Indian equity markets, with the Sensex and Nifty falling for the eighth consecutive session on Friday (February 14). Amid this market downturn, Rajat Sharma, founder of Sana Securities, explained how currency fluctuations and taxes significantly reduce returns for FIIs, making Indian markets less attractive.
» Read more about: '10% profit = 4% return': Expert explains why FIIs are not investing in India »
Mortgage rates went up this week because of an unexpected resurgence of inflation.
The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose three basis points, to 6.84%, in the week ending Feb. 13, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.
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