Author: Money Mechanics

This is just a brief note to clarify something about the construction of USDi, about which I’ve gotten a number of calls. Before I do, let me also tell you to be on the lookout for my blog next week, when I’ll tell you what I think about Probable-Next-Fed-Chairman Kevin Warsh. (In the behavioral economics world we call that a ‘precommitment’ strategy that has the effect of forcing me into doing it. It’s overdue anyway.) In May, the USDi token (freely mintable at ) will return 12.59% annualized. That’s not an estimate, and it isn’t a typo. As I type…

“Today” host Dylan Dreyer has opened up about her struggle to find alone time at the home she shares with her three sons—admitting that she faced a particularly awkward time while trying to binge watch the wildly popular HBO show “Heated Rivalry.”Dreyer, 44, shed some light on what her life at home is like in a new episode of her podcast, “The Parent Chat,” revealing that, while she loves her role as a mother to sons Calvin, 9, Oliver, 6, and Russell, 4, there are times when she wishes she had a little more privacy.Speaking to “Not Skinny But Not…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.A Man Group investor pulled out $6.1bn in the first quarter, in a move that threatens to slow its efforts to expand beyond its lucrative but low-growth hedge fund division.The world’s largest listed hedge fund group on Thursday said the withdrawal had come from a client in systematic long-only equity, a strategy that tries to beat a market benchmark with computer-driven investments.People close to the situation said St James’s Place withdrew more than £4bn from Man Numeric in the first quarter as…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. April 23, 2026 Agencies finalize changes to enhance community bank leverage ratio Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve Board Office of the Comptroller of the Currency For release at 3:30 p.m. EDT The federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly finalized a rule to modify the community bank leverage ratio consistent with existing statutory authority. This change will provide community banks with greater flexibility to use a simpler measure of capital adequacy and reduce regulatory…

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com On a day when real and nominal yields were creeping higher, the Treasury’s auction of $26 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security got a real yield to maturity of 1.367%, a good result for investors. This is CUSIP 91282CQP9. The auction result set its coupon rate at 1.250%. The real yield of 1.367% was very slightly higher than the when-issued prediction of 1.365%. The bid-to-cover ratio was decent at 2.57. This auction was well supported by investors. All morning, I had been tracking the nominal 5-year Treasury yield, which had been inching higher from…

Min Shin/ZDNETI am someone who gets headaches — a lot. And sometimes, no matter what over-the-counter medication I take or herbal remedies I try out, they just won’t go away. Desperate to find a solution to the migraines that render it impossible to function, I bought the Renpho Heated Eye Massager to try out, and I’m so glad I did.Also: 5 gifts your mom will actually like for Mother’s DayThis little gadget is now my go-to tool when I feel a headache or migraine come on. While it’s normally fairly expensive at $100, it’s on sale for $54 on Amazon right now…

(By Oil & Gas 360) – Louisiana didn’t just participate in the U.S. natural gas boom. It built the export engine that turned it global. A decade after the first cargo left Sabine Pass, the state is once again at the center of a new phase, one that looks less like a cyclical recovery and more like a structural resurgence of natural gas and LNG in the global energy mix. The numbers alone tell part of the story. U.S. LNG exports have surged from just 0.5 Bcf/d in 2016 to roughly 15 Bcf/d in 2025, making the U.S. the world’s largest…

Social Security’s solvency problems and advice by online financial commentators could cause Americans to accelerate their retirement benefit claims and reduce their lifetime income.Many members of Generation X and Baby Boomers who are not yet eligible for Social Security said they will claim benefits as soon as they are eligible, according to a study by Northwestern Mutual.A related finding in the study is that the same concerns also cause people to increase by 15% the amount of money they believe is needed for a comfortable retirement to $1.46 million in the latest survey from $1.25 million four years ago.About 25%…

(Image credit: Getty Images)The stock market’s rebound was short-lived, with all three main equity indexes closing lower Thursday. Sparking the sell-off was a round of disappointing blue-chip earnings, while market participants also kept an eye on geopolitical headlines, with little sign of a peace deal in sight.First-quarter earnings season is in full swing, and the latest batch of corporate reports made plenty of noise. Tesla (TSLA), for one, fell 3.6% as the electric vehicle maker’s Q1 beat was overshadowed by a big increase in spending.Specifically, the company has carved out $25 billion for capital expenditures this year — a notable…

High mortgage rates, inflation, and high home prices have made the road to homeownership very challenging for first-time homebuyers, but an alternative route is gaining traction in achieving the American dream—but only for an investor.Fractional real estate enables individuals to own a piece or “fraction” of a property—whether that be a home, residential building, or even land—thus lowering barriers to owning property that can be used as an income stream.“The number of first-time homebuyers has fallen to half its historical norm. That affordability crisis is the single biggest catalyst behind fractional real estate’s growth,” says Alex Blackwood, co-founder of mogul, a fractional real…