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Mortgage rates marched higher for the sixth straight week while purchase demand continues to decline in the stagnant housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage surged to 6.79% from last week’s reading of 6.72%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 7.50% a year ago. “It is clear purchase demand is very sensitive to mortgage rates in the current market environment,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “As soon as rates began to rise in early October, purchase applications fell and over the last…
Power Integrations, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWI) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 6, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Joe Shiffler – Director of IRBalu Balakrishnan – Chairman and CEOSandeep Nayyar – CFO Conference Call Participants David Williams – BenchmarkTore Svanberg – Stifel NicolausChristopher Rolland – Susquehanna Operator Good day, everyone and welcome to today’s Power Integrations Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode [Operator Instructions]. Please note this call is being recorded and I will be standing by should you need assistance. It is my pleasure to turn today’s program over to Joe…
In the famous 2022 Supreme Court Case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the national law that an abortion was a private matter between a woman and doctor, the petitioners insisted that there is “no causal link between the availability of abortion and the capacity of women to act in society.” In other words, no relationship between abortion access and women’s economic and social participation. Not true. I joined the amicus brief filed by over 124 economists in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. We argued that the Supreme Court should maintain abortion rights because research shows…
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNDX) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 5, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Sharon Klahre – Head, Investor RelationsMichael Metzger – Chief Executive OfficerNeil Gallagher – President & Head, R&DSteve Closter – Chief Commercial OfficerKeith Goldan – Chief Financial OfficerAnjali Ganguli – Chief Strategy Officer Conference Call Participants Priyanka Grover – JPMorganBrad Canino – StifelPeter Lawson – BarclaysChris Shibutani – Goldman SachsKelly Shi – JefferiesPhil Nadeau – TD CowenMichael Schmidt – GuggenheimAshiq Mubarack – CitiJason Zemansky – Bank of AmericaGeorge Farmer – ScotiabankKalpit Patel – B. Riley SecuritiesJustin Zelin – BTIG Operator Good day, everyone, and…
The author and his wife have enlisted the help of a free consultant to guide them until Medicare’s December 7th deadline. My wife and I have been covered by traditional Medicare since we each turned 65. In addition, we have had a secondary insurance plan that was heavily subsidized by my wife’s former employer. Similar to a supplemental plan, it mostly covered what Medicare did not fully pay for. And the amount we paid for the premium was significantly less than what we would have paid for a supplemental plan because of the subsidy from her former company. Times have…
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript November 4, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Rick Muscha – Senior Director of IRFord Tamer – CEOTonya Stevens – Interim CFO Conference Call Participants Tristan Gerra – Robert W. BairdMelissa Weathers – Deutsche BankChristopher Rolland – Susquehanna International GroupQuinn Bolton – Needham and CompanySrini Pajjuri – Raymond JamesRuben Roy – StifelJoshua Buchalter – TD CowenDuksan Jang – Bank of AmericaDavid Williams – Benchmark Company Operator Greetings and welcome to the Lattice Semiconductor Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer…
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseKamala Harris and Donald Trump raced across the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania on Monday, in a last-ditch quest to secure the final votes in one of the tightest US presidential contests in modern history.The state has 19 electoral votes and has been long viewed as crucial for both candidates’ path to the White House, with Trump winning there in his successful 2016 campaign but losing by 80,000 votes out of nearly 7mn cast four years ago.The focus on…
A longtime industrial plant manager was eager to retire. He even had numbers written on his truck’s visor that no one, not even his wife, knew what they meant. It was his retirement date. He saved, planned, and dutifully attended all his company’s retirement readiness seminars. He was in the zone; he could finally retire with financial security. A Friday that was 30 years in the making finally came. His work buddies threw a party. There was cake, cards, and even a celebratory bottle of whiskey. After a pour or two and promises made by all to get together, he…
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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.China’s lawmakers will begin a week-long session on Monday that is expected to approve the country’s largest fiscal package since the pandemic to boost confidence in the world’s second-largest economy. Beijing has yet to indicate the scale of the measures, but finance minister Lan Fo’an last month promised it would help resolve some of the trillions of dollars of debt weighing down China’s cash-strapped local governments.Analysts believe China needs to spend up to Rmb10tn ($1.4tn) over three years to help reflate an…
