Key Takeaways Noncurrent assets describe a company’s long-term investments/assets that have useful lives of at least one year. Noncurrent assets traditionally include real estate properties, manufacturing plants, equipment, and other tangible or fixed physical items that are highly illiquid because they can’t be expeditiously sold for cash. In some cases, noncurrent assets also include intangible
Month: May 2020
Gary John Norman | Getty Images At the private retirement community where 90-year-old Lee lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, the last scheduled social event was a Valentine’s Day dance in February. A few weeks later, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised anyone 60 or older
People congregate outside a restaurant in the upper east side during the coronavirus pandemic on May 2, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images As states gradually reopen, the U.S. economy is showing signs of life after one of the most significant downturns in history. Though many restrictions remain in place across
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The governor of Minnesota has sent in the National Guard in the biggest domestic deployment in the state military reserve’s history in an attempt to contain protests and riots following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Tim Walz, the state’s governor, said that more than 1,000 reserves were being deployed, in addition to the
In an investment presentation given by Goldman Sachs on Wednesday, Goldman listed a number of reasons why they think Bitcoin is not an asset class. The presentation said that not only was Bitcoin “not an asset class,” but that it also lacked the attributes of being a “suitable investment” at all. In Goldman’s presentation, it
Sonya Carp and her husband own two short-term rental properties in Florida, and they have decided to list one for sale as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Courtesy of Sonya Carp Consolidation is hitting the market for short-term home rentals as the coronavirus pandemic has curtailed travel dramatically this year. Small landlords and venture-backed
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The rising tensions between the U.S. and China could continue to hang over the technology sector, even though President Donald Trump on Friday stopped short of threatening Beijing with more trade actions. The president said the U.S. was ending its preferential treatment of Hong Kong and terminated the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization
Donald Trump said the US will revoke special trade privileges for Hong Kong and sanction officials from the territory and mainland China after Beijing moved to impose new security laws on the former British colony. The move came as part of a range of measures from Mr Trump targeting China, including banning some Chinese nationals
Market activity fees will be temporarily waived for dealers conducting transactions through the Federal Reserve’s short-term muni note purchase program. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board filed Thursday to amend its Rule A-13, on underwriter and transaction assessments for dealers. The change, filed for immediate effectiveness, will temporarily waive fees associated with the Fed’s Municipal Liquidity
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s emergency bonding plan to patch revenue gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic faces an uncertain future in the state legislature. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Fords, is supporting Murphy’s bond proposal and scheduled a June 4 hearing about the measure, which would use the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Lending Facility for $5
A family wearing masks passes the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Mark Lennihan | AP The big rotation into unloved stocks, like banks, small caps and airlines, took a break Friday, but it could be a theme that dominates trading again in the week ahead. Investors will be assessing the progress of
The municipal market concluded the final trading session of May on steady footing, with secondary yields remaining flat Friday amid a pickup in issuance. Meanwhile, New York City will begin to reopen starting June 8, the mayor and governor said Friday. Generic municipal yields have held at steady levels, though some sources said that is
The California Public Utilities Commission approved PG&E’s bankruptcy reorganization plan Thursday, clearing one hurdle to its exit from Chapter 11. The investor-owned utility entered bankruptcy in January 2019 weighed down by more than $30 billion in liabilities for a series of wildfires in California that killed more than 100 people and scorched thousands of acres.
Spending by U.S. consumers fell a record 13.6% in April as the COVID-19 pandemic slashed demand for goods and services. The Labor Department reported on Friday that personal consumption expenditures fell $1.89 trillion last month while personal outlays dropped $1.91 trillion. Real personal consumption expenditures decreased 13.2%. The PCE price index fell 0.5%; excluding food
Zillow CEO Richard Barton told CNBC on Friday that the online real estate company has not observed a dramatic spike in people moving out of dense, urban areas due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re all searching for our data to confirm our bias, or our theory, that people are moving out of the city into the suburbs,” Barton said
The municipal bond market saw $27.99 billion of volume in May as overall issuance has slowly but surely started increasing as the industry recovers from the coronavirus fallout that began in March. The 4.2% drop-off in volume compared to the same month in 2019 resulted in the lowest May volume since 2014 when the market
Signage is displayed outside Morgan Stanley & Co. headquarters in the Times Square neighborhood of New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is planning to kick off the return of trading personnel to its New York headquarters in mid to late June, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell defended aggressive action to shield the economy as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and said the central bank was “days” away from launching its Main Street Lending Program. “We crossed a lot of red lines that had not been crossed before,” Powell said Friday during an online event hosted by
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he’s concerned the stock market’s rally from its March lows may run out of steam unless Congress approves additional coronavirus relief measures. “Without another package, I know it’s trillions of dollars, we’re just going to kind of sputter out,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box.” ”I get worried. It’s just too many people that
Kevin O’Leary told CNBC on Friday the coronavirus crisis has shown that remote working is good for employees and a business’s bottom line. “Productivity is significantly higher when you give people what they want,” the “Shark Tank” investor said on “Squawk Box.” ”Maybe they’re taking care of an aged parent, maybe they’re raising kids, maybe they don’t want to
Buying time to gauge the financial hit to the commonwealth from the effects of COVID-19, Pennsylvania lawmakers sent Gov. Tom Wolf a five-month, $25.8 billion budget. The Senate’s 44-6 approval on Thursday followed 103-99 passage in the House of Representatives two days earlier. Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat who works with a Republican-controlled legislature, is
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A customer exits a Wells Fargo & Co. bank branch in Hermosa Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Despite record-high unemployment and massive economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, fewer homeowners appear to be struggling to make their monthly mortgage payments now than at the start of the crisis. The number
Cindy Harris, chief financial officer for the Iowa Finance Authority, said her agency has a $90 million to $95 million exposure to Libor as well as a line of credit that will expire before the end of 2021. Brian Tumulty, The Bond Buyer The COVID-19 pandemic will not delay the phaseout of Libor at the
Todd Bunton, CFA, Growth & Income Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research, discusses a stock that might be worth a closer look by investors: Medical Properties Trust (MPW). This real estate investment trust (REIT) owns healthcare facilities across the United States and in Europe and generates solid, stable income. Recently, consensus earnings estimates have been
A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York, March 6, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Corporations, borrowing at more than twice last year’s pace, have already raised more than $1 trillion as they race to restructure older debt, pay down bank lines and
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday recommended investors continue adding the remote work plays to their investment portfolios as the stocks pull back. “These stocks have been big winners since the bottom in March, and while many of them have fallen out of favor this week, I think that’s temporary,” the “Mad Money” host said after
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Big Lots — Big Lots is the latest discount retailer to report a strong quarter amid the pandemic, earning an adjusted $1.26 per share compared with a 40 cent consensus estimate. Revenue exceeded forecasts as well, with same-store sales jumping 10.3% compared with a 1% FactSet