Mortgage rates tumbled this week, posting the largest weekly drop in the past year, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.35% from last week's reading of 6.5%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.2% a year ago. "Mortgage rates are headed in the right direction and homebuyers have noticed, as purchase applications reached the highest year-over-year grow ...

Key Takeaways BOK Financial gained 16% in three months, beating the industry's average. Loan and deposit growth, stronger NIM, and credit quality trends aid BOK Financial. Rising expenses and heavy exposure to commercial loans are key risks for BOK Financial. BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) shares have gained 16% in the past three months, outperforming the industry’s growth of 9.2%. Meanwhile, BOKF peers Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) and First Horizon Corporation (FHN) have risen 1.9% and 16.9%, respect ...

For many of us today, music streaming and the ability to queue up any song or any playlist from our phones have become part of the daily fabric of everyday life, and Spotify (NYSE: SPOT ), the world's leading music streamingWith combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry today. He has been a regular contributor on See ...

TEN Philippine firms made it to Time and Statista’s World’s Best Companies list for 2025, with Ayala Corp. the highest in 210th place. The 1,000 firms on the list were measured on employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability transparency.Ayala, the country’s oldest conglomerate, scored an overall 86.26 out of a possible 100. It ranked high in employee satisfaction (95th) and placed 587th in sustainability transparency. “This recognition inspires us to be an even better Ayala as we journey to our ...

As shown in the chart below, Global Payments (NYSE: GPN ) has been underperforming the S&P 500 Financials sector since the second half of 2021. The reason is that as a payment processor, its sales, which are heavily tiedAs a tech-focused industry Research Analyst, I aim to provide differentiated insights, whether it is for investing, trading, or informational reasons. For this purpose, I am not a classical equity researcher from the financial sector, but, I come from the IT world as the Director of Keylogin ...

BREAKING: Futures Rise After Oracle Fuels AI Rally After two straight months on the list of new buys by the best mutual funds, Nvidia (NVDA) went AWOL in the latest report. But fellow artificial intelligence leader Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) returned for a third consecutive month. Now, as Nvidia pops back above its 21-day exponential moving average and its 50-day line, that demand propelled Cadence stock toward a… Related news CPI Inflation Report May Shift Fed Rate-Cut Outlook (Live Coverage) 9/11/2025T ...

US developers are racing to cash in on the nation’s natural-gas export boom while they still can.The massive US buildout of terminals that process and ship liquefied natural gas, or LNG, has transformed the nation into the world’s top exporter of the fuel. But plants still in development are facing a tight deadline: By 2027, global LNG supply will exceed demand, BloombergNEF estimates. By 2030, US rival Qatar will have finished its own years-long LNG buildout, further damping appetite for new terminals. And ...

As shown in the chart below, Global Payments (NYSE: GPN ) has been underperforming the S&P 500 Financials sector since the second half of 2021. The reason is that as a payment processor, its sales, which are heavily tiedAs a tech-focused industry Research Analyst, I aim to provide differentiated insights, whether it is for investing, trading, or informational reasons. For this purpose, I am not a classical equity researcher from the financial sector, but, I come from the IT world as the Director of Keylogin ...

AYALA Land Premier on Thursday said that its newest luxury development, Laurean Residences, had generated nearly P8 billion in sales ahead of its official launch amid continued strong demand. "The market response ... validates the strength of Makati as the country's premier address," Ayala Land Premier President and CEO Mike Jugo said in a statement.Following the success of Park Villas in 2023, the company said the new development was being positioned as the flagship residential tower of Dela Rosa Gardens, ...

Welcome back. Several high-profile crypto companies entering the public markets this week. Tana McKiel is at the NASDAQ as we await those public debuts.Tana, what will you be watching. Hey, Sarah. Yeah, let's start with Figure, the crypto lender.It's priced its IPO uh overnight and is set to begin trading today under the ticker FIGR. So, offering 31.5% million shares at $25 a piece. Indications right now at about 35.50%.Um and that is of course above the previously increased range of $20 to $22 valuing figu ...