May 13, 2024
Crypto

US Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged: What It Means For Cryptocurrency Markets

The recent decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to maintain US interest rates within the 5.25% to 5.50% range, a status quo held since July 2023, has elicited mixed reactions within the cryptocurrency community. While unchanged rates would typically be cause for celebration in traditional markets, many in the crypto sphere were actually

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Investors

Investors will have to wait awhile for interest-rate cuts, Fed’s Bostic says

Investors will have to wait until at least July for those widely expected interest-rate cuts, according to one Federal Reserve president’s outlook. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said rate cuts probably wouldn’t be suitable until the third quarter given the current strength of the economy.  That’s a quarter earlier than he originally predicted, Bostic said,

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Investors

Canadian ETFs: Investors warmed up to U.S. stocks in December; eight funds terminated

It is no surprise that Canadian ETF launches slowed to a halt for the month of December as most issuers concentrated activity in distribution announcements to close out the year. Based on the Scotia ETF EDGE reports from December 2 to December 29, spanning a four-week period, Canadian ETFs saw an inflow of $3.3 billion,

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