The 10-year JGB yield fell 0.5 basis point (bp) to 0.410%. The 20-year JGB yield fell 0.5 bp to 1.025% and the 30-year JGB yield fell 1.5 bps to 1.260%. The yield fell even as the Bank of Japan cut the amount of bonds it offered to buy at its regular bond buying. The BOJ […]...

What it does: Agronomics invests in a range of companies in the field of cellular agriculture. By Ben McPoland. Agronomics (LSE: ANIC) manages a portfolio of start-ups focused on cellular agriculture. This is the production of animal-based products from cell cultures rather than directly from animal...

One of the basics of finance is that U.S. government securities represent a “risk-free” rate of return, but unless Congress and the White House can hammer out a deal to raise the debt ceiling, we may be heading for a historic default by June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen(opens ...

Apple reported second-fiscal quarter earnings on Thursday that beat Wall Street’s soft expectations, driven by stronger-than-anticipated iPhones sales. Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that the quarter was “better than we expected.”  However, Apple’s overall sales fell for the second q...

After an intense few days in which the fate of ailing lender First Republic  was finally determined, veteran banking analyst Christopher McGratty was looking forward to some calm. So early Tuesday, more than 24 hours after U.S. regulators seized First Republic and picked JPMorgan Chase  to...

City Manager Brad Miyake announced Tuesday the city has hired John Resha to serve as director for the Finance & Asset Management Department. Resha has worked and lived in the Puget Sound region for more than two decades, holding positions at private, public and nonprofit agencies in finance, str...

Arista Networks — The cloud networking company slid 7% despite beating analysts’ expectations for the first quarter. Arista saw $1.43 in adjusted earnings per share in the quarter on $1.35 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by Refinitiv expected $1.34 per share on $1.31 billion. The ...

Some financial advice has been repeated so often that it’s accepted as truth. But what if it’s wrong, and that advice costs you money? How can you tell fact from fiction? Here, we’re outlining five financial myths that may make sense at first glance but deserve a harder look. 1. It...

Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several battleground states have proposed boosting funding to add staff, enhance security and expand training within election offices that are facing heavier workloads and heightened public scrutiny. The potential extra funding comes as many elec...