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  • Wall Street braces for commercial real estate time bomb

    03/14/2024 12:32:17 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/14/2024 | TOBIAS BURNS
    Remarks last week by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about a spate of coming bank failures related to the faltering commercial real estate sector have sent shockwaves through the financial world, leading some investors to run for cover and others to look for opportunities. With the typical U.S. commercial lease ranging from three to five years, the clock is ticking for office and retail property owners and their creditors in the financial sector as remote work has taken off and prompted changes in urban land use. Office vacancy rates have climbed sharply in the wake of the pandemic after falling...
  • Wall Street billionaires plan Haley fundraiser after New Hampshire: Report

    01/21/2024 3:23:38 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 75 replies
    The Hill ^ | 01/21/2024 | Lauren Sforza
    A group of Wall Street billionaires is planning a fundraiser for GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley in New York City after the New Hampshire primary, Bloomberg News reported. Billionaires Stanley Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, Ken Langone and Cliff Asness are reportedly planning a fundraiser for Haley on Jan. 30, according to an invitation viewed by Bloomberg. A donor speaking on the condition of anonymity told the outlet that the event is just one part of a fundraising swing slated for Haley in between the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
  • An escort and stripper who caters to Wall Street clients says she pulls in $34,000 a week during the holiday rush

    12/18/2023 12:11:29 PM PST · by Red Badger · 101 replies
    Business Insider ^ | Dec 18, 2023, 5:28 AM CST | Julia Naftulin
    Mia Lee spends most of December entertaining Wall Street bankers during hourslong stints in private rooms at a New York City strip club. Or, she's keeping them company during luxurious weekend getaways in quaint towns north of the city, all before they head home to their families for the holidays. Lee — who has been a professional escort for five years and a stripper for a year and a half — said the first two weeks of December tended to be one of the busiest and most lucrative periods of the year for her line of work. In just one...
  • ‘Vacuum Up Its Cash’: Why Is Nikki Haley Courting Wall Street Ahead Of 2024?

    11/23/2023 3:55:19 PM PST · by CFW · 23 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 11/23/23 | MARY LOU MASTERS
    Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has been engaging with Wall Street executives as she experiences a surge in key early primary state polls for president.Some GOP political consultants and conservative financial experts accused Haley of courting support from the “establishment,” and voiced concern over the top business leaders promoting ESG and DEI while supporting business relationships with China, they told the Daily Caller News Foundation.“That’s why Nikki Haley is like a perfect person for the establishment — because they can control her, right? They can’t control a DeSantis, they can’t control a Vivek — so they don’t want them,” Bob...
  • Woke blue cities defund themselves: Nearly 160 Wall Street firms managing a trillion dollars worth of assets have fled NYC

    08/23/2023 7:12:06 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 28 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 08/23/2023 | Monica Showalter
    'Defund the police!' they yelled in 2020, that famous summer of love: They did that. Now they're discovering -- the hard way -- that they're actually defunding themselves. According to the New York Post:A giant, sucking sound is coming out of Wall Street — and it’s siphoning staggering sums of money out of the Big Apple while handing business to Florida and other states farther south.Nearly 160 Wall Street firms have moved their headquarters out of New York since the end of 2019, taking nearly $1 trillion — yes, that’s trillion with a “T” — in assets under management with...
  • New York loses $1 trillion in Wall Street business as firms flee the city: report

    08/21/2023 7:35:38 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 82 replies
    nypost.com ^ | August 21, 2023 | Shannon Thaler
    A giant, sucking sound is coming out of Wall Street — and it’s siphoning staggering sums of money out of the Big Apple while handing business to Florida and other states farther south. Nearly 160 Wall Street firms have moved their headquarters out of New York since the end of 2019, taking nearly $1 trillion — yes, that’s trillion with a “T” — in assets under management with them, according to data from 17,000 companies compiled by Bloomberg. Looking to dodge rampant crime, stiff taxes and an increasingly exorbitant cost of living, 158 fed-up financial firms representing a whopping $993...
  • Ham Radio Enthusiasts vs. High-Frequency Traders: A Battle for the Airwaves

    08/09/2023 9:27:42 AM PDT · by Theoria · 38 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | 05 Aug, 2023 | Alexander Osipovich
    Trading firms are asking FCC to open shortwave frequencies to greater commercial use Ham radio operators are sounding the alarm over the latest threat to their beloved hobby—and this time, it is coming from Wall Street. A group of high-frequency trading firms is asking the Federal Communications Commission to open shortwave frequencies to greater commercial use, so they can use radio to zip financial data around the world in milliseconds. Prominent members of the amateur-radio community say interference from traders’ broadcasts could ruin their hobby, which often involves tuning in to weak radio signals so they can chat with fellow...
  • Troubles for Wall Street office tower worsen as foreclosure looms

    07/31/2023 7:44:10 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    Nypost ^ | 07/30/2023 | STEVE CUOZZO
    The unfortunate case of 111 Wall Street might be even more unfortunate than it sounds. Two months since we wrote that the vacant, 1.2 million square-foot tower at the corner of South Street “epitomized the crisis” of the downtown commercial market, the building owned by Nightingale Properties and Intervest Capital Partners now faces a foreclosure action by mezzanine lender Oaktree Capital Management, as first reported by Real Estate Alert.
  • Wall Street is eyeing this Long Island area as the ‘new Hamptons’

    07/17/2023 1:15:40 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07.17.2023 | Mary K. Jacob
    The most expensive home for sale in Atlantic Beach, Long Island, has just listed for $11.5 million. Indeed, this marks the biggest number seen for the chiefly laid-back area, though probably not for long. As Wall Street is set to return to a full five-day work week, the Hamptons is starting to seem pretty far away. This part of the island, with a lowly population of about 1,800, comes with all the perks of the Hamptons — right on the water, for starters — and it’s just a breezy hour away from the city and away from the crowds. Rarely...
  • Ron DeSantis to attend fundraiser with Wall Street execs, including former Soros firm partner

    06/12/2023 3:08:37 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 76 replies
    CNBC ^ | JUN 12 20232:33 PM EDTUPDATED AN HOUR AGO | Brian Schwartz
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming to New York for a private presidential campaign fundraiser that’s set to be hosted by at least four Wall Street executives, including one with past ties to a firm backed by liberal billionaire George Soros, a frequent target of DeSantis and other Republicans. The event is scheduled to take place June 29 at the swanky Yale Club, according to a copy of an invitation seen by CNBC. It will be one of DeSantis’ first fundraisers in the Big Apple since he officially launched his campaign for president last month. It also comes soon after...
  • Bank of America rakes in $15 BILLION as panicked customers ditch smaller lenders for ‘too big to fail’ firms in wake of SVB crisis - with ‘goliaths’ like JP Morgan also ‘winning’, analysts say

    03/15/2023 3:18:26 PM PDT · by dennisw · 68 replies
    DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 15 March 2023 | HELENA KELLY
    With 'goliaths' like JP Morgan also 'winning', analysts say Jittery customers are flocking to major banks in the wake of the SVB collapse One analyst said 'Goliath is winning' as some speed up their onboarding process to cope with the new demand It comes as SVB's spectacular fall from grace continues to wreak havoc on Wall Street Bank of America has reportedly raked in $15 million in new deposits as customers flee small lenders for 'too big to fail' firms in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. So-called 'goliath' banks such as JP Morgan and Wells Fargo are...
  • More than $100,000,000,000 wiped from US banks after collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

    03/14/2023 8:23:42 AM PDT · by EBH · 24 replies
    Metro ^ | 3/14/23
    More than $100bn has been wiped off US banks’ value as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank continues to send shockwaves throughout Wall St. Trading was temporarily halted in dozens of regional banks this morning as shares fell by up to 75 percent, despite Joe Biden’s assurances that ‘US banking is safe.’ Major US banks were also affected by the crash as fear spread throughout the market, with Wells Fargo plummeting 7.5 percent, Bank of America falling 7.4 percent, Citigroup plunging 5.8 percent and JP Morgan down 2.7 percent. US President Joe Biden insisted that the system was safe after...
  • Michelle Goldberg: The right's desperate, defensive, destructive war on 'wokeness' (BARF)

    03/14/2023 7:55:49 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 17 replies
    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | March 13, 2023 | Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times
    Leonard Leo, a leader of the right-wing Federalist Society, hopes to transform American culture the way he transformed the judiciary. As Donald Trump’s adviser on judicial nominations, he helped put Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, making him central to the demise of Roe v. Wade. Now he wants to build a new organization helping reactionaries consolidate power in realms like Wall Street, Silicon Valley, journalism, Hollywood and academia. “I spent close to 30 years, if not more, helping to build the conservative legal movement,” Leo said in a video for the organization at...
  • Wall Street — not taxpayers — will pay for the SVB and Signature deposit relief plans

    03/12/2023 7:14:06 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 82 replies
    CNBC.com ^ | 3/12/2023 | Christina Wilkie
    WASHINGTON — Plans announced Sunday to fully reimburse deposits made in the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and the shuttered Signature Bank will rely on Wall Street and large financial institutions — not taxpayers — to foot the bill, Treasury officials said. “For the banks that were put into receivership, the FDIC will use funds from the Deposit Insurance Fund to ensure that all of its depositors are made whole,” said a senior Treasury Department official, who spoke to reporters Sunday about the plan on the condition of anonymity.
  • Hillary Clinton praises billionaire Thomas H. Lee, 78, as 'considerate, generous and unpretentious' at memorial after he shot himself in his Fifth Avenue office - as mourners say 'they can't understand' his suicide

    03/01/2023 11:40:02 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 02/27/2023 | Emma James
    Former First Lady Hillary Clinton paid tribute to billionaire finances Thomas H. Lee at his Manhattan memorial – calling him a 'constant presence' in her life. Her husband and former president Bill Clinton also attended the service at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts on Monday morning. Lee, who was once known as the 'envy of Wall street', shot himself inside the bathroom of his family office on Fifth Avenue on Thursday, with the city medical examiner ruling his death a suicide.
  • Club for Growth Invites Ron DeSantis to Join Wall Street Controlled Republican Candidates Haley, Pompeo, Pence, Youngkin and Scott for 2024 Planning Session at Donor Retreat

    02/11/2023 12:52:30 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 65 replies
    Conservative Treehouse ^ | February 11, 2023 | Sundance
    David McIntosh the president of the Club for Growth lobbying group that represents the interests of U.S. multinationals and Wall Street finance players, has organized another “donor retreat” session; where ‘donor retreat’ is the assembly of the Republican big club operatives who manipulate and control the Republican big club candidates, aka the establishment. The multinationals, led by CfG, are assembling to coordinate plans with, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Glenn Youngkin and Mike Pompeo. .... Snip.... All preceding 2024 entrants are intended to weaken the America-First candidate through a series of planned, organized and media assisted unrelenting attacks. The...
  • Wall St gains as jobless claims data eases rate-hike worries

    12/29/2022 9:45:10 AM PST · by entropy12 · 26 replies
    Investing.com ^ | Dec 29, 2022 12:30PM ET | Ankika Biswas and Amruta Khandekar
    (Reuters) -Technology and growth stocks lifted Wall Street's main indexes higher on Thursday after data pointing to signs of a cooling U.S. labor market eased worries about future interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), whose shares have been battered in the past few sessions, gained more than 2% each, with traders attributing the rise to bargain hunting. All the major S&P 500 sector indexes rose, with consumer discretionary and technology leading the pack with a near 3% rise. The Fed's aggressive rate hikes have hammered equities...
  • US Virgin Islands sues JPMorgan, alleging it turned ‘blind eye’ to Jeffrey Epstein

    12/29/2022 7:22:31 AM PST · by shadowlands1960 · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | December 28th, 2022 | Brad Dress
    The U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against banking giant JPMorgan Chase, accusing the Wall Street corporation of turning a “blind eye” toward the conduct of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George said in a complaint filed in a Manhattan District Court that JPMorgan Chase facilitated the trafficking of minors for sexual abuse at the hands of Epstein. The bank knowingly “provided and pulled the levers through which recruiters and victims were paid,” George wrote. George further alleged in the complaint that the banking giant ignored red flags for years as it...
  • Emerson Poll, More Republicans Support Liz Cheney Than Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley or Larry Hogan for 2024 GOP Nomination

    11/22/2022 3:54:49 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 79 replies
    Conservative Treehouse ^ | November 22, 2022 | Sundance
    I keep saying the 2024 GOP nomination is going to be fun because this is an epic Wall Street -vs- Main Street battle that needs to be done. The conniving republican political class are openly wearing their anti-working-class uniforms now. Despite their efforts to remain hidden, and thanks entirely to their hubris, they are glowing. The primary contest in 2024 is going to be epic, because this time the MAGA scruffnecks will, for the first time in years, clearly see who the enemy within the republican ranks really are. This makes them so much easier to defeat, and also explains...
  • New Biden Rule Allows Socially Conscious Investing by Retirement Plans

    11/22/2022 1:38:46 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 29 replies
    Reuters via US News ^ | November 22, 2022 | By Daniel Wiessner
    (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday reversed restrictions imposed under his predecessor Donald Trump on retirement plans considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as climate change and racial justice when selecting investments. The Labor Department announced a final rule first proposed last year after Biden, a Democrat, ordered government agencies to assess climate-related risk to retirement and pension investments. The rule will make it easier for retirement plans to invest in socially responsible funds and companies, though it requires investment decisions to be based on traditional financial factors. The rule, which the department said covers plans...