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News Published: Friday, August 21, 2026, 8:18 [IST] At least 40 stocks are in focus on Friday due to bonus issues, rights issues, buybacks, and dividends. Of the total, 35 stocks are turning ex-date, while only one stock has fixed August 21st as the record date for the bonus issue of a 2:1 ratio. Notably,…
The U.S. housing economy has turned from “stagnation to contraction” at the midpoint of 2026, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings, who shared their outlooks on prevailing market conditions in a webinar livestreamed Friday. “Housing has been weak for a while,” said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research for the ratings firm. Sonola flagged…
Key insight: Republicans highlighted the Federal Home Loan Banks’ role as a reliable liquidity backstop for member institutions. What’s at stake: Discussion drafts considered at a House Financial Services Committee hearing would ease capital rules for the banks and designate FHLB advances as “core” deposits. Forward look: The discussion drafts set the stage for potential…
The U.S. homeownership rate remains at a plateau, holding at 65.0% in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest data from the the Housing Vacancy Survey. The homeownership rate was unchanged from a year ago, and not statistically different than the rate in the first quarter of 2026 (65.3%), the U.S. Census…
Okta and Crowtstrike. Jonathan Raa | Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cybersecurity stocks jumped on Tuesday after IBM CEO Arvind Krishna flagged cyber fears as a top priority for customers in the company’s preliminary second-quarter results. During the period, Krishna said customers shifted spending to servers and memory and that “rapidly-evolving, industry-wide cybersecurity…
America’s fast-growing fleet of electric vehicles could become an unexpected source of electricity storage as the country races to meet surging power demand from AI. That’s according to Redwood Materials, a startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, which now recycles more than 70% of all the batteries in North America. With millions of…