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The last couple of months have been historic for initial public offerings (IPOs), particularly on Nasdaq. In June, SpaceX (SPCX) raised a record $75 billion in its Nasdaq debut ($86 billion including the greenshoe) – triple the previous record for biggest IPO – and listed with a market cap of around $2 trillion. Weeks later, we saw the biggest U.S. IPO ever by a foreign company, with SKHY – the ADR for SK Hynix – raising $26.5 billion on Nasdaq. So, between just two companies, over $100…

Bruce Gehrke (pictured top), senior director of wealth and lending intelligence at JD Power, said the home equity numbers in particular stood out. “In just home equity — HELOC — the number is over 40% of current borrowers who opened a new HELOC within the last three months have used artificial intelligence to drive that…

Canada’s abrupt population slowdown is reshaping the housing market, easing pressure on rents while weighing on investor-owned condominiums and future residential construction, according to BMO Economics. After reaching century highs in 2023 and 2024, Canada’s population declined in 2025, marking the first annual drop on record dating back to Confederation, BMO said. The reversal has…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty Images Two Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday said they remained undecided about voting to confirm Todd Blanche for U.S. attorney general, endangering…

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says he has a hunch when the chipmaker’s downfall began. “I think one of the fundamental things is, and as you look at the great technology companies today, they’re deeply technical,” Gelsinger told “All-In Podcast” cohost Jason Calacanis during an interview taped at the Raise Summit in Paris. Gelsinger said…

Short sales sold at a smaller discount than foreclosures starting in January, the first time that’s happened since Realtor.com began tracking these valuations in 2018. Distressed homes earned about 9% more of their estimated value as a short sale than as a foreclosure. Processing Content Foreclosed homes have sold in a fairly steady range, 25%-30%…

The loans would require a 5 per cent deposit, which the party said borrowers could source either from their superannuation savings or a first home buyer grant. One Nation presented the policy as a way to “take on” the major banks by undercutting their mortgage pricing. With new owner‑occupier rates averaging about 6.2 per cent…

“Not all revisions are created equal,” he said. “If you’re sending an ROV, that’s almost equivalent to a new assignment where you’ve got to research data that you maybe weren’t aware of or just needs to be analyzed and see how it fits in with the data that you did use. Whether it’s to be…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.96%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.18%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) are down -1.02%.  Stock indexes are mixed today, with the Dow Jones Industrials posting a…