• September 25, 2024

US Mortgage Rates Fall Again, Triggering Big Wave of Refinancing

(Bloomberg) -- Applications to refinance mortgages surged for a second week as more Americans capitalized on the cheapest borrowing costs in two years.Most Read from BloombergEric Adams' Vanishing Promise to Fix NYC's 'Unfair' Property TaxesExclusive Palo Alto Girls School Borrows $106 MillionWaiting for the Miracle of Church-to-Housing DevelopmentWhere Cargo Bikes Are Freeing Cities From Polluting VansNY’s MTA Warns Against Borrowing More Than $13 BillionThe Mortgage Bankers Association’s refin

  • September 24, 2024

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to more records after Chinese stocks soar

U.S. stocks drifted to more records Tuesday after Chinese stocks soared following a slew of moves by the Chinese central bank to prop up the world’s second-largest economy. The movements were tentative, though, and the index wavered up and down following a surprisingly weak report released in the morning on confidence among U.S. consumers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 83 points, or 0.2%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%.