Fed Discount Rate Vote: 4 Banks Wanted a Hike, Board Held
Fed discount rate minutes released Aug 25 show four Reserve Bank boards voted to raise the primary credit rate to 4.00% by July 29 — up from two.
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Stock Warrants Explained: Why They Aren’t Just Long-Dated Calls
Warrants look like call options but are issued by the company and create new shares on exercise — a dilution difference that reshapes pricing and risk.
McKesson to Buy Precision Medicine Group for $2.25B
McKesson unveiled a $2.25B deal for Precision Medicine Group, doubling down on its fastest-growing segment: Oncology & Multispecialty.
Yankee, Samurai, Kangaroo: Foreign Bonds Explained
Yankee, Samurai, Kangaroo, Panda, Dim Sum — a field guide to foreign-currency bonds: what each is, where it trades, who regulates it, and why issuers use them.
Bond Market Undoes Treasury’s Buyback Fix in 48 Hours
Bessent’s doubled long-end buybacks pulled the 10Y from 4.72% to 4.65% in a session. More than half the rally was gone by the next close.
Nscale’s $3B US IPO: Nvidia-Backed Neocloud Chases CoreWeave
Nscale is preparing a US IPO to raise up to $3B, months after a $2B Series C valued the Nvidia-backed AI cloud at $14.6B. The pitch: a $51B contracted backlog.
Samsung’s $79B Payout: Special Dividend Beats Buyback
Samsung will return up to KRW 110T (~$79B) — half of FCF plus a special dividend. Why Korea’s chip giant is skipping the buyback.
Treasury Doubles Long-End Bond Buybacks to $4B Per Op
Treasury will at least double liquidity-support buybacks in the 10-30Y sector to $4B per operation starting Sept 9. Bessent signals more could come.
Anthropic Lines Up $10B+ Bank Credit Ahead of IPO
Morgan Stanley, Goldman and JPMorgan each writing $1.25B into Anthropic’s $10B+ revolver, jockeying for lead roles on a $2T IPO targeted for October.
Convertible Bonds Explained: Coupon, Premium, Dilution
What is a convertible bond? Coupon savings, conversion premium, dilution risk, and how hedge funds run convertible arbitrage — with real examples.