Equity Residential to buy apartment portfolio from Blackstone for nearly $1 billion

(Reuters) -Equity Residential has agreed to acquire 11 apartment properties located in its expansion markets such as Atlanta and Denver from Blackstone for about $964 million, the companies said on Wednesday. The company will purchase the portfolio comprising of 3,572 apartment units in separate deals with Blackstone Real Estate strategies. The properties cater to a…

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Traders spurn zero-day options in this week’s market tumble

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors avoided trendy short-dated equity options and looked to longer-tenor contracts for protection during a meltdown in U.S. stock earlier this week, exposing the limitations of so-called 0DTE options in guarding against sustained market gyrations, data showed. Traders have flocked to S&P 500 contracts with zero days…

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