Market Rally Divided: First Republic Bank Dives After Hours In Latest Twist; Fed Meeting On Tap

Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, amid a divided market rally. The Federal Reserve meeting looms but it’s already shaping up to be a ...

UBS in discussions to buy Credit Suisse: report

UBS Group AG is in talks to buy all or parts of Credit Suisse Group AG, with their boards meeting separately over the weekend to consider the move, the Financial Times reported late Friday. Swiss regu...

First Republic plans private stock sale to raise cash: reports

First Republic is seeking to raise money from other banks or private-equity firms by selling new shares, the New York Times reported late Friday, citing people with knowledge of the discussions. First...

Wait 10 Seconds, Lose $1 Million in Markets Rocked by Volatility

(Bloomberg) — Holed up in a Hyatt hotel room in the Caribbean, John McClain whipped out his laptop on Sunday afternoon and started trading bonds. This was supposed to be a family vacation for Mc...

Charles Schwab calls itself a ‘safe port in a storm’

Charles Schwab Corp. looked to reassure investors amid the crisis of investor confidence in the banking sector, saying it remained “a safe port in a storm.” The financial services and discount brokera...

FDIC Denies That Potential Signature Buyers Must Give Up Crypto

Following the collapse of Silvergate bank – one of the two main banks providing financial services to crypto platforms – former clients began pivoting to competitor Signature, only for the latter to b...

Oil Prices Tumble. Worst Case Could Be $40 a Barrel.

Oil prices tumbled again on Friday, hitting their lowest levels since December 2021. It Is becoming increasingly clear to analysts that bearish economic forces are outweighing the bullish impacts of C...

Establishing Why Is Just As Important As The How

getty Far too many people are content to move forward in their daily lives, completely unaware that they are imprisoned by a variety of financial institu­tions. They can feel the impact of their servi...

Dogecoin (DOGE) NFT-Obsessed DAO Plans Pilgrimage To Meet the Original Doge

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) obsessed with Dogecoin (DOGE) is planning a pilgrimage to Japan to meet the dog that inspired the Doge meme. In a lengthy thread, the Own The Doge DAO, kn...

Meta is pushing the metaverse aside for AI

On Tuesday Facebook parent Meta (META) announced that it will lay off another 10,000 employees. The move is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s so-called “Year of Efficiency” during which the company is cut...

Bitrue CSO On How Crypto Exchanges Are Faring Post-FTX Collapse

The collapse of FTX sent shockwaves throughout the crypto space, triggering the downfall of some crypto firms and prices crashed along with it. However, the market is picking up once more and confiden...

AGIX Token Price Analysis: Token Price is Stuck Inside a Range

AGIX token price is nearing an all time high as it trades on a bullish trajectory. AGIX token price is forming a symmetrical triangle pattern on an hourly time frame. The pair of AGIX/BTC is trading a...

Thousands of Stock Options on Failed Banks in Limbo as Expiration Hits

(Bloomberg) — Stock options worth hundreds of millions of dollars tied to failed lenders SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank are reaching expiration Friday with no certainty whether or how th...

Are They Bargains Or Yield Traps?

https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2023/03/17/87cf1b69-078c-4adb-a86f-481c4d2e44e4.jpeg?optimize=medium&dpr=2&auto=webp&crop=1200%2C800 The oldest investing advice on Wall Stre...

Real-world assets tokenization lacks infrastructure, not just regulation

The merger between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional assets, has been held back by lack of infrastructure and regulatory standards worldwide, sources recently told Cointelegraph.  “Th...

El-Erian Says US Banks Need a ‘Circuit Breaker’ After Upheaval

(Bloomberg) — Mohamed El-Erian says the latest upheaval surrounding First Republic Bank will make banks rethink their standards and prepare for tougher regulation. Most Read from Bloomberg “You ...

Ford is telling select Bronco owners not to drive their vehicles

A recall has been issued on select Ford F, -4.40% Bronco SUVs, including some already in customers’ hands and some waiting to be delivered. The recall pertains to 2023 Bronco Wildtrak and 2022 Bronco ...

Summers Warns Fed Against ‘Financial Dominance,’ Urges Rate Hike

(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the Federal Reserve shouldn’t be spooked into easing its campaign to contain inflation out of excessive concern about a credit crunc...

Unlimited deposit insurance: A radical idea that’s gaining steam in Congress

The federal bailout of depositors at Silicon Valley Bank was organized with historic speed and may have saved the U.S. economy from a devastating wave of bank failures, but it also highlights the pote...

Every hiking cycle over the last 70 years ends in recession or a financial crisis. ‘It’s not going to be different this time,’ Morgan Stanley strategist says.

One of the mysteries for the first two months of the year was the fact that the U.S. economy was seemingly absorbing a wave of Federal Reserve interest-rate hike without a hiccup. After the events of ...

Undeterred by Fears of a Banking Crisis, ECB Raises Interest Rates by 50bps – Economics Bitcoin News

The European Central Bank (ECB) has convened to raise three of its key interest rates by 50bps (0.5%), fueled by the persistence in the inflation numbers reported by the bloc. Christine Lagarde, presi...

Bitcoin [BTC] to slide under $20k soon? These metrics suggest…

BTC’s NVT golden cross reached 8.49, suggesting a possible market top.  Most of the metrics were bearish, but whale accumulation increased.  Bitcoin [BTC] managed to stay above $25,000 for a few days,...

Bitcoin is now running 24/7 for 10 years with zero downtime

Bitcoin (BTC) has achieved a significant milestone in its history by running non-stop for a decade without any downtime, paving the way for a new era of decentralized finance. In particular, data retr...

This dating stock has one of the best growth rates in Citi’s internet sphere

A sharp decline in shares of Bumble Inc (NASDAQ: BMBL) over the past six weeks is an opportunity to buy a quality name at a deep discount, says Ygal Arounian – Equity Research Analyst at Citi. Bumble ...

Protego’s conditional national bank status expired without approval: Report

Institutional cryptocurrency custodian Protego’s conditional national trust banking charter has expired without it receiving permanent approval, according to a report in Fortune on March 17. Protego f...

Are Bears Still in Control?

Axie Infinity (AXS) entered a bearish trend after a 5% negative performance in February. The steady decline in whale transactions and price volatility suggests that the bears may remain in firm contro...

The Best New Movies And Shows On Netflix This Weekend

ROME, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: ( EDITOR NOTE: This image has been altered with digtal filter ) Cate … [+] Blanchett walks the red carpet ahead of the ‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls&...

Congress announces March 29 hearing into failures of SVB and Signature Bank

Representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve will be testifying before the United States House Financial Services Commission in a newly announced hearing investig...

Kentucky Owl Releases St. Patrick’s Day Edition Whiskey Collaboration

Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Edition whiskey is a blend of Kentucky Straight Bourbons, varying in age … [+] from 4-8 years old. Kentucky Owl Since March of 1631, people around the world have been ...

After His Own Health Scare, Bob Odenkirk Plays A Man Coming Back To Life In His Latest Series, ‘Lucky Hank’

Description: Bob Odenkirk as Hank in Lucky Hank (Season 1, Episode 1). Photo Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/AMC Bob Odenkirk really wanted to be a novelist. He was inspired by the legendary Jack Kerouac, ha...

Trump Lawyer Must Testify—Despite Attorney-Client Privilege—Judge Rules

Topline A federal District Court judge ruled Friday an attorney representing former President Donald Trump must provide additional testimony in the Department of Justice’s investigation into the forme...

‘Willow’ Cancelled On Disney Plus Because It Abandoned What Made The Original Film Great [Update: Maybe Not?]

Willow has been cancelled. Credit: Disney / Lucasfilm Update 3/17/2023 — See update below. Willow has been cancelled, which I find at once totally unsurprising and deeply depressing. Don’t get me wron...