Solomon says Goldman took on too much too quickly in consumer business

David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told CNBC Wednesday that his firm suff...

Federal consumer protection watchdog stakes out crypto turf in SEC shadow

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is tasked with overseeing a hodgepodge of financial service providers including payment companies, appears to be taking a fresh look at crypto regu...

WEF Predicts Metaverse Tech Will Change Industry First, Moving to the Consumer Space Later – Metaverse Bitcoin News

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published an article predicting how metaverse tech will evolve and how it will be introduced in different sectors. For the organization, the biggest impact of the im...

Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Are Soaring as Clampdown Eases

Chinese stocks are soaring this month with Hong Kong-listed shares in e-commerce giant Alibaba up 31% amid signs China’s regulatory crackdown is thawing and strict Covid-19 controls are being relaxed....

Poland’s Consumer Protection Agency Opens Case Against Cryptocurrency Exchange – Exchanges Bitcoin News

The body ensuring that consumer rights are respected in Poland has initiated proceedings against a crypto exchange falsely claiming to be Polish. The trading platform also misled customers that it was...

Ant Group’s Alipay+ leads Chinese fintech giant’s overseas expansion as consumer spending in home market remains sluggish

When Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong visited the city state’s fintech festival in November, he assuredly got with the programme and bought his coffee online from popular local chai...

Where Are the Stock Market and Economy Headed? Barron’s Roundtable Pros Weigh In.

Bullish or bearish, our 10 panelists help make sense of increasingly complicated market dynamics. Plus: nine stock picks. Jan. 13, 2023 8:40 pm ET The optimist sees bubbles and thinks champagne. The p...

For All His Criticisms of Disney, Peltz and Iger Probably Agree: Streaming Has to Be Fixed

“Great news: Nelson Peltz made a slide deck about me,” said no CEO ever. But maybe Walt Disney Bob Iger had mixed feelings about the 35-pager that dropped this past week. One one hand, it says that he...

Exxon Mobil Stock Should Shine, Even in a Recession

These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...

Rhône Valley Producers Respond To Consumer Demand For White Wines

Steep vineyards in Crozes-Hermitage in France’s Northern Rhone Valley where white wine grapes are … [+] grown in challenging conditions. Jill Barth The vineyards of the Rhône Valley repres...

Stocks Higher, JPMorgan, Tesla, Boeing, Delta – 5 Things To Know

Five things you need to know before the market opens on Friday January 13: 1. — Stock Futures Drift Higher, Yields Slide, With Earnings On Deck U.S. equity futures edged edged higher Friday, whi...

Why the stock market isn’t impressed with the first monthly decline in consumer prices in more than 2 years

Inflation data may no longer be the big catalyst for stocks that it once was. U.S. stocks bounced around to a higher close on Thursday, even though investors received some encouraging inflation news a...

Consumer prices fell 0.1% in December, in line with expectations from economists

Inflation closed out 2022 in a modest retreat, with consumer prices posting their biggest monthly decline since early in the pandemic, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The consumer price index,...

China Is Opening Fast. Don’t Miss the Rebound for Stocks.

Chinese authorities’ abrupt pivot away from zero-Covid policies has been matched by the quick shift in investor sentiment about Chinese stocks from the bearishness of the past year. As the world’s sec...

Consumer confidence in housing rises as prices fall

Mortgage rates are still twice what they were a year ago, but home prices have been falling since June, and that’s finally making consumers feel better about what had been an overheated, highly ...

Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Monday: Consumer prices, tech

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. Look for consumer price rep...

7 Consumer Loyalty Trends That Will Shape Retail In 2023

Customers shop during the opening of Savage X Fenty pop up at the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, … [+] Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty ) Getty Images for Sava...

China’s big consumer market isn’t rebounding to pre-pandemic levels just yet

Tourists visit ice sculptures in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on New Year’s Day 2023. China News Service | VCG | Getty Images BEIJING — It’s going to take time for Chinese consumers to re...

Macy’s Warns Consumers Will Be Pressured in 2023. Retail Shares Are Slipping.

Macy’s stock fell on Friday after the department store said fourth-quarter sales would come in at the low to middle end of its guidance, and warned that consumers will be pressured in 2023.  Macy’s (t...

China Is Open Again. 13 Ways to Tap Into Its Recovery Right Now.

Chinese stocks look poised to keep bouncing into the Year of the Rabbit. As authorities peel back some of the last Covid restrictions this weekend and policy makers prioritize reviving the world’s sec...

Buy Philip Morris International Stock. It’s a Smart Investment—Maybe Even for the ESG Crowd.

Philip Morris International main cigarette business is slowly dying, but the tobacco giant isn’t going gently into the night. The company just announced two deals that will keep it healthy in the year...

Tesla’s Already Bringing Its Gloom Into 2023. Elon Musk Needs to Act Now.

Tesla terrible start to 2023 only seems to be getting worse. The stock is already down more than 10% this year after just three full trading days and Friday looks to be another tough one. The EV maker...

Philip Morris International Stock Is a Smart Investment—Maybe Even for the ESG Crowd

Philip Morris International main cigarette business is slowly dying, but the tobacco giant isn’t going gently into the night. The company just announced two deals that will keep it healthy in the year...

Amazon, Western Digital, Tesla, Walgreens, and More Stock Market Movers Thursday

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Growing Consumer and Business Interest in the Metaverse Expected to Fuel Trillion Dollar Opportunity for Commerce, Accenture Finds

Consumers eager to become active users of the metaverse and show high interest in problem-solving experiences related to fitness, retail, healthcare, travel and media LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Growing...

Ant gets approval to expand its consumer finance business

Regulatory scrutiny forced Hangzhou-based Ant Group to abruptly suspend its massive IPO plans in 2020. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Ant Group’s consumer finance unit has rec...

Tesla Misses Delivery Estimates. Now Wall Street Is Worried About This.

Tesla ‘s fourth-quarter deliveries disappointed, and shares are dropping again. Wall Street analysts are cutting price targets, worried about not only electric-vehicle demand, but profit margins too. ...

Disney, Uber, and 4 Other Value Stocks Poised to Shine in 2023

Value stocks finally outperformed growth stocks in 2022 after lagging behind them for more than a decade. The value subset of the Russell 3000 index of most U.S. stocks lost about 8% after dividends t...

The Consumer Behaviors Of 2022 That Will Most Impact Retail In 2023

Will consumers look ahead to a brighter future in 2023? Bigstock® In 2022, consumers were beset by competing forces. High savings fed by government stimulus vs. high inflation that ate away at both wa...

Why the consumer is ‘critical’ for investors to watch in 2023 as bear market ‘not yet complete’

The fate of the U.S. consumer is weighing on the outlook for markets in 2023.  “The issue is that consumers are actually spending at a pace that is faster than their income growth, and have been for t...

These 3 Sectors Have Had a Good Run. They Still Look Strong for 2023.

Yes, the stock market can always get worse—and that means three of this year’s best-performing sectors could continue to outperform in 2023. After a punishing 2022, Wall Street isn’t expecting the sit...

EV tax credit for consumer leases a ‘positive development for industry’

The Treasury Department and the IRS issued some new guidelines on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) EV tax credit, and for the time being it is bringing foreign automakers — and U.S. consumers — som...