A handful PacWest Bancorp insiders, including Chief Executive Paul Taylor, bought the bank’s stock late last week after it started to tumble, as SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank’s troubles be...
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Charles Schwab moves to reassure investors it has plenty of liquidity and business is performing ‘exceptionally well’
Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW, -19.08% moved Monday to reassure investors that it has plenty of liquidity and does not need to sell any of its held-to-maturity securities over unrealized losses. Chief Fin...
No Bailout for SVB. Here’s What to Expect.
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week segued into an anxious weekend for depositors, as start-ups and Wall Street fretted about the regulatory response to the largest bank failure since...
This Energy Stock Is Rocketing. Its Chairman Just Bought Shares.
Transocean stock has been on a tear, to the point where many investors would think about taking some money off the table. But Chairman Chad Deaton just bought more shares of the offshore-drilling comp...
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker cashed out $2 million just before the collapse
The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% cashed out stock and options for a $2.27 million net gain in the weeks before Friday’s collapse, public filings show. CEO Greg Becker exercised...
What happened to Silvergate Capital? And why does it matter?
Silvergate Capital SI, -11.27% served as one of the main banks for the crypto industry, prior to its collapse earlier this week. The news came just a week after the firm delayed its annual report to t...
Silicon Valley Bank staff offered 45 days of work at 1.5 times salary by FDIC
Staff of Silicon Valley Bank were offered 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the regulator that took control of the collapsed lender on Friday, Reut...
American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...
SoFi CEO Noto makes ‘opportunistic’ million-dollar stock purchase as SVB crisis fuels selloff
As SoFi Technologies Inc. shares fell Friday amid the fallout over Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the financial-technology company’s chief executive bought up stock. SoFi Chief Executive Anthony Noto...
Banking Selloff Goes Global After SVB Trouble. HSBC, BNP Paribas, UBS Tumble.
The selloff in the banking sector spread across the globe on Friday after SVB Financial Group said it was forced to unload assets at a loss following a decline in deposits. HSBC (ticker: HSBA.UK), Eur...
GM stock slips after disclosing ‘voluntary separation program’ resulting in $1.5 billion employee separation charges
Shares of General Motors Co. GM, -1.63% slipped 0.1% in premarket trading Thursday, after the automaker announced a voluntary separation program (VSP) that is expected to lead to an employee separatio...
This fund has increased its dividend for 56 straight years. Now it’s snapping up GE.
Markets are nearing the end of a tough week, with one more hurdle to go after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell set investors straight on his willingness to go to the mat on inflation. Next up is Friday’s no...
SVB Financial stock plummets toward biggest one-day selloff in 23 years after stock offering, large losses on securities sales
Shares of SVB Financial Group SIVB, +0.16% plummeted 30.6% to pace all of the S&P 500’s SPX, +0.14% premarket losers on Thursday, which puts them on track for the worst one-day performance in 23 y...
CrowdStrike’s Latest Earnings Convince Analyst It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock
CrowdStrike’s strong fourth-quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst. D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Occidental Petroleum’s stock rises after Buffett boosts stake, CrowdStrike after earnings beat
These were some of the biggest movers and shakers in premarket trading Wednesday: Stock gainers: Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s stock OXY, -1.35% rose almost 3% premarket after filings disclosed that Wa...
Buffett’s Berkshire Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Bed Bath & Beyond says it now has about $360 million in proceeds from Feb. equity offering called ‘most unusual’ by one analyst
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -3.60% said Wednesday it has received about $135 million in gross proceeds from the exercise of preferred stock warrants that were issued as part of a public equity of...
CrowdStrike Earnings Show It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock, Analyst Says
CrowdStrike’s strong fourth quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst. D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts its stake in Occidental Petroleum
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp. in recent days. Berkshire bought about 5.8 million shares of Occidental in a series of purchases Friday, Monday an...
KBW recommends buying these 11 financial stocks, including First Republic, following federal backstop for banks
On a Monday following high-profile bank failures on Friday and Sunday, it may seem to be a strange time to recommend buying stocks of banks and other financial services companies, but Keefe, Bruyette ...