PacWest Bancorp insiders have lost more than $500,000 after buying stock as it tumbled last week

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...

Applied Materials Raises Dividend, Increases Buybacks. Stock Climbs.

Applied Materials the largest chip-equipment maker in the world, announced Monday a 23.1% lift in its quarterly cash dividend, from 26 cents to 32 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 t...

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...

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 ...

Provention Bio Stock Soars on $2.9 Billion Acquisition by Sanofi

Shares of Provention Bio soared Monday after the biopharmaceutical company agreed to be acquired by France’s Sanofi (SNY) for $25 a share, or about $2.9 billion. Provention Bio (ticker: PRVB), which f...

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...

As Silicon Valley Bank collapses, these are the banks contrarians are buying

If the time to buy is when the blood is running in the streets—as the Baron Rothschild famously once said—then you should be buying bank stocks. That’s because Wall Street is running red with the bank...

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...

SVB Financial CEO Greg Becker Sold $3.6 Million in Stock Nearly Two Weeks Ago

Roughly two weeks before SVB Financial Group stock collapsed and its Silicon Valley Bank unit was closed by regulators, its top executive sold millions of dollars of shares. SVB (ticker: SVB) Presiden...

20 banks that are sitting on huge potential securities losses—as was SVB

Silicon Valley Bank has failed following a run on deposits, after its parent company’s share price crashed a record 60% on Thursday. Trading of SVB Financial Group’s SIVB, -60.41% stock was halted ear...

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...

Opinion: The stock market is telling you loud and clear: Now is not the time to fight the Fed or stand up to the bears.

The S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.85% hit resistance this week when an oversold rally failed near the 4080 level. This continues to support the idea that the index’s rise above 4100 in early February was ...

SVB Financial Realigns Portfolio—and Blows Up the Banking Sector

SVB Financial Group stock plummeted Thursday after it sold assets for a loss following a decline in deposits. The impact rippled through the banking sector, which many investors had assumed was largel...

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...

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Companies Keep Buying Back Their Shares. These Stocks Are Worth a Look.

Politicians hate stock buybacks. Companies love them—and right now they show no signs of stopping. Yes, buying back stock might seem difficult for companies right now. President Biden, in his State of...

AMC asks NYSE and FINRA to ‘look closely’ at the trading of its stock

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. has asked the New York Stock Exchange and FINRA to look closely at the trading of its stock, according to CEO Adam Aron. “Many of you, and we, are aware that AMC Entert...

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...

Elon Musk apologizes to laid-off Twitter employee who was Iceland’s person of the year in 2022

“‘I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful. He is considering remaini...

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...