Binance Takeover of FTX Is a Huge Red Flag for Crypto

One of the most dangerous moments in any hurricane is when the eye passes. Gale winds give way to calm, tempting those hunkering down to come out and assess the damage only to find that more of the st...

Goldman CEO Frustrated by Stock Price, Says Most Staff in Office Every Day

Goldman Sachs Group CEO David Solomon expressed some frustration with the valuation of the company’s stock, noting that it generally has traded a premium to book value since its IPO in 1999. “Would I ...

What Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Can Tell Us About Financial Market Regulation

Hand is turning a dice and changes the direction of an arrow symbolizing that the value of the … [+] crypto currency Ethereum (ETH) is going up (or vice versa) getty The week after the Securitie...

Goldman Sachs Smashes Earnings Estimates. Are Bank Boom Times Back?

Key Takeaways Goldman Sachs has beat earnings forecast substantially with earnings per share hitting $8.25 against predictions of $7.51. They’re the latest bank to announce big earnings beats as risin...

Mastercard Is Bringing Crypto Trading To Your Bank

Customers will soon be able to purchase crypto with their bank thanks to a deal with Mastercard and … [+] crypto trading platform Paxos. getty Key takeaways Mastercard is launching a program to ...

Stocks Look Alluring for the Longer Term, say U.S. money managers

Patience in a volatile market like this year’s is a tall order. But it is the recipe for long-term success espoused by institutional investors in Barron’s latest Big Money poll. Big Money respondents ...

The Stock Market Rebound Fizzled. Why a Real Bottom Could Be Forming Soon.

Investors seemingly can’t stop trying to pick a stock market bottom, no matter how bad the news—and it continues to backfire. The day for a real bounce, however, may be coming soon. Consider: This pas...

Citigroup Reports Earnings Friday. What to Expect.

Wall Street will be looking for more signs of Citigroup turnaround when the bank posts third-quarter results Friday. Like all banks, Citigroup (ticker: C) has faced challenges this year as it has had ...

JPMorgan Report Earnings Today. What to Expect.

JPMorgan Chase will kick off the third-quarter profit-reporting for the big banks on Friday, and Wall Street is looking ahead to the numbers with tempered expectations. Speaking at a CNBC conference t...

The Fed Looks Set to Overshoot on Interest Rates. What to Learn From Earnings.

Last week saw markets raise their hopes of a Federal Reserve pivot to looser policy, only to have the dream dashed by a strong jobs report and string of policy makers saying interest rates must move h...

Bank Earnings Season Starts Next Week: Remember To Breathe!

Big bank earnings could cause significant market volatility next week. Photo by Spencer Platt. Getty Images Four of the United States’ largest globally systemically important banks (GSIBs) are reporti...

PVC Prices Are Falling. Why Warren Buffett Should Be Worried.

One thing leads to the other. Rising interest rates pummel housing. Lumber prices fall, some 60% this year. And, notes energy research firm and investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt, PVC—the plastic th...

Bank Stocks Have Gotten Slammed. Here Are 4 Worth a Look Ahead of Earnings.

Another bank earnings season is coming upon us, and no one is feeling too excited. Yet excitement isn’t what makes stocks like Citizens Financial Group and M&T Bank attractive. Make no mistake, ba...

5 Reasons Oil Could Climb Back to $100 a Barrel

Text size Demand for oil dropped over the summer as gas prices soared. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Oil could climb above $100 a barrel before the end of the year, reversing a steady drop in prices that ...

Bitcoin Could Hit $500,000 in Next Decade, Says MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor

Text size Bitcoin prices have plunged this year. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Bitcoin could reclaim its November 2021 all-time high by 2026 and surge even higher if its valuation fundamentals change, ...

Stock Dividend Yields That Top What Treasuries Offer

Text size JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg Bond yields have surged, making many dividend stocks less appealing. A quick look, however, shows that reliably high-yieldi...

Big Regional Banks Might Face New Rules for Dealing With a Crisis

WASHINGTON—A group of President Biden-appointed bank regulators are considering new rules to require large regional banks to add to financial cushions that could be called on in times of crisis. The s...

13 Investment Moves to Pump Out Income as Interest Rates Rise

Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Interest rates have further to rise amid persistent inflation, while the labor market remains too strong for its own good. ...

This Is a Good Time to Buy Short-Term Bonds

Until recently, short-term bonds were a yield wasteland: A two-year Treasury note yielded 0.21% a year ago and just 1% in January. Today, the yield is over 3.8% and could soon touch 4%, thanks in good...

Interest Rates Are Going Up. These 11 Banks Will Benefit.

Text size Bank of America is among the lenders that RBC says are especially well positioned for the current environment. Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty Images Bank stocks—one of the few immediate benef...

Bed Bath & Beyond Clinches Loan Deal

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has found a financing source to shore up its liquidity as it tries to weather recent missteps, according to people familiar with the matter. The company on Tuesday told pros...

Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp violated regul...

PNC Financial Services Has Big Ambitions—and a 3.4% Dividend Yield

With the acquisition of the U.S. banking operations of Spain’s BBVA, PNC now has a presence in all of the top 30 markets in the U.S., including St. Louis. Peter Newcomb/Great Forest Park Balloon Race ...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...

How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips

If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...

JP Morgan, Other Banks Are Strong Financially. Why Earnings Don’t Reflect It.

Text size Wells Fargo added $8.4 billion to reserves in the second quarter of 2020, released $1.6 billion a year later, and added $580 million in the most recent quarter. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Ima...

Jeremy Siegel on Why Today’s Inflation Is Different From the 1970s

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size This isn’t a rerun of the 1970s, argues Jeremy Siegel, the author of the seminal Stocks for the Long Run and a professor emeritus of finance at the University of ...

The Wing CEO Exits After Five Months in Top Job

The chief executive of women-focused co-working company the Wing, Jen Cho, has left the company after fewer than six months in the role. Ms. Cho declined to comment on her reasons for leaving the comp...

Dow Plunges 600 Points After ‘Underwhelming’ JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Earnings As Investors Fear Even Bigger Rate Hikes

Topline The stock market plunged on Thursday as several big banks kicked off earrings season with disappointing results and warnings about the economy, while investors continue to worry that surging i...

JPMorgan Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

Text size Analysts expect JPMorgan Chase’s earnings to drop nearly 25% year over year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Another bank earnings season is upon us. JPMorgan Chase will step up to the pla...

Big Banks Report Earnings This Week. Here’s What Wall Street is Watching.

Text size CEO Brian Moynihan says Bank of America is always prepared for a recession because it has no choice but to be ready, Davis Turner/Getty Images The big banks start to report their earnings th...

Earnings Season Won’t Make or Break the Stock Market

Text size Investors will get the first earnings news from the big banks, which start reporting on July 14. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Earnings season is about to begin, and that means the stock market ...