America’s banking giants are looking into their economic crystal balls, and not all of them like what they see. JPMorgan , Bank of America , and other top U.S. banks recently offered economic outlooks...
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Citigroup, Target, Lennar, and 2 More Companies Keeping Their Dividends Steady
PPL, a utility based in Allentown, Pa., said this week that it plans to raise its next quarterly dividend by 7%. It was an otherwise light stretch for such announcements among large U.S. companies. PP...
Yellen Says U.S. Expected to Hit Debt Limit Next Thursday
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told U.S. lawmakers the federal government was projected to reach its debt limit next Thursday, marking a starting point for what is likely to be a long and tense battl...
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...
Bullish Signals For Oil, But Not For Natural Gas
MIDLAND, TEXAS – MARCH 12: Workers place pipe into the ground on an oil drilling rig set up in the … [+] Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022 in Midland, Texas. President Joe Biden im...
JPMorgan Reports Earnings Friday. Here’s What to Expect.
JPMorgan Chase will be one of the first big banks to report fourth-quarter 2022 financial results on Friday, and Wall Street expects a mixed bag. Revenue at the bank is forecast to swell to $34.5 bill...
Citigroup Reports Earnings Friday. Here’s What Wall Street Expects.
Citigroup is in the midst of a yearslong turnaround. On Friday, Wall Street will see how successful the bank’s efforts have been. Like most of its peers, Citigroup (ticker: C) is expected to post a dr...
Bank of America Posts Earnings Friday. What Wall Street Expects.
Higher interest rates are expected to drive up Bank of America ‘s fourth-quarter revenue, even as the bank is projected to see a drop in profits. Bank of America (ticker: BAC) is forecast to post reve...
Several Top Rivian Executives Depart After Production Miss
Rivian Automotive the startup maker of electric trucks, has parted ways with several of its top executives after production targets were missed over the past year. Those who left include Randy Frank, ...
Metropolitan Bank Is Fleeing Crypto. Bitcoin Investors Should Be Worried.
Metropolitan Bank Holding (ticker: MCB), one of the earliest banks to delve into digital assets, says it’s closing out the part of its business that catered to crypto firms. It’s a development that sh...
ARK’s Cathie Wood Isn’t Backing Down. She Explains Exactly Why.
The core ARK Innovation ETF run by Wood fell 67% last year. But she remains staunchly bullish on the likes of Tesla, Zoom, and Roku. Updated Jan. 6, 2023 1:45 pm ET / Original Jan. 6, 2023 1:42 pm ET ...
Shell to Pay $2 Billion in Windfall Taxes. Why the Stock Is Rising.
Shell Europe’s largest oil and gas company, said it will have to pay about $2 billion in additional taxes in the fourth quarter, but still sees strong earnings from natural gas trading for the period....
Boeing Stock Gets Bump as Analyst Sees Blowout Deliveries in December
Text size Boeing stock has begun 2023 in the green. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Boeing finished out 2022 strong and the new year is looking up, causing one analyst to hike his price target on the shares. He...
Bed Bath & Beyond Ponders Bankruptcy, Exciting the Meme Crowd
What were shareholders thinking? Shares of retailer Bed Bath & Beyond zoomed 179%, to $3.49 this past week, despite the retailer warning of a possible bankruptcy. One explanation: Meme stock mania...