Why remaining private is a competitive advantage for PE firm Bain Capital with $160 billion

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Bain Capital, with $160 billion in assets, is one of the largest private, private equity firms. Despite many of its peers going public, li...

Stock futures are lower after Wall Street snaps two-day win streak

Stock futures were lower in early morning trading Thursday after the major averages ended the Wednesday regular session lower and U.S. Treasury yields rose. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

$150 oil won’t cripple economy, market: J.P. Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic

J.P. Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic predicts oil is surging higher — but so are stocks. Kolanovic, who serves as the firm’s chief global markets strategist and co-head of global research, believ...

Stock futures dip following two straight days of gains on Wall Street

Stock futures fell marginally in overnight trading Tuesday after two consecutive days of gains on Wall Street. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 55 points. S&P 500 futures and Nas...

Bitcoin drops 6% to again trade below $30,000 as selloff resumes

A bystander uses a Bitcoin ATM in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 16, 2022. Alex Pena | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Bitcoin fell below $30,000 again Tuesday as the cryptocurrency’s recent se...

Target, J.M Smucker and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Target (TGT) – Target announced a series of moves to “right-size” its inventory levels, including additional markdowns and cance...

London Metal Exchange hit with two U.S. lawsuits over nickel trading chaos

Traders operate in the Ring, the open trading floor of the new London Metal Exchange (LME) in central London. Matt Clinch | CNBC LONDON — A second U.S. firm has sued the London Metal Exchange for $15....

Lummis and Gillibrand want to empower CFTC, treat digitals assets like commodities

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images As excited as Wall Street and Main Street were to have crypto as a new investment idea and store of value, the spe...

Stock futures are little changed on Monday

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 3, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed Monday evening after a sleepy day of trading as investors await key inflation data due out later in the w...

Spirit Airlines, Didi Global and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit jumped 6.1% in the premarket after JetBlue (JBLU) sweetened its bid for Spirit. JetBlue will increase its br...

Stock futures rise slightly after a losing week on Wall Street

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 3, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures edged up in overnight trading Sunday after a losing week as investors continued to bet that the Federal Reserve will tighten ...

Recession Ahead – Right After This New Bull Stock Market

New York City with rainbow in front of distant storm getty Wall Street looks 6+ months ahead, and it likes what it sees. The proof is in the stock market’s behavior: A choppy, rising foundation-...

Stock futures are slightly higher ahead of May’s jobs report

Trader on the floor of the NYSE, June 1, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures rose Thursday evening as investors focus their attention on more jobs data due out Friday morning. Futures tied to the Dow Jon...

Tiger Global drops 14% in May during the tech sell-off, pushing hedge fund’s 2022 losses to over 50%

Chase Coleman, founder of Tiger Global Management LLC Amanda L. Gordon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management suffered huge losses in May amid a tech-driven sell-off,...

Stock futures are little changed as investors dwell on health of the economy

U.S. stock futures were flat Wednesday night as economic concerns dragged down investor sentiment. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower by 13 points, or 0.04%. S&P 500 futu...

SeatGeek tables deal to go public with Billy Beane’s SPAC due to market volatility

General Manager Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics. Michael Zagaris | Oakland Athletics | Getty Images Ticketing platform SeatGeek and black-check firm RedBall Acquisition Corp. decided to terminate...

Stock Market Rises as S&P 500, Nasdaq Add More Than 6% This Week

The S&P 500 raced higher Friday, notching its best week of the year and snapping a punishing losing streak that had almost ended its bull market. A slew of earnings results and economic data has b...

First Quarter Retail Earnings Fail a Predictable “Shock”

First Quarter Retail Earnings Fail a Predictable “Shock” getty Earnings reports from the nation’s largest retailers for the first quarter recently spooked Wall Street into a broad collapse. Executives...

25 Stocks Former Wall Street Investment Manager Peter Lynch Would Like

. This week, we present the strategy used by the fund manager Peter Lynch. His approach capitalizes on the distinct advantage individual investors have over Wall Street and large money managers. Read ...

Stocks rise on slowing inflation report, Dow on pace to snap 8-week losing streak

Stocks were higher Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average was on pace to snap an eight-week losing streak. The Dow climbed 248 points, or 0.8%, and the S&P 500 gained 1.5%. The tech-heavy Nasd...

Ulta, Gap, Dell and more

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Ulta Beauty — Shares surged more than 6% after hours as the beauty retailer’s quarterly report beat...

Dow rises for a fifth day, S&P on pace to snap 7-week losing streak

Stocks rose Thursday, putting Wall Street on track to break a long string of weekly declines. The Dow rose for the fifth trading day in a row, adding 516.91 points, or 1.6%, to close at 32,637.19. The...

Recession won’t strike stocks despite ugly market

While retail investors head for the exits as stock prices sharply fluctuate, Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel wants to put money to work. He calls the market environment very ugly, but he believes ...

Bill Ackman says a more aggressive Fed or market collapse are the only ways to stop this inflation

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said raging inflation will only dissipate if the Federal Reserve acts more aggressively or the market sell-off turns into a full-on collapse. “There is...

Best Buy, Abercrombie & Fitch, Snap and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Best Buy (BBY) – Best Buy jumped 5.2% in the premarket after the electronics retailer reported a mixed quarter. Best Buy fell 4 cents a shar...

Stock futures fall after Dow’s 600 point comeback

Stock futures fell in overnight trading on Monday as the markets struggled to sustain a comeback rally following weeks of losses. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 110 points, or 0.34%....

Electronic Arts, VMWare, GameStop and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Electronic Arts (EA) – The video game maker’s shares rose 2.5% in the premarket after Puck News reported that the company was actively...

Stock futures rise after Dow falls for 8th-straight week in relentless sell-off

Traders on the NYSE, May 20, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures rose in overnight trading Sunday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for its 8th straight week amid a broader market sell-off. Fut...

The CEO of the world’s second-largest alternatives firm is optimistic about a light recession

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) For the last two decades, Bruce Flatt has been the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, growing it to become the second-largest alternative...

Stephen Roach gives stagflation warning, calls peak inflation absurd

Stagflation is making a comeback, according to former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach. He warns the U.S. is on a dangerous path that leads to higher prices coupled with slower growth. ̶...

Stock futures rise slightly, with the S&P 500 on the brink of falling into a bear market

U.S. stock futures rose slightly Thursday night, as traders watched to see if the S&P 500 will tumble into bear market territory. S&P 500 futures traded 0.2% higher, while Nasdaq 100 futures g...

Cisco, Kohl’s, CSX and more

Cisco logo exhibited during the Mobile World Congress, on February 28, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday.  Harley-Da...