Finance
JPMorgan Chase earnings fell 28% after building reserves for bad loans, bank suspends buybanks
JPMorgan Chase said Thursday that second-quarter profit slumped as the bank built reserves for bad loans by $428 million and suspended share buybacks. The actions reflect Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon’s increasingly cautious stance. “The U.S. economy continues to grow and both the job market and consumer spending, and their ability to spend, remain healthy,” […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JPMorgan, Taiwan Semiconductor, Ericsson and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – JPMorgan Chase was down 2.9% in premarket trading after falling 12 cents shy of estimates with a quarterly profit of $2.76 per share. It also announced it was temporarily suspending share buybacks. CEO Jamie Dimon said inflation, waning consumer confidence and other […]
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Morgan Stanley misses analysts’ profit expectations on worse-than-expected investment banking
James Gorman, chairman and chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley posted results on Thursday below analysts’ expectations for second quarter profit and revenue on weaker-than-expected investment banking revenue. Here are the numbers: […]
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Richard Branson takes a stake in Lightyear, a start-up hoping to become Europe’s answer to Robinhood
The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed Venture Partners led the deal, the company told CNBC exclusively — a rare vote of confidence for an upstart brokerage at a time when […]
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Embattled crypto lender Celsius informs state regulators that it’s filing for bankruptcy ‘imminently,’ source says
Celsius on Thursday was sued by former investment manager Jason Stone, as pressure continues to mount on the firm amid a crash in cryptocurrency prices. Stone has alleged, among other things, that Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (above) was “able to enrich himself considerably.” Piaras Ó Mídheach | Sportsfile for Web Summit | Getty Images Crypto […]
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Stock futures slip after Wednesday’s session as Wall Street awaits bank earnings
Stock futures slipped Wednesday night as traders look ahead to earnings from major U.S. banks. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures shed 117 points, or 0.38%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.41% and 0.47%, respectively. Stocks slipped during Wednesday’s session after June inflation data came in hotter than expected, hitting its highest level […]
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Inflation jumped by 9.1% in June, the fastest since 1981. How does your ‘personal inflation rate’ compare?
Grocery shopping in Rosemead, California on April 21, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Inflation jumped to a new 40-year high in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. That means the prices Americans pay at the gas pump, grocery store and elsewhere have been rising much faster than normal this year. That […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines, Twitter, Snap and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Delta Air Lines (DAL) – Delta shares slid 2.9% in the premarket after reporting a mixed quarter. The airline earned an adjusted $1.44 per share for the second quarter, shy of the $1.73 consensus estimate. Revenue exceeded estimates on strong travel demand, but margins took a […]
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Crypto needs regulation — technology can’t remove all financial risks, BOE’s Cunliffe says
Regulators need to “get on with the job” of bringing the use of crypto technologies within the “regulatory perimeter,” says Jon Cunliffe, Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability. Speaking at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Singapore on Tuesday, Cunliffe shared insights on the recent “crypto winter,” which refers to a period of […]
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Chinese companies are going global as growth slows at home
Miniso opened its first flagship store in New York City’s SoHo in February 2022. Miniso BEIJING — Some Chinese consumer brands are looking for growth overseas, in markets like the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Take Miniso, a Guangdong-based seller of toys and household products. Sometimes called China’s Muji, Miniso opened a flagship store in New […]
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