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JPMorgan keeps dividend unchanged as rivals including Morgan Stanley boost payouts after Fed test
A combination file photo shows Wells Fargo, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Reuters JPMorgan Chase said Monday that increasingly stringent capital requirements forced it to keep its dividend unchanged while rival banks announced bumps to their quarterly payouts. Bank of America said that it was raising its quarterly dividend […]
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Wall Street layoffs likely ahead as two-year hiring boom turns to bust
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Less than six months ago, Wall Street bankers were reaping the rewards from a historic boom in mergers and IPOs. Now, thanks to a confluence of factors that have cast a pall over markets and caused most deal […]
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JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citigroup may need to cut buybacks after Fed stress test results
The biggest American banks may have to hit the brakes on capital return to shareholders because of regulators’ annual stress test, according to Morgan Stanley analysts led by Betsy Graseck. Analyst reaction to the Federal Reserve stress test results released Thursday focused on an unexpected increase in the stress capital buffers of banks including JPMorgan […]
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Norway announces 50 basis point hike to interest rates, largest for 20 years
Norway’s central bank, also known as Norges Bank, in Oslo, Norway. Kristian Helgesen/Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s central bank announced a 50-basis-point hike to its benchmark interest rate on Thursday, the country’s largest single increase since 2002. The move takes the policy rate from 0.75% to 1.25%, and Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden […]
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Bank of America and Citigroup are flagged for potential losses on risky loan deals by rival JPMorgan
Fund outflows and tightening conditions in a key corner of the credit markets have left big banks with an estimated $2 billion in losses, according to JPMorgan Chase . Bank of America and Citigroup have the most exposure to so-called hung loan deals within the coverage universe of JPMorgan analyst Vivek Juneja, according to a […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Kellogg, Lennar, Spirit Airlines and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Kellogg (K) – Kellogg jumped 8.1% in premarket trading after announcing plans to split into three separate public companies. One entity will comprise the snack and international cereal businesses, another the U.S. cereal business and the third will be a pure-play plant-based food producer. Lennar (LEN) […]
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Sterling has further to fall as Bank of England wrestles growth-inflation conundrum, strategists say
LONDON — Sterling has fallen more than 9% against the U.S. dollar so far this year and despite a recent reprieve, currency strategists see further pain ahead for the pound. The Bank of England last week delivered another 25 basis point hike to interest rates, a more cautious move than peers such as the U.S. […]
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Why the $2 trillion crypto market crash won’t kill the economy
Francesco Carta Fotografo | Moment | Getty Images Carnage in the crypto market won’t let up, as token prices plummet, companies lay off employees in waves, and some of the most popular names in the industry go belly up. The chaos has spooked investors, erasing more than $2 trillion in value in a matter of […]
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Goldman Sachs loves these 4 global energy stocks — and one is on its conviction list
Analysts at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have picked their top energy stocks, with those involved in hydrogen, electric vehicles and renewables among their favorites. The sector certainly looks hot right now, with the iShares Global Energy ETF up around 30% year-to-date as investors react to sky-high energy prices. In a note from June […]
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Goldman Sachs says these global companies are poised to return more cash to shareholders
Share buybacks are on the rise, according to Goldman Sachs , with the investment bank naming a raft of European companies that it thinks are ready to accelerate the pace of shareholder returns. Share buybacks, also known as share repurchases, are when a company buys back its own shares from the stock market. This boosts […]
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