Wall Street
Wells Fargo profit falls as the bank sets aside funds for bad loans, company’s shares drop 3%
Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Friday that second-quarter profit declined 48% from a year earlier as the firm set aside funds for bad loans and was stung by declines in its equity holdings. Here are the numbers: Earnings per share: 74 cents, including an 8 cent per share […]
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Investing on the graveyard shift: Two new ETFs look to capture the ‘night effect’
Two new ETFs out this summer are working the overnight shift. The NightShares 500 [NSPY] and NightShares 2000 ETFs [NIWM] are doing something no ETF has done before: Take advantage of the so-called “night effect.” According to NightShares CEO Bruce Lavine, stocks bought at the market close and sold when markets open again in the […]
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JPMorgan CEO Dimon sums up U.S. economy in one paragraph — and it sounds bad
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on accountability for megabanks in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 10, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday summarized the […]
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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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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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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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Ritholtz’s Josh Brown says stocks are never down three years after a recession
Stocks could have further downside from here, but Ritholtz Wealth Management’s Josh Brown has some good news for investors: Markets are never down three years after a recession. “We studied every post-World War II recession, and the effects of the stock market before, during and after,” Brown said Wednesday on CNBC’s ” Closing Bell: Overtime […]
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Stock futures are flat with all eyes on June’s inflation report
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, July 12, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors awaited a key inflation report that is expected to show a fresh high. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 18 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures […]
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These stocks have earnings momentum going into earnings season
As investors ready themselves for what’s expected to be a rough earnings season, CNBC Pro found stocks that are actually seeing their estimates raised by analysts going into results. Many investors are expecting second-quarter earnings reports to fall broadly short of expectations, as rising inflation and a hawkish Federal Reserve continue to weigh on corporate […]
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