Wall Street
Credit Suisse vows to overhaul its risk management after a litany of scandals
A sign above the entrance to the Credit Suisse Group AG headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Thi My Lien Nguyen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Credit Suisse has vowed to forge ahead with its risk management and compliance overhaul in light of a string of scandals, despite what its CEO called […]
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Stock index futures inch higher following a losing day Monday
Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Monday following a losing day as investors prepare to rebalance their portfolios with the end of the quarter fast approaching. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 36 points. S&P 500 futures edged up 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%. The overnight action followed modest losses […]
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Brookfield’s Mark Carney on the firm’s new $15 billion bet on the clean energy transition
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Brookfield Asset Management announced last week that it raised a record $15 billion for its inaugural Global Transition Fund. This marks the world’s largest private fund dedicated to the net zero transition, signaling that investors are still committed to establishing cleaner portfolios. However, some blame the trend toward ESG-investing for […]
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SPACs wipe out half of their value as investors lose appetite for risky growth stocks
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, June 16, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters SPACs, once Wall Street’s hottest tickets, have become one of the most hated trades this year. The proprietary CNBC SPAC Post Deal Index, which is comprised of SPACs that have completed their mergers […]
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Morgan Stanley’s Wilson says this is a bear bounce and lower lows are ahead
Markets could climb further over the next several weeks, but Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson warned investors that any bounce in the bear market would be temporary. A sustained comeback is “hard to justify” given the growing concerns around earnings revisions, Wilson said in a Monday note. The strategist expects that falling commodities prices could be […]
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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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‘Apathetic’ investors will embrace banks: RBC top analyst predicts comeback in year’s second half
Investors who are “apathetic” or negative toward banks will change their stance in the year’s second half, according to RBC Capital Markets’ top banking analyst. Gerard Cassidy predicts bullishness will make a comeback due to strong revenue growth and optimism surrounding credit. “You can really see people coming back to [bank] the stocks. They’re under-owned,” […]
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Quarter-end buying may lift stocks higher before the next market storm
Trader on the floor of the NYSE, June 7, 2022. Source: NYSE The stock market is about to close out its worst first half in decades in the week ahead, setting the stage for a summer of uncertainty and volatility. But in the very near term, strategists see a window of positive momentum for an […]
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Consumer sentiment survey followed by the Fed shows inflation expectations ease slightly
A shopper inside a women’s clothing store in the East Village neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. Kathryn Gamble | Bloomberg | Getty Images A widely followed consumer sentiment survey released Friday showed inflation expectations have eased slightly. The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers said consumers expect inflation to rise […]
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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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