Wall Street’s Cloudy Quarter Has Some Rays of Sunshine

[ad_1] Jan. 16, 2024 12:49 pm ET Wall Street hardly ended last year with a bang. But given the challenges facing the other major business lines of the biggest banks,…

Goldman Scores a Win With Sharply Higher Earnings

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 16, 2024 1:42 pm ET Goldman Sachs reported sharply higher earnings for the fourth quarter, giving the Wall Street Goliath a boost after a run of lackluster…

Bitcoin ETFs Get Off to a Monster Start, Despite Resistance on Wall Street

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 11, 2024 7:25 pm ET The new bitcoin ETFs had a roaring debut in their first day of trading, but Vanguard refused to join the party. The…

Bank Earnings Season Is About to Start. Here’s What to Expect.

[ad_1] Big banks held up well in 2023, even though the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates at a fast clip. Reports on fourth-quarter bank earnings, which start this…

The Fed Launched a Bank Rescue Program Last Year. Now, Banks Are Gaming It.

[ad_1] An emergency lending program the Federal Reserve created during the 2023 banking crisis has turned into easy money. Borrowing from the Fed’s bank term funding program has increased to…

The Best Stock Funds of 2023

[ad_1] Driven by a rebound in large and megacap stocks, in particular the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies, mutual-fund managers who saw double-digit losses in the market rout in 2022 found…

The Stock Rally Has Stalled. Now Comes Earnings Season

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:02 am ET After a recent pullback in stocks, investors are looking to the coming earnings season for clarity on companies’ growth prospects. U.S. stocks…

Bank of America trading fees rise 8% after push in markets business

[ad_1] Bank of America’s global markets unit edged up 8% in the third quarter after a fresh push in its trading business, helping the Wall Street bank beat market expectations…

BAC lays off 19 staff

[ad_1] Updated: Dec 12, 2023 08:48 PM Jason Hayward, Minister of Economy and Labour (Photograph by Blaire Simmons) The BAC Group of Companies has confirmed that 19 staff have been…

Big Banks Need More Out of Wall Street

[ad_1] As the calendar turns for the biggest banks, a big question mark looms: Where will growth come from next year? A major feature of the global Wall Street banks…