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,…

WSJ News Exclusive | Global Battery Race Heats Up With Billions for Europe’s Northvolt

[ad_1] Jan. 16, 2024 12:01 am ET One of the world’s most valuable battery startups is raising $3.4 billion in debt from the European Union and a group of banks…

JPMorgan Posts Record Annual Profit Despite Quarterly Slip

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 12, 2024 8:00 am ET JPMorgan Chase’s fourth-quarter profit slipped, but it was still enough to push the bank to a record-breaking result for the full year.…

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…

Nasdaq Edges Higher, Continuing Climb

[ad_1] The Nasdaq Composite climbed for a third consecutive day as shares of Nvidia, Amazon.com and Google parent Alphabet advanced. The tech-heavy index added 0.1%, leaving it down 1% in…

Investors Hope the Dogs of the Dow Can Find Their Bite

[ad_1] The Dogs of the Dow weren’t the best in show last year, but the recent rally in beaten-down corners of the stock market is giving hope to fans of…

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…

Credit-Card Spending Piles Up as Savings Dwindle 

[ad_1] U.S. consumers continue to burn through their pandemic savings and are taking on more debt as they face high prices on everything from food and housing to entertainment.  Marianne…

Oklahoma Finds It Hard to Break Up With JPMorgan and BlackRock

[ad_1] Cutting ties with the largest U.S. banks and asset managers is easier said than done.  In Oklahoma, where a new law requires the state to stop doing business with…