Category: Investment Banking

September 26, 2019

Through its Community Possible giving and engagement platform, focused on the areas of Work, Home and Play, U.S. Bank announces $8.2 million in Work grant investments. Funding supports several nonprofits across the country focused on workforce readiness, small business growth […]

September 20, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s chairman Jerome Powell announced the second rate cut of 2019, by 25 basis points (bps), at the end of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this Wednesday. Global economic growth and trade-war related uncertainties leading […]

August 29, 2019

Bank of America could see its profits take a hit over the next year as long-term interest rates continue to fall and “the potential for several additional rate cuts” from the Federal Reserve threaten the bank’s income growth, Raymond James […]

August 26, 2019

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit a multiyear low in overnight trading on Monday, but later returned to near break-even levels, after President Donald Trump’s shifting tone on the U.S.’s recent broadside of tariffs against China whipsawed equity and bond […]

August 19, 2019

In a falling rate environment, Goldman Sachs is advising clients to buy high-dividend payers, which it says are trading at their cheapest levels in nearly 40 years relative to stocks with low yields. “With the 10-year Treasury yield at just […]

August 14, 2019

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. holds nearly $100 billion in financial-services stocks, underscoring the size of the billionaire investor’s ongoing bet on the future of the U.S. economy. Berkshire’s position has built up over years and includes banks, payment companies, […]

August 7, 2019

The White House’s escalating trade fight with China is increasingly likely to drag on through the 2020 election, handicapping the U.S. economy and potentially endangering President Trump’s re-election. Strategists and economists say the U.S. and China appear further away than […]

July 25, 2019

Barclays is proving to be one of the early winners from the woes of German rival Deutsche Bank. The British bank, run by ex-J.P. Morgan executive Jes Staley, has persuaded hedge fund clients with $20 billion in balances at Deutsche […]

July 24, 2019

Deutsche Bank’s plans to retreat from risky investment banking, fire thousands of people and return to its German roots may eventually create a healthier lender. In the short term, the overhaul will be a major financial drain. That was made […]

July 18, 2019

What to expect this summer and fall. The first half of 2019 was a wild one for investors, with the S&P 500 gaining an impressive 17%. The ride wasn’t always a smooth one, with concerns over slowing economic growth and […]