Tag: investing

April 16, 2020

Investors are sticking to the mantra of follow the Fed – buying any securities and assets eligible for the central bank’s asset purchasing and emergency lending programs set up to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Analysts say one of the clearest […]

April 2, 2020

Representatives for venture-backed startups are pushing for the companies to get access to $349 billion in small business loans authorized by Congress as part of its economic relief plan for Covid-19. So far it appears that many such businesses won’t […]

March 24, 2020

With the federal-funds rate going to near zero, energy stocks collapsing alongside the price of oil, and stock market volatility roaring, the bank stocks have been crushed. Two months ago Citigroup (C) – Get Report, Morgan Stanley (MS) – Get […]

February 24, 2020

Financial stocks were slumping Monday as investors reacted to the spread of the coronavirus, which now has been found in more than two dozen countries. The Financial Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) – Get Report was down 2.6% to $29.97. Treasury […]

February 6, 2020

European stocks extended a rally on Thursday, getting a further boost as a sign of warming U.S.-China trade relations stoked optimism, even as a virus continues to curb the world’s number-two economy. After the largest three-day percentage gain since early […]

January 23, 2020

European stocks fell on Thursday as the European Central Bank left key monetary policy unchanged as expected, with investors backing away from perceived riskier assets such as equities amid a growing coronavirus crisis out of China. Worries about international trade […]

January 21, 2020

Shares of Visa are on track to notch their longest win streak since 2009, with a potential ninth straight gain, as an analyst said the stock looks like a smart way to bet on millennial finance trends. The credit-card giant’s […]

January 8, 2020

Citigroup Inc. is teaming up with an online platform to make credit investments normally reserved for hedge funds and billionaires available in small slices to legions of individual investors. A partnership announced by the bank and YieldStreet Inc. on Wednesday […]

January 2, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields slipped Thursday in the first trading session of 2020, even though investors were scooping up risk assets such as equities as fears of a global economic slowdown diminished and investors remained optimistic about a partial resolution of […]

December 12, 2019

Robinhood is getting in on the recent trend of companies letting traders buy a fraction of a share. The start-up announced the launch of fractional stock-trading on its app Thursday as a way to lower the bar for investors. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

July 15, 2019

The big banks are kicking off earnings season, and while Citi (C – Get Report) did so with a bang there are some particular factors to watch for in the rest of the earnings reports. Citigroup Citi beat analyst’s estimates […]

June 20, 2019

European markets continued to rally after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it was considering future rate cuts at its policy meeting Wednesday. How did markets perform? The Stoxx 600 SXXP, +0.68% was 0.7% higher at 387.6, following Wednesday’s rally of […]

June 18, 2019

The S&P 500 index stands less than 1% shy of a record but investors aren’t loving the climb, based on a recent fund manager survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The survey of 179 global managers overseeing some half […]

June 7, 2019

The pendulum has been swinging hard for equity investors lately. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.61% is poised for its best weekly performance of the year thus far (and since November), on the heels of the worst five-day return of 2019 […]

May 9, 2019

Layr, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, participated in the first cohort of the Lloyd’s Lab and used the opportunity to test their cloud-based solution for providing faster access for small businesses looking to purchase liability insurance. The InsurTech company […]

May 6, 2019

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, in a tweet that put an awkward exclamation point on Friday’s big stock-market rally, cheered “we’re killing it on the economy” and it’s “totally awesome.” Nice timing, Lar. In the first trading session since […]

March 28, 2019

A European Central Bank official acknowledged that policy makers were considering tiered rates on deposits, a measure that would bring relief to the banking sector, sending European markets higher on Thursday. But banks were sitting out the gains, led by […]

March 22, 2019

A pretty upbeat week for stocks could end on a sour note thanks to our pals in Europe. Just a day after a rally for Wall Street, Germany dimmed the lights on global growth with the worst manufacturing purchasing managers […]