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By Erika Waddell, Bloomberg |
June 14, 2013
Americans are more confident in U.S. banks than they’ve been in five years as an improving economy helps lenders boost profit and repair their balance sheets, a new Gallup poll found.
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By Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg |
June 14, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank, plans to break off its private-equity unit as an independent firm as the business raises a new fund backed by outside investors.
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By Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
June 13, 2013
U.S. stocks gained, ending a three- day decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, amid better- than-forecast economic data and acquisitions in the media and grocery industries.
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By Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg |
June 13, 2013
Wall Street’s biggest bond dealers are telling clients to shift from most fixed-income markets into U.S. stocks as deepening concern the Federal Reserve will pare unprecedented stimulus fuels the worst debt losses since 2011.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
June 13, 2013
Retail sales in the U.S. rose more than forecast in May, showing job gains and lower borrowing costs are encouraging consumers to spend.
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By Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
June 12, 2013
U.S. stocks fell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting its first three-day losing streak this year, as investors weighed prospects for economic growth and the pace of Federal Reserve stimulus measures.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 12, 2013
The JUN13 E-mini S&P 500 is down 11 points to 1615.75 this morning. We believe this is significant because it is below one of our key support levels of 1617.
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By Michael J. Moore and Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg |
June 11, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s credit rating outlook was revised to negative by Standard & Poor’s, which said the likelihood of “extraordinary” government support for the largest U.S. banks is waning.
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By Frank Holmes |
June 11, 2013
Given this rising interest rate environment, we wondered how gold, oil and other commodities, as well as energy and materials stocks have historically performed. With a hot economy, will we see hot commodities?
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 11, 2013
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he sees no need to expand monetary stimulus immediately in an official BOJ statement made last night. The equity markets are selling off this morning mainly on that "disappointment."
