Charles McManus, CEO of ClearBank, speaks at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in April 2023. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images ClearBank, a British financial technology firm powering payments for the likes of Coinbase, scored its first full year of profit after higher interest rates helped drive a 91% jump in revenues. The firm … Read more
UBS logo is seen at the office building in Krakow, Poland on February 22, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images UBS on Tuesday announced a new share repurchase program of up to $2 billion, with up to $1 billion of that total expected to take place this year. “As previously communicated, in 2024 … Read more
This week’s strong market pushed three of our portfolio stocks well clear of our current price targets. Since these rallies look like they have legs, we’re taking our numbers up. Nvidia price target increased to $1,050 NVDA YTD mountain Nvidia YTD Coming off a bullish GTC conference where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the case … Read more
U.S. commuters. Caroline Purser | The Image Bank | Getty Images The recent influx of immigration into the U.S. is helping to bolster the economy despite a raft of global challenges, according to Joyce Chang, chair of global research at JPMorgan. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its U.S. GDP growth projection to 2.1% … Read more
The Bank of England in the City of London, after figures showed Britain’s economy slipped into a recession at the end of 2023. Yui Mok | Pa Images | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 5.25% on Thursday, but economists are divided on when … Read more
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Dec. 7, 2023: A branch of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ethiopia’s largest bank is struggling to recoup millions of dollars after a glitch over the weekend allowed customers to withdraw unlimited funds, according to local media reports. More than $40 million … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 7, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The forces that consumed three regional lenders in March 2023 have left hundreds of smaller banks wounded, as merger activity — a key potential lifeline — has slowed to a trickle. … Read more
Economists expect the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting this week, even though many experts anticipate the central bank is preparing to start cutting rates in the months ahead. In prepared remarks earlier this month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers don’t want to ease up too quickly. Powell … Read more
Are good days for public sector stocks nearing an end? It may not be the case for the entire pack but some of the stocks not only saw a double-digit correction but also a reduction in mutual fund holdings. Mutual funds reduced exposure in 14 public sector stocks in February, of which, seven of them … Read more
The Morgan Stanley digital sign is seen at the company’s Times Square headquarters in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 12, 2016. John Taggart | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley promoted a tech executive in its wealth management division to become the bank’s first head of firm-wide artificial intelligence, CNBC has learned. The bank … Read more
