Family offices are the most bullish they’ve been in years, survey says

Family offices are the most bullish they’ve been in years, survey says

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Family offices are the most bullish they’ve been in years, putting their cash to work in stocks and alternatives as the Fed starts … Read more

AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

An American Airlines’ Embraer E175LR (front), an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 (C) and an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 are seen parked at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on May 24, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images American Airlines is in talks to make Citigroup its exclusive credit card partner, dropping rival issuer … Read more

Factors to consider before refinancing a loan, according to experts

Factors to consider before refinancing a loan, according to experts

Moyo Studio | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve announced a half percentage point, or 50 basis points, interest rate cut at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. And, naturally, some Americans will want to make the most of the central bank’s first rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic. … Read more

Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates half a point

Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates half a point

Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rose as part of a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a half percentage point reduction in interest rates, the first in more than four years. The price of bitcoin was recently higher by 3.5% at $62,417.48, according to Coin Metrics, building … Read more

JPMorgan investment bank creates new role overseeing junior bankers

JPMorgan investment bank creates new role overseeing junior bankers

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase has created a new global role overseeing all junior bankers in an … Read more

When to refinance your mortgage as the Federal Reserve cuts rates

When to refinance your mortgage as the Federal Reserve cuts rates

Andresr | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to make its first interest rate cut in years on Wednesday. But homeowners shouldn’t bet on the move as an opportunity to immediately refinance their mortgage. That’s because “a lot of these rate cuts are already priced in,” Chen Zhao, the economic research lead … Read more

Bitcoin climbs above $60,000 ahead of Fed rate decision

Bitcoin climbs above ,000 ahead of Fed rate decision

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin reclaimed $60,000 on Tuesday as investors awaited details of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting plans. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 4.3% at $60,394.41, according to Coin Metrics. At one point, it rose as high as $61,335.83. It got an initial lift on … Read more

JPMorgan Chase in talks with Apple to take card from Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan Chase in talks with Apple to take card from Goldman Sachs

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Apple is in discussions with JPMorgan Chase for the bank to take over the tech giant’s flagship credit card program from Goldman Sachs, a person with … Read more

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

Tsingha25 | Istock | Getty Images The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday proposed a new rule forcing banks to keep more detailed records for customers of fintech apps after the failure of tech firm Synapse resulted in thousands of Americans being locked out of their accounts. The rule, aimed at accounts opened by fintech … Read more

Tepper and Burry upping their bets on the Chinese economy

Tepper and Burry upping their bets on the Chinese economy

Investors watch computer screens displaying stock price figures at a stock exchange hall. Jiang Sheng | Visual China Group | Getty Images It’s getting late into 2024 and the world is still worried about China.   From property woes to sluggish economic data, China appears to be suffering from long Covid. The country is still reeling … Read more