Moody’s downgrades bank’s credit rating to junk; shares tumble

Moody’s downgrades bank’s credit rating to junk; shares tumble

A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters New York Community Bank’s shares continued their downward spiral Wednesday after Moody’s Investors Service cut the firm’s credit rating two notches to junk status. NYCB shares fell about 3%, trimming … Read more

Siemens Energy swings to profit on order surge, sale of Indian stake

Siemens Energy swings to profit on order surge, sale of Indian stake

Siemens Energy site in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, August 3, 2022. Wolfgang Rattay | Reuters Siemens Energy swung to profit in its first fiscal quarter on the back of a surge in orders and a one-off gain from selling a stake in its Indian affiliate to parent company Siemens. The German renewables firm reported … Read more

Education Department announces aid for rocky FAFSA rollout

Education Department announces aid for rocky FAFSA rollout

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it is introducing a “FAFSA College Support Strategy” with additional personnel, funding, resources and technology to help colleges process the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms after the rollout was repeatedly complicated by a number of setbacks.   “We are determined to get this right,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel … Read more

Hewlett Packard Enterprise tops the 2024 JUST 100 list

Hewlett Packard Enterprise tops the 2024 JUST 100 list

Antonio Neri, CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, at the NYSE, Oct. 19, 2023 Source: NYSE Technology stocks have taken back the No. 1 spot in the JUST 100, an annual ranking of large public companies on issues of key importance to the American public, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise topping last year’s No. 1 Bank of America. … Read more

Stock market in a ‘very dangerous’ position as jobs and wages run hot, fund manager says

Stock market in a ‘very dangerous’ position as jobs and wages run hot, fund manager says

A trader reacts as a screen displays the Fed rate announcement on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S. stock market is in a “very dangerous” spot as persistently strong jobs numbers and wage growth suggest the Federal Reserve’s … Read more

Gold prices to hit $2,200 and outperformance awaits silver, says UBS

Gold prices to hit ,200 and outperformance awaits silver, says UBS

Gold and silver bars of various sizes lie in a safe on a table at the precious metals dealer Pro Aurum in Munich. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Gold and silver are expected to climb further in 2024 on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates, UBS forecasts. … Read more

Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 stocks for solid upside

Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 stocks for solid upside

The Netflix logo is shown on one of the streaming giant’s Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles on July 12, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters The U.S. stock market continues to be volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding when the Federal Reserve will start to lower interest rates, and how many times. Despite the highest level … Read more

Too exposed to Big Tech? These ETFs may help broaden out your risk

Too exposed to Big Tech? These ETFs may help broaden out your risk

Big Tech’s market dominance may push more investors to equal-weight exchange-traded funds, according to VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth. “Investors are getting nervous that too much money is concentrated in a handful of stocks within the broader ETFs that they have available that [are] tied to the S&P 500 or even the Nasdaq 100,” the firm’s head … Read more

Goldman Sachs-backed electricity firm to reach more Americans’ homes

Goldman Sachs-backed electricity firm to reach more Americans’ homes

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Goldman Sachs abandoned an ill-fated push into consumer banking in late 2022, but an investment in a Texas energy retailer means its reach into American homes is about to grow. Rhythm Energy, a Houston-based electricity provider overseen and owned by a Goldman Sachs private equity fund, has won … Read more

Superdry shares soar more than 100% as company considers going private

Superdry shares soar more than 100% as company considers going private

Tristan Fewings/Getty Images LONDON — Superdry shares soared more than 100% on Friday, as the embattled British fashion retailer confirmed that co-founder and CEO Julian Dunkerton is considering taking it private. The stock peaked at 48.55 pence per share shortly before 11 a.m. London time and was last trading at around 46p per share. A … Read more