Goldman expects the Bank of Japan to hike rates in March

Goldman expects the Bank of Japan to hike rates in March

A woman takes photos under the Kanzakura cherry trees in full bloom in Ueno Park, Tokyo. Kanzakura cherry trees herald the early arrival of spring in Tokyo. James Matsumoto | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Goldman Sachs now expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 … Read more

Morgan Stanley names head of artificial intelligence, Jeff McMillan

Morgan Stanley names head of artificial intelligence, Jeff McMillan

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

Banking analysts see 3 reasons why Wells Fargo should push even higher in 2024

Banking analysts see 3 reasons why Wells Fargo should push even higher in 2024

Wells Fargo ‘s run of form continued Wednesday, with shares hitting another 52-week high. Wall Street analysts see more upside ahead for what’s been the best-performing major U.S. bank stock in 2024. In fact, the stock’s session highs above $58 per share Wednesday were multiyear highs and only just over 13% away from all-time highs … Read more

Bill Gates-backed startup confident it can unearth more battery metals

Bill Gates-backed startup confident it can unearth more battery metals

Copper plates on wagons ready for onward shipping at the Mufulira refinery, operated by Mopani Copper Mines Plc, in Mufulira, Zambia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images KoBold Metals, a mining startup backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is bullish on the discovery potential of some of the most … Read more

The bear market for battery metals prices is far from over

The bear market for battery metals prices is far from over

The Albermarle Corp. lithium processing facility in Antofagasta, Chile, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs finds it is too early to call an end to a battery raw materials price plunge, warning that significant supply pipelines and Western electric vehicle headwinds could keep prices lower for longer. The … Read more

Europe is having its worst earnings season since the onset of Covid

Europe is having its worst earnings season since the onset of Covid

Arc of Triomphe Paris, Champs-Elysees France at night vichie81 / iStock / Getty Images Plus LONDON — Around a half of European companies missed earnings expectations in the latest reporting season despite already low expectations, analysts told CNBC, who predicted that the region will continue to struggle amid high interest rates. As of Feb. 29 … Read more

Robot startup Figure valued at $2.6 billion by Bezos, Amazon, Nvidia

Robot startup Figure valued at .6 billion by Bezos, Amazon, Nvidia

Startup Figure AI is developing general-purpose humanoid robots. Figure AI Figure AI, a startup working to build humanoid robots that can perform dangerous and undesirable jobs, just got a big vote of confidence from some of the largest names in artificial intelligence. The company said Thursday that it raised $675 million at a $2.6 billion … Read more

GRANOLAS stocks power Europe to record highs, drawing Magnificent 7 comparisons

GRANOLAS stocks power Europe to record highs, drawing Magnificent 7 comparisons

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2024.  Staff | Reuters Over the last 12 months, just 11 stocks made up half of the gains that powered the pan-European Stoxx 600 stock index to a record-high close on Friday. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs … Read more

GRANOLAS stocks power Europe to record highs, drawing Magnificent 7 comparisons

GRANOLAS stocks power Europe to record highs, drawing Magnificent 7 comparisons

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2024.  Staff | Reuters Over the last 12 months, just 11 stocks made up half of the gains that powered the pan-European Stoxx 600 stock index to a record-high close on Friday. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs … Read more

Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi ink $1 billion investment partnership for Asia Pacific

Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi ink  billion investment partnership for Asia Pacific

An Emirati woman paddles a canoe past skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala on Monday signed a $1 billion private credit partnership to co-invest in the Asia-Pacific region, … Read more