NYCB shares jump after new CEO gives two-year plan for “clear path to profitability”

NYCB shares jump after new CEO gives two-year plan for “clear path to profitability”

A New York Community Bank stands in Brooklyn, New York City, on Feb. 8, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Community Bank on Wednesday posted a quarterly loss of $335 million on a rising tide of soured commercial loans and higher expenses, but the lender’s stock surged on its new performance targets. The … Read more

New Calamos ETF promises ‘100% downside protection.’ How it works

New Calamos ETF promises ‘100% downside protection.’ How it works

A new ETF designed to shield investors from the risk of market volatility starts trading on Wednesday.  The Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF (CPSM) promises to deliver investors “100% downside protection” against the index’s losses over a one-year outcome period, according the firm’s news release. Calamos’ head of ETFs Matt Kaufman helped build … Read more

ARK says it’s a unique time to invest

ARK says it’s a unique time to invest

ARK Invest’s chief futurist lists five groups that should give tech investors an edge. According to Brett Winton, robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-omics sequencing, public blockchain and energy storage are key areas because they’re all entering the marketplace at the same time. “We believe that this is a unique time in technological economic history,” he told … Read more

Wall Street: Wall Street shares close up as megacap tech stocks rally

Wall Street: Wall Street shares close up as megacap tech stocks rally

NEW YORK, – U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, buoyed by a rally in megacap growth stocks following robust quarterly results from technology heavyweights Alphabet and Microsoft in addition to moderate inflation data. Investors cheered Alphabet’s first-ever dividend, its $70 billion stock buyback program, and better-than-expected first-quarter results. Its shares jumped 10% and reached a … Read more

Amazing time to invest in cutting-edge tech including AI

Amazing time to invest in cutting-edge tech including AI

ARK Invest is betting big on private tech companies. “It’s an amazing time to invest in innovation,” the firm’s chief futurist, Brett Winton, told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Both venture exposures and public innovation companies are incredibly well valued today to take a long-term investment.”  Winton worked with the ARK Invest team to create … Read more

Dow drops 600 points on inflation, growth concerns: Live updates

Dow drops 600 points on inflation, growth concerns: Live updates

Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Stocks fell sharply Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data showed a sharp slowdown in growth and pointed to persistent inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 631 points, or 1.7%, weighed down by sharp declines … Read more

Regional bank failures may be ahead, Former FDIC head Bair warns

Regional bank failures may be ahead, Former FDIC head Bair warns

Regional bank earnings may expose critical weaknesses, according to Sheila Bair, former chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Their quarterly numbers begin hitting Wall Street this week. “I’m worried about a handful of them,” Bair told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Tuesday. “I think some of them are still overly reliant on industry deposits, … Read more

Morgan Stanley (MS) earnings Q1 2024

Morgan Stanley (MS) earnings Q1 2024

Ted Pick, CEO Morgan Stanley, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Morgan Stanley is set to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.66 a share, according to LSEG Revenue: $14.41 billion … Read more

Bank of America (BAC) earnings Q1 2024

Bank of America (BAC) earnings Q1 2024

Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan testifies during a Wall Street oversight hearing by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 6, 2023.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Bank of America is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. … Read more

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings Q1 2024

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings Q1 2024

David Solomon, Chairman & CEO Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Monday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $8.56 per share, according to LSEG Revenue: … Read more