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7/14/2022 10:04:28 PM
Some sunlight from Wall Street
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg It wasn't too long ago that Wall Street CEOs looked like they were trying to outdo each other when it came to economic gloom and doom. Now, two
7/25/2022 9:54:55 PM
‘Delusional’ predictions
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Data due this week could show the US economy contracted for a second straight quarter. While that's one way to define a recession, the Biden
7/26/2022 9:44:29 PM
Recession call gets cloudy
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The word recession seems to be in every other headline these days, but a shift in how US consumers are spending just landed with a thud in the Wall
8/24/2022 9:24:30 PM
$20,000 in debt forgiveness
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg President Joe Biden announced a sweeping package of student-debt relief that forgives as much as $20000 in loans for some, a move he said would help
8/22/2022 3:24:36 AM
Lenders are failing
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US mortgage industry is seeing its first lenders go out of business after a sudden spike in lending rates, and the wave of failures that's
8/18/2022 10:14:27 PM
It’s $2 trillion Friday
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg With August shaping up to be the calmest month this year for US stocks, traders are closely watching Friday's $2 trillion options expiration for
9/8/2022 9:34:27 PM
The end of an era
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign took Britain from the age of steam to the era of the smartphone, and who oversaw the largely peaceful breakup of an
9/16/2022 10:34:26 PM
Goldman under scrutiny
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group's six-year foray into consumer banking—dubbed Marcus—is apparently getting some special attention from the US Federal
9/22/2022 8:54:28 PM
Housing paralysis sets in
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US housing market has gone from FOMO to just plain fear. Prices are falling from peak levels, with expensive West Coast markets recording the
9/23/2022 8:54:29 PM
The ‘sham’ votes begin
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg In what have been labeled by Ukraine, the US, NATO and others as “sham” votes, Kremlin forces and Moscow-aligned rebels in four occupied territories
9/19/2022 8:54:29 PM
Biden vows Taiwan defense
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg President Joe Biden said US military forces would defend Taiwan from “an unprecedented attack,” his latest pledge of support as his administration
9/26/2022 9:24:50 PM
A $5 trillion cash pile
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg From stocks to bonds, credit to crypto, money managers looking for somewhere to hide from the Federal Reserve-induced storm battering virtually
10/20/2022 10:24:35 PM
Canada’s dirty secret
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pitches Canada as a global climate leader, one that's adopted ever-bolder climate targets and policies under his
10/24/2022 9:54:33 PM
The verdict on Xi
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg A sense of exasperation swept across Chinese markets as Xi Jinping moved to stack his leadership ranks with loyalists. Stocks capped their worst day
10/17/2022 10:34:27 PM
Goldman does it again
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer David Solomon is embarking on his third major reorganization of the bank in four years, undoing changes made
11/11/2022 11:04:28 PM
FTX blows up
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Sam Bankman-Fried's digital-asset empire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping the downfall of one of crypto's wealthiest and most
11/21/2022 10:24:28 PM
Return of the Iger
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Disney shares rose the most in almost two years after the storied entertainment giant that lists Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm among its assets
11/23/2022 10:54:31 PM
Fifty-fifty chance
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg As some have since telegraphed in public, US Federal Reserve officials concluded in private earlier this month that they should soon moderate the
12/12/2022 11:04:29 PM
Cutting back for Christmas
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The gift that no one wants but everyone is getting this year? Inflation. Higher prices are hitting shoppers hard as 2022 comes to a close.
1/23/2023 10:44:27 PM
The greatest trades ever
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Ken Griffin's Citadel churned out a record $16 billion in profit for clients last year, outperforming the rest of the hedge fund industry and
1/25/2023 10:25:53 PM
Shorts on the attack
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US short seller Hindenburg Research is targeting Asia's richest man with accusations of market manipulation and fraud. The bold move comes after
1/27/2023 11:54:28 PM
Cooling inflation
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measures eased in December to the slowest annual pace in over a year while consumer spending fell,
1/30/2023 10:54:33 PM
The pros get played
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Big money has spent a fortune snapping up homes in recent years. Now regular folks are outsmarting the pros. First-time buyers and small investors
1/9/2023 11:14:26 PM
Raise then hold
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg A rally in stocks fizzled after two US Federal Reserve officials signaled that interest rates could top 5%, throwing some cold water on traders who
2/6/2023 11:15:02 PM
Thousands dead
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Some of the most powerful Middle East earthquakes in decades killed more than 2500 people in Turkey and Syria while leaving millions in the cold as
2/22/2023 11:04:31 PM
Debt brinkmanship
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Not a surprise but at least it's on paper. Minutes of a recent meeting of US Federal Reserve officials show they foresee further rate hikes,
2/14/2023 10:44:27 PM
Inflation’s slowing demise
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US inflation is still slowing, but it isn't going away as quickly as many may have hoped. Consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, the most in
2/13/2023 10:24:31 PM
Dialing back the tension
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is said to be considering a meeting with Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, at a security conference later this
2/27/2023 11:04:30 PM
A lack of interest
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Interest rates are soaring on seemingly everything these days—that is, except the money you squirreled away in your bank account. When it comes to
3/1/2023 10:54:30 PM
‘Evolve or die’
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Bridgewater Associates was bound to be different once billionaire founder Ray Dalio no longer ran it. It turns out the world's largest hedge
12/16/2022 8:57:53 AM
The economy slows
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US economy showed signs of slowing, with retail sales and manufacturing dropping last month. But the labor market—despite thousands of firings
3/21/2023 10:14:28 PM
Roaring back
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Beleaguered First Republic Bank is refusing to be the fifth victim of the banking crisis, surging by a record and leading a rally in US lenders
3/17/2023 10:44:32 PM
Wanted for war crimes
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for war crimes related to the alleged abduction of
3/10/2023 11:14:35 PM
Three years of grief
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Three years ago tomorrow, the World Health Organization declared the spread of what was then called the novel coronavirus to be a pandemic. Some
4/3/2023 10:04:29 PM
OPEC hits the gas
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Monday was all about oil following the surprise decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to slash output. The
11/28/2022 11:24:30 PM
The answer to the jobs riddle
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The global economy looks shaky and some of the world's biggest names are firing thousands of employees. For those workers, there's little
11/14/2022 11:14:28 PM
Biden and Xi dial it back
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Before US President Joe Biden sat down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a seaside resort in Bali on Monday, officials were downplaying any hope for
4/21/2023 10:45:21 PM
Vote of confidence
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Battered regional banks got a vote of confidence from the one-time king of the bond world. In his investment outlook published Friday, Bill Gross,
4/19/2023 5:25:26 AM
No money to retire
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg More than one quarter of Americans have no money saved for retirement, according to a new survey. Almost one in five people age 59 and older said
11/7/2022 11:24:27 PM
Fired by accident
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Twitter is heading into its second full workweek under Elon Musk with only half of its workforce (he fired the other half), mounting losses and a
5/3/2023 10:15:34 PM
Now the Fed waits
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US Federal Reserve did what almost everyone said it would do, raising interest rates by a quarter percentage point and hinting it could be the
11/2/2022 11:14:27 PM
Higher rates, smaller hikes
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Jerome Powell says he sees daylight, but it's at the end of a longer tunnel. The US Federal Reserve Chair stated interest rates will go up more
5/19/2023 11:15:00 PM
Self-sabotage
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg It was just 24 hours ago when US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his adjutants were making positive sounds about negotiations to settle the
5/16/2023 9:34:31 PM
Time is running out
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US is another day closer to defaulting on its debt. Despite clear warnings such an event could throw millions out of work, trigger a market
5/15/2023 9:54:41 PM
What really killed SVB
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg So what really killed Silicon Valley Bank? According to Greg Becker, former chief executive of the now-dead lender, it was in part the speedy pace
10/31/2022 10:14:28 PM
The coming Fed pivot
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The end of the Federal Reserve's campaign to raise interest rates is approaching, according to Morgan Stanley strategist Michael Wilson, who
10/10/2022 10:34:30 PM
Biden’s China gambit
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US President Joe Biden's new restrictions on technology exports to China could undercut that country's ability to develop wide swaths of its
6/20/2023 10:24:31 PM
Housing market surge
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The number of US homes beginning construction unexpectedly surged in May by the most since 2016 and applications to build increased, suggesting
6/20/2023 6:54:59 AM
Pause, not stop
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Pause, not stop. That's the message from the US Federal Reserve, which as widely predicted (thanks to a dollop of foreshadowing by Fed officials
6/21/2023 10:04:29 PM
Powell’s prediction
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers expect interest rates will need to move higher to reduce US growth to below its long-term
6/12/2023 9:44:26 PM
Is the bull market real?
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The S&P 500 entered bull market territory last week after gaining 20% from an October low, driven by investors betting on America's
6/26/2023 9:45:54 PM
Return of the IPO
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US technology stocks slid while government bonds advanced as traders unwound many of those bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates