May 5, 2024
Investors

SoFi Earnings Are Monday. Investors Are Hoping for First Quarterly Profit.

When SoFi Technologies reports earnings Monday morning, investors will be watching closely to see if the company succeeds in posting its first quarterly profit. The fintech’s management has previously said it expects to report its first profit—according to generally accepted accounting principles—for the 2023 fourth quarter. That said, analysts are a bit less optimistic, expecting

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Finance

How to finance a car when you have bad credit

Quick facts about bad-credit car financing: Even borrowers with numbers in the lowest credit score categories may find auto loan financing. You should dispute errors on your credit report when you find inaccurate information that lowers your credit score. Increasing your down payment on the car helps convince potential lenders that you are serious about your finances. Financing a car with

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Investment

Morgan Stanley rides wealth management boom again as investment bank lags

Morgan Stanley was boosted by its wealth management unit as the ongoing deal drought has taken its toll on Wall Street’s dealmakers. The lender’s wealth management business added net new assets of $282bn in 2023, growing 7%, according to results published on 16 January. Investment banking revenue, meanwhile, tanked from 13% to $4.6bn as deal activity has remained in

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Finance

Bajaj Finance underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors

Published: Jan. 16, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. ET Bajaj Finance Ltd. 500034 shares inched down 0.05% to 7,472.70 Indian rupees Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P BSE Sensex Index 1 falling 0.27% to 73,128.77. Bajaj Finance Ltd. closed 717.30 rupees below its 52-week

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Finance

Finance bosses snub Davos as ‘conference fatigue’ sets in

Leading figures in the financial sector are shunning Davos this year, as the World Economic Forum fights to compete with a growing number of rival conferences around the world. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, Dame Anne Richards of Fidelity International, John Studzinski of Pimco and Hendrik du Toit of Ninety One have all opted

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Mortgage

My dad wants to take out a mortgage and has tried, unsuccessfully, to have Sallie Mae release him as cosigner on my $153,000 student loan. What can we do?

I thought it was a federal loan because I believe they did both types of loans. I started paying back the $153,000 interest-only loan in September 2022, while my dad paid towards the principal and the balance increased. They removed the interest-only repayments after several calls were made regarding the balance not being reduced.  My

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Investment

Bank of America sees M&A fees slide again as debt deals prop up investment bank

Bank of America has kicked off a closely-watched earnings season for Wall Street’s biggest banks with an overall uptick in investment banking fees. Total investment banking fees at the lender rose 7% to $1.1bn in the final quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, holding third place in the league tables. However, the outlook

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Crypto

Bitcoin Wavers as Crypto ETF Trading Gathers Steam. Where Prices Go Next.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies wavered Friday as volatile trading continued in the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The price of Bitcoin has shed 1% over the past 24 hours to $45,950, having notched gains in this period as high as near $48,600—around its best levels

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Crypto

Some Vanguard users blocked from bitcoin ETFs are transferring their funds

Vanguard’s decision to not offer its users access to bitcoin ETFs has sparked a backlash among some customers, who have decided to close their brokerage accounts and move their money to other platforms. Vanguard users have found themselves unable to buy shares in spot bitcoin ETFs, which started trading on Thursday after the U.S. Securities

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Crypto

Bitcoin Price Whipsaws as ETF Excitement Builds After SEC Hack

Cryptocurrencies saw volatile trading Wednesday as traders awaited a decision from the Securities and Exchange Commission on whether to approve spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Digital assets have been buoyed for months by ETF approval hopes, with anticipation reaching fever pitch after the agency’s social media account was breached on Tuesday and falsely posted that the

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