May 18, 2024
Funds

SEC set to force hedge funds, high-frequency traders to register

The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to impose new rules that would require many private funds to register with the agency as so-called dealers, a move that regulators say will help them better monitor a sometimes wobbly market for U.S. government debt. When firms that deal Treasury bonds register with the SEC “they become

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Funds

China stocks rally after government fund says it will increase stock buys

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia, where Chinese markets advanced after a government investment fund said it would step up stock purchases. But the gains in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong were much smaller than recent losses. Oil prices rose and U.S. futures were mixed. China’s Central Huijin Investment, a sovereign fund

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Crypto

Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows

Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work

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Investors

Stock investors fear ‘no-landing’ economy could spell trouble. What’s next?.

While the U.S. stock market has been pricing in a “soft-landing” scenario for the economy, a blowout January jobs report, relatively strong corporate earnings, and Federal Reserve Jerome Powell’s comments during the past week could point to the possibility of “no landing,” where the economy is resilient while inflation stays target.   Such a scenario

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Investment

Wall Street’s biggest bear is leaving Morgan Stanley’s investment committee. What he got right – and wrong about the stock market.

Published: Feb. 2, 2024 at 6:47 p.m. ET One of Wall Street’s biggest bears will be giving up some of his duties, stirring memories for some investors and market mavens of a previous shakeup that proved ill-timed for the market. Mike Wilson will leave his post as chair of Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee but

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Funds

These mutual-fund and ETF investing tips can keep your portfolio out of a deep freeze

Published: Feb. 2, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Investing news and trends Tesla’s stock had its worst month in a year, but Cathie Wood’s ETFs kept buying The ARK Innovation and ARK Net Generation exchange-traded funds bought more than $150 million in Tesla shares in January. Read

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Investors

Apple Stock Is Resilient Despite Weak Guidance as Investors Refocus on AI

The biggest bombshell in Apple ’s December quarter earnings report came on the company’s conference call, when CFO Luca Maestri provided a hugely disappointing forecast for the March quarter. Management’s guidance, implying overall quarterly revenue will fall 5% from a year earlier to about $90 billion, with a drop of nearly 10% in iPhone sales,

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Loans

Aozora Bank Shares Tumble on U.S. Office-Loan Provisions, Foreign-Bond Losses

Published: Jan. 31, 2024 at 9:39 p.m. ET By Kosaku Narioka Aozora Bank shares fell sharply after it projected a fiscal-year net loss due to higher provisions for U.S. office loans as well as losses from foreign bonds. Shares were recently 21% lower at 2,557.0 yen, falling to the day’s trading limit on Thursday morning.

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Loans

New York Community Bancorp Stock Tanks as It Posts Sharp Loss, Slashes Dividend

New York Community Bancorp reported a surprise loss as it wrote down bad real estate loans, sending its stock tumbling Wednesday and dragging down the share prices of regional banks across the country. “This was a major negative surprise,” Jon G. Arfstrom, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said in a Wednesday note. New York

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