May 16, 2024
Loans

S&P Global Downgrades Five US Banks, Warns Lenders Hold Billions of Dollars in Loans That May Face ‘Material Deterioration’

Standard & Poors (S&P) just downgraded five more regional banks as pain in the sector continues to spread. In a new outlook report, S&P says it’s downgrading First Commonwealth Financial Corp., M&T Bank Corp., Synovus Financial Corp., Trustmark Corp. and Valley National Bancorp. All five banks were downgraded to “negative” from “stable.” S&P says the

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Investors

Canadian ETFs: Investors warmed up to U.S. stocks in December; eight funds terminated

It is no surprise that Canadian ETF launches slowed to a halt for the month of December as most issuers concentrated activity in distribution announcements to close out the year. Based on the Scotia ETF EDGE reports from December 2 to December 29, spanning a four-week period, Canadian ETFs saw an inflow of $3.3 billion,

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