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FirstCash Expands Its Pawnshop Empire Into Europe. Buy the Stock on Multiple Tailwinds.

With more than 3,300 retail locations, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company is the largest pawn store operator in the U.S. and Mexico.

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Citi Defends Wealth Boss Andy Sieg Following Report the Bank Was Investigating Him

Citi hired a law firm to investigate at least six complaints from current and former employees about the head of the bank’s wealth management division, according to a Bloomberg report.

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T-Bill Sales Are Draining the Market’s Extra Cash. It’s a Challenge for the Treasury.

Excess cash is getting sucked out of the financial machinery as the government increasingly turns to shorter-dated debt to meet its borrowing needs.

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Schwab, Robinhood Shares Rise Thursday. Here’s Why.

Wealth management and brokerage firms have benefited from robust investor engagement as customers have added money to their accounts and traded more on margin.

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Stock Market Cheer Amid Trump Tariffs Is Masking a Deeper Fear. Here’s What.

Trump extends China trade deadline, a new pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ford’s EV revamp, and more news to start your day.

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8 Undervalued Stocks for a Rocky Market

Companies that beat average analysts’ forecasts for both profit and revenue over the past two quarters and whose shares recently had price gains in response.

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Wall Street’s Year-End Bonus Prospects Are Improving

In contrast to its first-quarter outlook, Johnson Associates now expects year-end 2025 bonuses to rise across most financial services industry sectors.

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Berkshire Hathaway Might Have Sold More of Its Bank of America Stake

The conglomerate has been selling Bank of America stock since July 2024.

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Stock Markets Face More Shocks After Jobs Data. Watch the Fed and Earnings.

The White House says this week’s tariffs are final, Tesla’s self-driving technology legal woes are bad for the industry, and more news to start your day.

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Banks Confront Weakening Economic Data After Strong Run

Weakening economic data, underscored by surprisingly poor payroll numbers on Friday, is challenging the strong environment that’s coalesced around the sector.

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Brokerage, Wealth Management Stocks Tumble on Darkening Economic Outlook

Shares of Robinhood, LPL Financial, and other brokerage and wealth management companies tumbled Friday after the monthly jobs report added to investors’ concerns about economic growth.

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Wells Fargo Pays CEO Charles Scharf $30 Million Incentive to Stick Around

The bank noted the “successful leadership” of CEO Charles Scharf, who will add the chairman title.

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Trump Wants Pitches From Bank CEOs on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. The Stocks Pop.

President Donald Trump is discussing the idea to monetize the two mortgage giants, including a public offering, according to Bloomberg.

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Robinhood Earnings Beat Estimates Thanks to Surge in Investor Trading Activity

A jump in investor trading of stocks and cryptocurrencies put additional wind in Robinhood’s sails in the second quarter.

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UBS Advisors’ Asset-Gathering Falters as Wealth Unit Loses Advisors

The Swiss bank’s Americas wealth management unit reported net outflows of $3.5 billion for the second quarter.

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Tesla, AMD, ASML, Nike, Revvity, Charter, and More Stock Market Movers

Tesla rises after President Donald Trump says he struck a deal to set 15% tariffs on goods from the European Union, including automobiles.

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The Bitcoin Is Full of Contradictions. It Could Still Climb Some More.

Citigroup has a bull case of $199,00 for the cryptocurrency and a bear case of $64,000.

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Pinnacle, Synovus Agree to $8.6 Billion Regional Bank Deal. Investors Really Don’t Like It. 

The banks say they are merging to create the highest-return bank in the Southeast.

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Charles Schwab to Buy Back $20 Billion of Stock

The company’s board left the quarterly cash dividend unchanged at $0.27 a common share.

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Tesla, Alphabet, IBM, Dow Inc., Honeywell, UnitedHealth, Southwest, American, and More Stock Market Movers

Net income at Tesla falls 16% in the second quarter, while Alphabet says quarterly cloud revenue jumped 32%.

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Stablecoins Could Trigger a Crisis at the Heart of the Financial Industry

The Genius Act sets dangerous forces in motion, Mark Copelovitch writes in a guest commentary.

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Raymond James Earnings Missed Estimates. Here’s Why the Stock Is Rising.

CEO Paul Shoukry struck an optimistic tone, saying that tariff shock is abating and the pipeline for investment banking and advisor recruiting is improving.

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ECB Keeps Rates on Hold. Why It Joined the Fed and Powell on Pause.

In June, the ECB lowered its key deposit rate for an the eighth consecutive quarter-point reduction. President Donald Trump thinks the Fed should follow suit.

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Tesla, Alphabet, TI, Enphase, GE Vernova, Cal-Maine, Fiserv, Lamb Weston, and More Stock Market Movers

Tesla and Alphabet report quarterly earnings after the closing bell Wednesday, while Texas Instruments tumbles after issuing a disappointing profit forecast.

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Northern Trust Isn’t For Sale, CEO Says. The Stock Is Down.

The company is committed to remain independent and execute on its growth strategy, CEO Michael O’Grady said Wednesday morning.

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