Financials


Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Should Stay Separate Companies: Mortgage Bankers President

Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit wrote a blog post responding to suggestions that the two might be combined.

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The Stock Market Is Ridiculously Expensive. How It Could Get to Ludicrous.

If big tech stocks continue on their current path, it isn’t a stretch for them to lead the S&P 500 higher, says DataTrek Research Co-Founder Nicholas Colas.

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Stock Markets Surge Amid Jobs Slowdown. Trump Tariffs, Stagflation Could Ruin the Party.

Latest inflation data unlikely to derail Fed, Trump pushes to remove Lisa Cook, Paramount Skydance looking at Warner Bros. Discovery bid, and more news to start your day.

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Robinhood Wants to Be the Go-To Social Media App for Traders

The company aims to transform its customers into a tight-knit community with Robinhood’s social platform as their meeting place to talk shop and share verified trades.

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What One Top Small-Cap Growth Fund Is Buying Now

Fed rate cuts and a positive earnings cycle could power a small-cap rally. The Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth fund stands to benefit.

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Stocks Took a Jobs Report Hit. This Matters More to the Fed—and Markets.

Trump’s approval ratings fall, Klarna, Gemini set to debut, Apple’s product event is coming, and more news to start your day.

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The Jobs Report Was Bad. It’s Hitting Bank and Brokerage Stocks.

Shares of Charles Schwab, Robinhood, and other financial companies tumbled on concerns about a weakening economy and the direction of interest rates.

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Small-Cap Financials Are Powering Ahead. The Charts Point to More.

A weakening job market increases the odds that interest rates will be cut soon.

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Citi, UBS, U.S. Bank, Others Settle With CFTC for $8.3 Million

The agency signals a new approach to enforcement through settlements with financial companies over technical violations.

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Citi Taps BlackRock to Invest $80 Billion of Client Assets

Citigroup is streamlining its wealth management business as BlackRock seeks to expand its private asset investments.

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USAA Restructures Units and Overhauls Management Team Under New CEO

The Texas-based financial services company is restructuring its business and revamping top leadership.

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Apple, Meta, Google CEOs Dined With Trump. Where AI Trade Goes From Here.

Trump’s Fed dispute heats up, Broadcom reveals new $10 billion AI customer, Goldman to invest in T. Rowe Price, and more news to start your day.

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What PayPal, Affirm, and Klarna Reveal About the New Money Game

Klarna, which replaced Affirm as Walmart’s exclusive buy-now, pay-later partner, looks to raise up to $1.27 billion at a $14 billion valuation in its upcoming IPO.

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Healthcare Stocks Are Just Starting Their Resurgence. Hold On to Them. 

The healthcare sector is up 6% since early August, but is still cheap. And it’s got more room to run.

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Goldman Sachs Will Buy $1 Billion of T. Rowe Price Shares in New Partnership

The two firms plan to launch co-branded model portfolios and target-date strategies that will give investors exposure to private markets.

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Stifel Hires Launny Steffens, Ex-Merrill Leader and Co-founder of Spring Mountain Capital

Steffens will serve as vice chairman of asset management at Stifel, a newly created role.

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Google Ruling Shows Antitrust Is Dead. But This New Threat Is Very Much Alive.

Global bond rout deepens, Trump tariffs are back in limbo, food giants are struggling, and more news to start your day.

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Goldman Sachs and Elevation Point Deepen Their Relationship in Bid to Serve Independent Financial Advisors

Both firms are striving to drum up more business with independent advisors, one of the fastest-growing segments of the wealth management industry.

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Klarna Aims to Raise $1.27 Billion Ahead of Trading Debut. Fintech Targets $14 Billion Valuation.

Klarna is targeting a valuation of up to $14 billion, according to a filing with the SEC.

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Broadridge to Provide Tech Platform for Wedbush’s Wealth Unit

The regional brokerage firm will rely on Broadridge to overhaul its digital platform for financial advisors.

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Falling Rates Breathe Life Into Regional Banking Stocks. What the Charts Are Saying.

Shares of Citizens Financial Group and M&T Bank look particularly interesting.

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Fall Should Be Colorful. The Stock Market Outlook Calls for Bargain Buys and More Gains.

Healthcare, financials, industrials, and small-caps are on many shopping lists. But not the Magnificent Seven.

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Citadel’s Ken Griffin on Markets, the Fed, and Building His Firm for the Next Century

Griffin’s ambition, strategic vision, and tech savvy have propelled Citadel into Wall Street’s upper echelons. This could be just the start.

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Fighting Fraud, but Not Much Else? SEC Enforcement Actions Plummet.

A new analysis of enforcement activity at the SEC this year finds a focus on direct investor harms rather than violations of more arcane agency rules.

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Interactive Brokers to Join S&P 500 This Week

The stock will replace Walgreens Boots Alliance, which is being acquired by Sycamore Partners in a deal expected to be completed soon.

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