Regulation


JPMorgan’s Unusual Quarter Weighs on Shares. How Apple Plays a Role.

Excluding the bank’s transaction to start issuing the Apple credit card, profit of $5.23 a share topped analysts’ estimates.

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Visa, Mastercard Slump on Trump’s Credit Card Cap Plan. Why the Proposal Could Help the Stocks.

Analysts at Mizuho and Morgan Stanley reiterate buy-equivalent ratings for Visa and Mastercard after Trump proposes a cap on credit card rates.

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Capital One and 6 More Financial Stocks to Buy After Trump Rattled the Market

The president’s Friday call for a 10% cap on credit-card rates have hit shares from Citigroup to Synchrony Financial.

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Microsoft Pledges AI Data Centers Won’t Raise Electricity Bills

The company unveiled its Community-First AI Infrastructure plan amid growing concern that AI data centers could strain local power, water, and tax systems.

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Exxon Stock Hits Record High. Trump Spat Is Already Blowing Over.

The president’s statement about Exxon is probably just the beginning of a long negotiation between the oil giants and the administration.

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Judge Greenlights Offshore Wind Farm After Trump Halt

Danish company Orsted can restart work on its Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island.

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Trump Wants Cheaper Housing. How Pulte Could Pressure Builders to Deliver It.

Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte told Barron’s the Trump administration wants “the right incentives and disincentives—so the carrot and sticks approach—with the builders.”

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Stock Futures Fall After Fed Discloses Subpeonas

The major banks will kick off fourth-quarter earnings season this week, and the economic data highlight of the week will be the consumer price index for December.

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Finra Wants to Help Brokers Protect Clients From Fraud. It Has 2 Ideas to Start.

The brokerage industry self-regulator cautions that scams are on the rise and increasingly hard to detect.

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Trump Shares Partial Jobs Data on Social Media Before Key Employment Report

“There was an inadvertent public disclosure of aggregate data that was partially derived from pre-released information,” a White House official said.

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Tilray Stock Couldn’t Sustain Its Trump Gains. How Cannabis Earnings Could Help.

While several of Tilray’s businesses are struggling, its cannabis business is driving record revenue.

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How Trump’s Plan to Buy Mortgage Bonds Will Affect Rates

The president just launched his latest salvo in his battle against high mortgage rates as he tries to make home buying more affordable.

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Defense CEOs Get Paid a Lot. Trump Is Pushing Them to Deliver.

The president ordered future contracts to ensure base salaries for defense company CEOs are capped at current levels if contractors fail to perform.

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Betting Markets Say Supreme Court Will Scrap Trump Tariffs. How to Play It.

Retail stocks, a potential winner if the levies are struck down or curtailed, have already run up.

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Mamdani Loses Bid to Delay Rent-Control Property Auction. Flagstar Bank Stock Jumps.

A Deutsche Bank analyst said if the loan issues can be resolved, it would be a credit positive for Flagstar.

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SEC Wants to Redefine the Size of ‘Small’ Financial Advice Firms. It’s a Big Change.

The agency suggests that firms with up to $1 billion in client assets should be deemed “small entities.” The current threshold is only $25 million.

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New Dietary Guidelines Are Out. Food Stocks Lose; Alcohol Shares Gain.

Federal guidelines include prioritizing nutrient-dense foods, including protein, dairy, healthy fats, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables.

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The Biggest Problem for Housing Affordability Isn’t Interest Rates

If the Trump administration is serious about housing affordability, it needs to toss out some rules, Satish Mansukhani writes in a guest commentary.

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Trump Wants to Lower Housing Costs. How Fair Isaac and Equifax Could Benefit.

Greater loan origination volume could mean more revenue for Fair Isaac, Equifax, and TransUnion, says Clear Street.

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Donald Trump Is Meddling in Markets. It's a Dangerous Line to Cross.

Trump threatened to penalize defense companies that pay dividends to shareholder or buy back stock, and he said he might ban institutional investor purchases of single-family homes.

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Stock Market Fundamentals Look Great. But Trump, Again, Is the Wild Card.

President Donald Trump has played stock market activist before. The results were mixed.

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Trump Wants to Ban Big Investors From Buying Homes. Real Estate, Blackstone Stocks Drop.

Trump said he would call on Congress to codify his plan to prevent big investors from buying single-family homes.

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RTX and Other Defense Stocks Fall After Trump Says He’ll Ban Dividends, Buybacks

Trump said defense contractors are too slow to deliver equipment and too slow to maintain and repair equipment.

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