By Carolina Mandl and Nell Mackenzie NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds rushed to unwind bets that U.S.-listed stocks will fall, as a persistent rally threatens their performance, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs told clients in reports. “For hedge funds, shorts have been a challenge since early June especially,” JPMorgan said, adding the unwinding…
(Corrects Brent price unit in second paragraph to ‘per barrel’) By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Friday as the dollar strengthened and oil traders booked profits from a strong rally, with crude benchmarks recording their third-straight weekly gain. Brent crude futures settled at $79.87 per…
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI (Reuters) – U.S. treasury yields have likely peaked, with longer-dated bonds looking attractive as the Federal Reserve is near the end of its hiking cycle, M&G Investments’ Jim Leaviss said. “Unless we get a resurgence in core inflation from where we are now, then it should be the peak in bond…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bankrupt wedding gown retailer David’s Bridal received court approval on Friday to sell its business to asset manager Cion Investment Corp in a no-cash transaction, reaching a deal to keep 195 stores open and avoid a total shutdown. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christine Gravelle approved the sale at a…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency companies that have resisted U.S. regulatory oversight, arguing digital assets are not securities, won a court victory this week. On Thursday Ripple Labs got a landmark ruling from a federal judge who said some of the company’s XRP token sales were not subject to securities laws. WHAT DID THE…
By Matt Tracy (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo said on Friday they set aside more money for expected losses from commercial real estate loans, in the latest sign that stress is building up in the sector. Lenders’ exposure to commercial real estate has come under growing scrutiny this year, as the sector globally –…
By Niket Nishant and Nupur Anand (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase beat Wall Street estimates for the second-quarter with record profit even as its chief Jamie Dimon cautioned about unprecedented economic risks. The largest U.S. lender’s profit climbed as it earned more from borrowers’ interest payments and benefited from the purchase of First Republic Bank. While Dimon…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said on Friday that a Republican plan to cut the agency’s annual budget would reduce its ability to ramp up tax collections on millionaires like it has done in recent months. Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee have proposed…
(Reuters) – Pot producer Canopy Growth has signed agreements with lenders to reduce its debt by C$437 million ($333.36 million) over the next six months, weeks after the Canadian firm raised doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern. The agreements with secured and unsecured lenders would also lower its interest expenses by…
By Saeed Azhar and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deposits at U.S. banking giants including JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are expected to extend their second-quarter decline as consumers keep spending and moving their money in search of higher yields. “We do expect deposits to come down,” Wells Fargo chief financial officer Mike Santomassimo told…
