LONDON (Reuters) – The bosses of global investor Fidelity International and accountancy giant EY have voiced concerns about a fracturing of relations between the U.S. and China, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Anne Richards, CEO of the $610 billion money manager Fidelity International, put her level of worry about a…
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.58% to $21,044 at 2344 GMT on Saturday, adding $1,113 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 27.6% from the year’s low of $16,496 on Jan 1. Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, surged 7% to $1,552.6 on Saturday, adding $101.6 to…
By Megan Davies and Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street’s biggest banks stockpiled more rainy-day funds to prepare for a possible recession, while showing caution about forecasting income growth in an uncertain economy and as higher rates increase competition for deposits. The outlook for big U.S. banks has been clouded by the Russia-Ukraine conflict…
LONDON (Reuters) -Investors poured money into equity and bond funds and moved money out of gold in the week to Wednesday, according to BofA Global Research, taking heart from a string of positive data points and policy changes. “You don’t get more Goldilocks than that,” the report said of Thursday numbers that showed U.S. consumer…
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group expects U.S. equities to generate positive returns for investors in 2023 even if the economy enters a recession, according to its outlook report released on Friday. The bank’s wealth management team expect the benchmark S&P 500 to end 2023 at between 4,200 and…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – If there was only one word to sum up 2022, “unpredictable” might be the most accurate. Yet we all enjoy trying to predict the future, especially when it comes to our finances – to protect ourselves from the downside, or to take advantage of the upside. What does…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tentative bounce in U.S. stocks is about to face a key test, as companies get set to report fourth-quarter results amid worries over a potential recession in 2023. Analysts expect earnings for S&P 500 companies to have declined 2.2% for the quarter compared with a year ago,…
By Davide Barbuscia, Carolina Mandl and Shankar Ramakrishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are increasing their exposure to U.S. corporate bonds as they take advantage of a surge in supply, but some say conflicting opinions about the economy are creating both long and short trading opportunities. The belief that the Federal Reserve may be nearing…
By Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -Crypto exchange FTX has recovered more than $5 billion in liquid assets but the extent of customer losses in the collapse of the company founded by Sam Bankman-Fried is still unknown, an attorney for the company told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Wednesday. The company,…
(Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners shows no sign of halting its run of challenging the policies and executives of some of the world’s biggest companies. The group has taken on the likes of GSK Plc, Glencore Plc, Vivendi SE and Danone SA while owning minor stakes, as well as attempting to oust…
