Deutsche Bank’s Binky Chadha is bullish again, confident that the Trump administration will continue to back down on tariffs. “Our base case was for a significant rally in equities on a credible relent on trade policies,” the chief U.S. equity and global strategist wrote Tuesday. “In the event, the administration relented earlier than we had…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Dollar General — Shares of the discount retailer popped more than 10% after the company lifted its annual sales outlook, saying its updated guidance assumes that current tariff rates will remain through mid-August. Dollar General also beat on top and bottom lines for the first quarter….
Signage at a Citibank branch in New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup on Tuesday ended a seven-year-old policy restricting how it provides banking services to firearm manufacturers, sellers and resellers. The bank launched the policy in March 2018 after a teenage gunman killed 17 people and injured more than…
Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Shares rose 3%, after the information technology company beat analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines. Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of 38 cents per share on revenue of $7.63 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected earnings of 32…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Ferguson Enterprises — Shares surged 15% after the cooling solutions company reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.50 per share, exceeding the $2.01 analysts had predicted, according to FactSet. Ferguson’s $7.62 billion in revenue was also above the $7.42 billion estimate. The company also slightly raised its…
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a Fed Listens event in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 22, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook expressed concern Tuesday with the progress on inflation, saying recent lower readings could reverse after tariffs work their way through…
Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The massive package of tax cuts House Republicans passed in May is expected to increase the U.S. debt by trillions of dollars — a sum that threatens to torpedo the legislation as the Senate starts to consider it this week. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates the bill,…
Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi in the last week reported record net profit for a second-straight quarter, bolstering several analysts’ conviction on the Hong Kong-listed stock. In absolute dollar terms, Xiaomi’s earnings are still a fraction of Apple’s . But the Chinese company has a larger smartphone market share in China , and has built an…
Sarah Kapnick started her career in 2004 as an investment banking analyst for Goldman Sachs. She was struck almost immediately by the overlap of financial growth and climate change, and the lack of client advisory around that theme. Integrating the two, she thought, would help investors understand both the risks and opportunities, and would help…
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The more Jamie Dimon worries, the better his bank seems to do. As JPMorgan…