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Shares of regional banks posted big gains on Tuesday as they regained their footing after huge losses in the previous session, but volatility continued in the sector following the demise of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital in the past week. While the rise in some cases is eye-popping, most stocks have yet […]

Signature Bank of New York was being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for its work with crypto clients before it was seized by regulators over the weekend, according to a new report. Bloomberg News reported late Tuesday that federal prosecutors were investigating whether the bank was taking the necessary steps to identify potential money […]

Wall Street is a great storyteller, and the stock market’s record reads like a long collection of short stories. Investors need to identify not only what each story is about, but every aspect of the plot mechanics that makes it worth reading. Investors also must consider both the horizontal and the vertical dimensions of the […]

Shares of Fiserv Inc. and Fidelity National Information Services Inc. rebounded Tuesday as concerns about their regional-bank exposure appeared to ease. Fiserv shares FISV, +6.02% ended the session up 6%, snapping a six-session losing streak. The stock had lost nearly 7% in Monday’s session alone. Shares of FIS FIS, +7.03% had fallen in each of […]

The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which marked the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the Great Recession in 2008, has rattled financial markets and sparked fear of systemic tremors in the banking system.  Here’s a look at big swings across markets since the crisis began to take hold […]

ChatGPT is a media darling. The chatbot has become something between a social-media influencer, and for some, a modern day Oracle of Delphi.  Intrigued, I sit down and key in a question. How should I prepare for a longer life? Text appears across my screen at a maniacal pace. A nearly 600-word response materializes in nearly […]

U.S. stock index futures are gaining Tuesday after inflation data continued to show a cooling trend in February. The numbers could ease Wall Street worries over steeper interest rate hikes while the banking sector finds its footing. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, +1.22% rose 31 points, or 0.8%, to 3919 Dow […]

Women under 35 may be savvier on financial issues than their male counterparts, but there are still significant headwinds facing women that need to be overcome to ensure security in retirement. Female investors under the age of 55 are 4.5-times as likely as older women to consider themselves very knowledgeable about financial topics, according to […]

Credit Suisse Group AG on Tuesday published its annual report for last year, and confirmed previous years’ financial results, after a delay amid discussions requested by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Swiss lender CSGN, -9.58% CS, -4.51% had been due to release the report last week, but delayed the publication following a request […]

Japanese bank stocks fell sharply Tuesday morning as the country’s government bond yields hit multimonth lows in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 8306, -7.76% were recently 7.5% lower and shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 8316, -7.67% were down 8.0%. Bank stocks had surged since […]

The run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) SIVB, -60.41% — on which nearly half of all venture-backed tech start-ups in the United States depend — is in part a rerun of a familiar story, but it’s more than that. Once again, economic policy and financial regulation has proven inadequate. The news about the second-biggest bank failure in […]

United Airlines Holdings Inc. stock fell more than 7% in the extended session Monday after the airline surprised Wall Street by guiding for a loss in its first quarter, saying it saw lower-than-expected demand in January and February and continued to feel the pinch of high fuel prices. United UAL, -4.20% said it expects a […]

Gold prices finished at a five-week high as the U.S. dollar weakened and Treasury yields declined after the Federal Reserve and other U.S. authorities attempted to prevent a banking crisis from spreading in the aftermath of SVB collapse. Price action Gold prices for April delivery GC00, +2.48% GCJ23, +2.48% gained $ 49.30, or 2.6%, to […]

Rivian Automotive Inc.’s stock fell more than 3% Monday after news that the electric-vehicle maker and Amazon.com Inc. are discussing possible changes to their deal for electric delivery vans. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the companies are in talks to end the exclusivity part of their electric-van […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has transferred all deposits, both insured and uninsured, of the former Silicon Valley Bank to a newly created full-service FDIC-operated bridge bank in an action that seeks to protect all depositors of the bank. The move comes after the regulator closed the bank and its 13 […]

Credit Suisse shares on Monday reached a new record low, falling as much as 9% as investors continued to hammer away at the stock of the Swiss banking giant after the collapse of banks in the U.S. While SVB Financial and Signature Bank collapsed in the wake of the downturn in the technology and crypto […]

The Oscars were “Everything.“ The critically-acclaimed multiverse movie stole the show on Hollywood’s biggest night, with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nabbing seven of the night’s top honors, including best picture, best actress, best directing, best editing, best original screenplay, and the best supporting actor and best supporting actress awards.  But there were plenty of […]

U.S. regulators came to the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank depositors late Sunday, triggering a modest relief rally in stock-index futures. But investors were left to weigh the outlook for Federal Reserve rate increases after the central bank’s aggressive tightening was flagged by economists and analysts for setting the stage for the second-largest bank failure […]

U.S. financial regulators on Sunday said Silicon Valley Bank customers would have access to all their money on Monday, days after the bank failed. Announcing new steps, the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said their moves would “ensure that the U.S. banking system continues to perform its vital roles of protecting […]