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In their wake, the bank’s wealth management unit suffered an exodus of financial advisors. Wedding-related spending has increased 8.5% year over year so far in 2026, according to Bank of America payments data. Inflation is playing a role, but so is social media: A majority of respondents to a BofA survey said the era of digital connections and scrolling has introduced additional expenses, such as hiring content creators to capture and share the special day.

(Bloomberg) -- It had been just six weeks since Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh vowed to reestablish the central bank’s reputation as an inflation fighter. But as he took to the podium to explain why the Fed again sat on the fence Wednesday — and held interest rates steady even as consumer prices keep rising far faster than its target, month after month — Wall Street analysts found the message far from reassuring.Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran Again as Conflict Spreads Across Middl

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(Bloomberg) -- An attempt by a lender to offload a portion of a loan backing a Hong Kong data center project is highlighting a global trend of banks reshuffling lending to keep exposure to the booming sector within limits.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeSpaceX Rebounds A

(Bloomberg) -- Meredith Whitney, the former bank analyst who rose to fame for a 2007 report ahead of the global financial crisis, warned that a US “reckoning” is coming in the fourth quarter as one-time economic boosts from the World Cup and residual fiscal spending fade.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set to Make Big Smart

(Bloomberg) -- For months, Big Tech has flooded debt markets with mega bonds that were initially snatched up by investors keen to get exposure to the artificial intelligence boom. As demand wanes and bubble concerns mount, those deals are becoming harder and costlier to get over the line. Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set

(Bloomberg) -- One of this year’s hottest themes in the stock market has been the crowds of traders chasing the recipients of all the planned spending on new artificial-intelligence data centers. Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsS&P 500 Wobbles as AI Angst Offsets Oil Decline

(Bloomberg) -- For years, economists and policymakers have scratched their heads over Britain’s inflation problem.Most Read from BloombergDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsSpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley SaysUS, Iran Extend Pause in Strikes as Oman Holds Hormuz TalksAwakened Indian Students Hand Modi One of His Biggest SetbacksTrump Seethes as Iran War Spirals Anew With No End in SightEven as post-pandemic supply shocks faded and neighboring countri

(Bloomberg) -- The selloff in SpaceX shares has driven the stock near a level that would imply investors are assigning no value to its artificial intelligence business, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. Most Read from BloombergRetina Chip Designed to Restore Sight to Go on Sale in EuropeHegseth Turns to UNC, Virginia Tech After Dropping Ivy LeagueApple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI DemandTrump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 EconomiesSpaceX Turns Away Falcon C

(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. began marketing $12.3 billion of high-grade bonds to fund a Meta Platforms Inc. data center project, testing investor appetite amid growing concerns about excessive AI infrastructure spending. Most Read from BloombergRetina Chip Designed to Restore Sight to Go on Sale in EuropeHegseth Turns to UNC, Virginia Tech After Dropping Ivy LeagueApple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI DemandTrump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 EconomiesAlphabet Fall

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan turned heads during a NewsNation debate, warning that sticky inflation may leave the Federal Reserve with no choice but to raise interest rates again later this year. Moynihan argued that pipeline costs, energy pressures, and persistent household expenses ...

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow gaining more than a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 adding over a third of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing more than six-tenths of a percent.</p><p>A second day of solid bank earnings added momentum to an auspicious beginning to second-quarter reporting season.</p><p>BlackRock and Morgan Stanley both beat quarterly profit expectations, with shares of BlackRock advancing over 6.5% and Morgan Stanley also ending higher.</p><p>Strong earnings combined with more cooler-than-expected inflation data, in the form of June wholesale prices, helped lift stocks, says Melissa Brown, managing director of investment decision research at SimCorp.</p><p>"We saw some good earnings from the financial companies. And, you know, on top of that, there's just still the same buzz around the AI trade, around what's happening with semiconductors. And there's, we haven't really seen a lot of bad news. The inflation news has been better than expected, although I would argue still not good. So inflation is still higher than the Fed's target, even though it has come in a little bit lower than expected. But I think, you know, kind of all those things are conspiring to make it a good but not blowout day today."</p><p>Among the session's other stock moves, PayPal surged more than 17% after sources told Reuters that Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly offered to acquire it.</p><p>And shares of United Airlines dipped in extended trading despite the carrier saying it expected full-year profit at the high end of its prior forecast, as the company's third-quarter outlook was short of Wall Street expectations.</p></body>

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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavered Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. ASML stock jumped on earnings.

(Bloomberg) -- Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their initial public offering price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf Pressure'We Faltered': IBM Plunges Most Since at Least 1968 on MissA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Ti

(Bloomberg) -- Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their initial public offering price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf Pressure‘We Faltered’: IBM Plunges Most Since at Least 1968 on MissA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Ti

(Bloomberg) -- As artificial intelligence, war and the specter of inflation drive investors’ exuberance and worries, Wall Street’s traders have cracked the code to come out on top every single time.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Trump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkUS CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge FlatA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All

Wall Street heads into one of its busiest weeks of the summer, with second-quarter earnings season shifting into high gear alongside key inflation data and closely watched testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. The week kicks off with a flood of bank earnings. JPMorgan Chase,...

US equity investors will focus on Q2 earnings this week, with big money-centre banks kicking off the

Morgan Stanley’s Chief Investment Officer and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Michael Wilson appeared on CNBC this morning with a framing that should give every AI-chip investor pause. The 2026 semiconductor rally, in his read, looks like the next leg of a commodity rotation set off by Fed money printing, with the AI structural story riding ... Morgan Stanley’s CIO: Chip Stocks Following Rare Earths and Gold As Next “Commodity Boom.” Here’s Why That Should Worry You.

(Bloomberg) -- It was supposed to be the deal that vaulted Mirae Asset Securities Co. into the global big leagues.Most Read from BloombergTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanUS Stocks Get Tech Boost After AI-Fueled Selloff: Markets WrapCook Stays at Fed But Trump Wins Power Over Other AgenciesPrabowo Risks Prompt Global Banks to Pull Cash Out of IndonesiaBut SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering

(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street banks are capitulating on bets for a stronger euro, as markets see the US outpacing Europe on interest-rate hikes for the rest of this year.Most Read from BloombergTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsAramco Helicopter Crash in Ras Tanura Kills All 14 on BoardAnthropic’s Mythos 5 AI Model Cleared by US for Wider UseUS Launches Fresh Strikes on Iran Targets After Drone HitsAn Analyst’s Missed Remark Surfaced in Deadly Iran School Strike ProbeTh

Banks have been going on a dividend spree after sailing through the Federal Reserve’s latest stress test. Major banks rushed to announce increased dividends and buyback programs after acing the Fed’s latest test of their financial health. JPMorgan Chase Morgan Stanley Citigroup and Goldman Sachs all announced divided increases, while JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley also detailed new buyback initiatives.

JPMorgan and Bank of America passed the tests with flying colors after the Federal Reserve last year began releasing details of the tests in advance.

(Bloomberg) -- All of the biggest US banks cleared the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, setting the stage for lenders to boost buybacks and dividends. Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some RolesChipmakers Fall Anew in Run-Up to Micron’s Results: Markets WrapThe Debasement Trade Is Unraveling and Kevin Warsh Is One Big Rea

(Bloomberg) -- Kevin Warsh began his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve with a solemn vow to curb inflation and a clear sign that he plans to swiftly revamp how the US central bank does its job.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranModi Warns of ‘Shortage of Trust’ Ahead of Trump MeetingIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Confirms Deal Reached With USNetanyahu Pays a Political Price for Trump’s Iran DealApple Plans Camera AirPods Alongside Upgraded F

Shares of large U.S. banks outperformed the market on Wednesday, with some hitting records, as investors awaited the first Federal Open Market Committee meeting of Kevin Warsh’s Fed chairmanship. Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley also rallied and hit records, according to FactSet and Dow Jones Market Data. Traders widely expect the Fed will keep the benchmark federal-funds rate target unchanged at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%.

Morgan Stanley’s chief investment officer says inflation could remain stubbornly elevated and suggested allocations to commodities and large-caps with pricing power.

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp.’s talks with potential creditors to raise at least $6 billion from a margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake have stalled, people familiar with the matter said, just weeks after the Japanese conglomerate cut its initial target from $10 billion.Most Read from BloombergHouse Republican Says Hegseth’s D-Day Remarks ‘Inappropriate’US Launches Strikes Against Iran After Helicopter Shot DownUS Strikes Iran After Helicopter Downed, Testing Peace TalksStocks Pare Tech-

Wall Street can’t agree on where it is heading next. Savita Subramanian, head of U.S. equity strategy at Bank of America and a broader market skeptic during much of the tech-paced rally that began in late March, thinks the easy market gains might be behind us. Monday’s recovery comes after Wall Street last week faced its sternest test in months, with tech leading a broader market tumble tied to accelerating bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike and the backdrop of increasing tensions in the U.S. war with Iran.