Financial stocks have been among the market’s best performers this month. The Fed’s next move, however, may determine how much further the rotation can run.
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The market backdrop has become far more challenging than it was during the AI-led rally of the past few years. While the broader bull market remains intact, volatility has picked up as investors contend with elevated valuations, geopolitical uncertainty, questions surrounding the Federal Reserve’s policy path, and growing questions about whether the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in AI infrastructure will generate sufficient returns. As a result, earnings reports have become far
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📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. It was an epic quarter for investment banks. Goldman Sachs said this week that its stock-trading revenue hit a record $7.4 billion, up 72% from a year earlier.
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The second quarter was supposed to be a severe test for airlines but Delta’s earnings Friday will likely signal that U.S. carriers passed with flying colors.
Raymond James raised Delta’s price target but downgraded the stock.
Big Bank stocks should see investment banking and trading revenues exceed prior guidance, JPMorgan said Monday ahead of the group's earnings next week. The firm also raised price targets for major bank stocks like Citigroup.
Morgan Stanley raised its quarterly dividend by 15% and reauthorized a $20 billion stock buyback shortly after clearing the Federal Reserve's 2026 stress test, according to the Morgan Stanley press release. The announcement arrived alongside similar capital return moves from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman ...
American Airlines stock has had a rough few years on Wall Street. Shares slid from the mid-$50s in 2018 to $18.15 at the time of writing. Now, one of the airline's longtime bulls has just given shareholders a reason to pay attention again. Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker refreshed ...
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For most of the post-2008 era, Oppenheimer’s Chris Kotowski was the guy telling you to keep buying the big banks. He waved off the 2011 eurozone panic, the 2016 energy blowup, COVID, and the 2022 rate hikes. On June 30, 2026, he flipped. Kotowski cut Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of America, and ... The Analyst Who Loved Bank Stocks for 15 Years Just Flipped. Here’s What He’s Buying Instead
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According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Morgan Stanley stated in its note that SpaceX could post adjusted EBITDA of $2.7 trillion by 2040.
Morgan Stanley hiked price target on ServiceTitan to $124 from $118 and kept an ‘Overweight’ rating on the stock, according to TheFly.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer is making a paradoxical call on the pending SpaceX IPO. On Squawk on the Street this week, he predicted the stock could double on its opening trade to a $4 trillion valuation, while publicly trying to talk retail investors out of buying. The mechanics he points to (a microscopic float and forced ... CNBC’s Jim Cramer Predicts SpaceX IPO Will Double to $4 Trillion. He Says Two Factors Will Lead to Massive Buying.
The brokerage giant is letting customers with as little as $2,000 in a trading account submit offers to buy SpaceX at the IPO price.
SpaceX IPO shares are expected to be available through Fidelity, E-Trade, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, and SoFi, but allocations aren’t guaranteed.