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(Bloomberg) -- Bearish bets across US stocks are surging to a record in the face of market gains, reflecting anxiety about the staying power of a rally that has seen the S&P 500 jump 18% from late March. Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsTrump Silent So Far on Iran Plans as US Death Toll Hits 17FCC Near Rulings Aga

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) released its company-compiled data of sell-side analysts’ forecasts for the automaker’s second-quarter 2026 earnings estimates ahead of this week’s earnings call. Analysts Predict $27 Billion in Revenue On Saturday, the Elon Musk-led automaker announced earnings forecasts from analysts at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) and several others. Read Also: This Week in Tesla: Elon Musk Faces Pay Package Questions, US EV Prices Fall and More

(Bloomberg) -- A global rush to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure has turned the technology into a key pocket of growth in China’s economy during one of its weakest stretches in years.Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesTrump Silent So Far on

(Bloomberg) -- Moonshot AI has told investors it’s preparing to list in as early as six months, seizing the opportunity to tap capital markets after its latest model upended industry perceptions of China’s burgeoning capabilities and sent global tech stocks reeling.Most Read from BloombergFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyTaylor Farms P

Earnings results showed generally solid credit health among borrowers, strong dealmaking activity, and blowout trading numbers.

(Bloomberg) -- Latigo Biotherapeutics Inc. filed for an initial public offering, joining a growing list of biotechnology firms considering going public as soon as this quarter.Most Read from BloombergFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesChipmakers Bounce After Plunge to Bear-Market Edge: Markets WrapGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal GoalsChina’s Moonshot Unveils AI Model That Narrows Gap With US FirmsThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry fo

Three and a half years of rate hikes, inflation scares, and recession warnings failed to stop this rally, and Goldman Sachs just revealed exactly where it stands against nearly a century of bull market history.

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs told clients in a note on Friday that strong central bank gold purchases in May are likely to provide a price floor for gold amid near-term pressure from hawkish Federal Reserve pricing.

(Bloomberg) -- The bonds sold by hyperscalers to fuel their artificial intelligence ambitions have become a drag on investor portfolios from London to Tokyo.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal GoalsBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthNasdaq Futures Tumble 1.5% as Chip Rout Deepens: Markets WrapUS Cyclospora Outbreak Tied to Taco Bell Lettuce From MexicoFrom fa

​📈 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.

The banking giant just showed off its profit engine, but now it has to prove this new power is permanent.

Q2 earnings season kicked off with the big banks swinging for the fences, and Jefferies sees four dividend-paying giants still leaving serious upside on the table despite the rate uncertainty clouding the second half of 2026.

Amazon.com (AMZN)-backed Anthropic is in talks with banks to expand its credit facilities by billion

US banks look like they are trying to move to the upside, but this is a market that has a lot of external influences.

(Bloomberg) -- Retail traders have moved from the stock market’s margins to its center.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsOpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI CompanionCIA Says AI Drones Give Russian Troops Only 30 Minutes to LiveBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthOnePlus, Once Popular with Tech Fans, to Pull Out of US and EuropeMarket data shows that their growing influence has reache

JPMorgan, Goldman and other big banks are raking in trading revenue this year as “the market is clearly extremely risk-on.”

Wall Street cleared this earnings season’s first major hurdle with room to spare, as the nation’s biggest banks pummeled profit forecasts. “Bank earnings are often described as a scoreboard for the financial sector,” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank. “They are more useful as an economic medical examination, and the early numbers suggest the patient remains active, and dealmaking appears healthier.”

Goldman Sachs lawyer says she was “friendly” with the convicted sex offender but he was a “masterful liar.”

(Bloomberg) -- Anthropic PBC is seeking to meet with investors ahead of its potential mega-IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company prepares to join the rush of artificial intelligence-driven stock market debuts.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsOpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI CompanionTrump Drops 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Tr

By Manya Saini July 15 (Reuters) - A broad revival in investment banking is taking hold on Wall Street, fueled by a surge in IPOs, mergers and debt issuance.

A dividend is one of the few promises a company cannot quietly fake. Guidance gets walked back. Buybacks get paused the moment a quarter turns ugly. But a cash payment wired to shareholders every 90 days is a firm putting real money behind its own story, quarter after quarter, with nowhere to hide. ...

U.S. stocks caught a break this week—and found a window in which to exploit it over the next two weeks—as inflation data suggest a taming of Federal Reserve rate-hike bets and the outlook from a key player in the market for artificial intelligence outpaced Wall Street’s forecasts. Tuesday’s inflation data got the ball rolling, with the softest monthly print since the Covid-19 pandemic and annual gains that fell shy of Wall Street estimates cratering bets on a July Fed rate hike.

(Bloomberg) -- It’s not just Morgan Stanley’s IPO bankers that are benefiting from the frenzy of companies going public in recent weeks.The bank hauled in $148 billion of net new assets in its wealth-management business in the second quarter, over half of which were tied to IPOs, according to a statement Wednesday. SpaceX’s record-breaking listing earlier this year proved to be a field day for Morgan Stanley and its Wall Street peers that helped take it public. Elon Musk’s space and artificial-i

Assets under supervision stood at $4.04tn as of 30 June, supported by $230bn of net inflows and $161bn of market appreciation.

IBM stock has its worst day ever, PayPal gets a takeover offer, big banks see deal boom time, and more news to start your day.

Chip-gear giant ASML rose with the Nasdaq and AI stocks at key levels. Oil prices topped $80 a barrel on new U.S. attacks vs. Iran.

Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.

Elevance Health is breaking the Medicare Advantage curse, and the insurer’s earnings could show it on Wednesday. Health insurer stocks have rallied this year after a tough run of rising medical costs that hampered earnings in 2024 and 2025. The results come just a day ahead of the monster of the industry, UnitedHealth Group Wall Street will be watching to see if these two companies can keep the momentum going.

(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

Five of the nation’s largest lenders—including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs—reported a 39% jump in combined earnings to over $49 billion, driven by surging Wall Street fees from a widespread “risk-on” environment, the recent SpaceX IPO, and the AI boom.