Financials
Stocks for companies that provide financial services to commercial and retail customers including banks, investment funds, insurance companies and real estate.
Money transfer company Western Union will release its earnings on Tuesday, with analysts forecasting lower earnings as digital rivals gained pace during the pandemic. Western […]
Goldman Sachs sounds alarm over fading dollar
Goldman Sachs has joined the chorus of Wall Street voices sounding the alarm on the dangers of a falling US dollar it the face of […]
Visa earnings preview: One digital battle after another
Visa will post earnings on Tuesday and both analysts and investors will want to see whether the payments giant took advantage of the spike in […]
Warren Buffett banks $40bn from Apple pandemic rally
Warren Buffett’s (pictured) conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has banked around $40bn from its investment in Apple, which along with other tech stocks rallied during the pandemic. […]
Super-rich piling out of stocks, says UBS
The super-rich are getting out of stocks after making billions by betting on the recovery of the stock market during the pandemic sell-off, says wealth […]
JP Morgan record results show it battening the hatches on the US economy
JP Morgan released its quarterly results yesterday which saw investors cheer its exceptional revenue growth coming from higher investment banking fees. However, America’s largest bank […]
Goldman Sachs earnings preview: Trading through turmoil
Financial companies take centre stage in earnings season this week and Goldman Sachs’ results on Wednesday will be closely watched by the investment community after […]
S&P Global: Global banks could lose $2.1trn by 2021 due to the pandemic
Market research firm S&P Global alerted that banks around the world could face around $2.1trn in credit losses as a result of the pandemic, citing […]
Lloyds shares rise on CEO step-down announcement
Lloyds’ chief executive António Horta-Osório announced on Monday that he plans to step down from his position at the British bank in mid-June 2021 after […]
Goldman Sachs cuts its US GDP forecast for 2020 to 4.6% amid surge in virus cases
New-York based investment bank Goldman Sachs recently revised its 2020 GDP estimates for the US economy, as coronavirus cases in the country reach all-time highs […]