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Chinese investments in the U.S. have dramatically declined since Donald Trump’s first term. This trend is unlikely to reverse as Trump returns to the White House, analysts said. Trump has threatened additional tariffs on Chinese goods soon after his inauguration on Monday, building on an increasingly tough U.S. stance on Beijing. “That’s probably the last […]
As Chinese markets prepare for higher tariffs and hope for more government stimulus , Citigroup analysts say some of their top picks are high-yielding mainland stocks. “Yield plays in the A-share market have become more attractive amid the government bond yield drop,” Citi China equity strategists said in a report last week, referring to stocks
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Equifax $15 million over errors tied to consumer credit reports, alleging the company failed to conduct proper investigations of disputed information, the federal watchdog announced Friday. Equifax is one of three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S., a group that also includes Experian and TransUnion. “Equifax ignored consumer
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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Crypto stocks – Stocks tied to crypto prices jumped amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could release an executive order making crypto a national priority as soon as the first day of his new term. Shares of crypto exchange operators Coinbase and Robinhood advanced 4.5% and
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: J.B. Hunt Transport Services — Shares fell more than 7% after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings came in weaker than expected. J.B. Hunt earned $1.53 per share, below the LSEG consensus estimate of $1.61 per share. Meanwhile, revenue for the period came in line with expectations at
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Capital One said an unspecified technical issue was hampering customer account access Thursday, as some users reported issues with direct deposits. In response to complaints on social media platform X, a Capital One representative said the bank was experiencing a “tech outage” that was affecting “a variety of functions,” with no timetable for a restoration of
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Bitcoin should rip higher under President-elect Donald Trump, according to BlackRock’s ETF chief. Samara Cohen, the firm’s ETF and index instruments chief investment officer, thinks cryptocurrency deregulation will “absolutely” propel bitcoin to another historic year. “There will be progress made on… FIT21 [“Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.] There will be progress made
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American investment banks just disclosed a record-smashing quarter, helped by surging trading activity around the U.S. election and a pickup in investment banking deal flow. Traders at JPMorgan Chase, for instance, have never had a better fourth quarter after seeing revenue surge 21% to $7 billion, while Goldman Sachs’ equities business generated $13.4 billion for
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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that the central bank could lower interest rates multiple times this year if inflation eases as he is expecting. In a CNBC interview, the policymaker said he expects the first cut could come in the first half of the year, with others to follow so long as economic
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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — The streamer added 1% on the back of Seaport’s upgrade to buy from neutral. The firm put out its call ahead of the company’s earnings report next week. UnitedHealth Group — The stock shed more than 4% after UnitedHealth’s fourth-quarter revenue missed analysts’ expectations.
