Goldman Sachs says these 3 Big Oil companies ‘screen as attractive’

Energy stocks have had a tough year, but Goldman Sachs sees promise in European Big Oil. “We are currently at a turning point as EU Big Oils started to outperform U.S. Big Oils, to potentially close their 40% valuation gap against their U.S. peers,” the investment bank’s analysts, led by Michele Vigna, wrote in a … Read more

Bristol Myers Squibb to buy Karuna Therapeutics

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Bristol Myers Squibb on Nov. 20th, 2020. NYSE Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday announced it agreed to buy biopharmaceutical company Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion in cash, or $330 per share. Karuna’s stock popped more than 47% on the news Friday morning, hitting around $317 a share. Bristol Myers … Read more

Treasury yields fall as traders continue to assess prospects of futures Fed rate cuts

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield retreated on Tuesday, reversing course from the previous day’s trade and continuing a general downward trend over the past week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note was down 5 basis points at 3.907%, having fallen below 4% on Thursday to hit its lowest point since July. Yields move inversely … Read more

Twilio hires Qatalyst to advise on shareholder, activist defense

Jeff Lawson CEO, Twilio Scott Mlyn | CNBC Cloud software developer Twilio has hired Qatalyst Partners, the investment bank founded by Frank Quattrone, to advise on its defense against a group of activist investors, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Qatalyst, which previously advised Segment when Twilio purchased it for $3.2 billion … Read more

Treasury yields inch higher ahead of Fed meeting

U.S. Treasury yields were fractionally higher on Monday, as investors look ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was 3.1 basis points higher at 4.277%. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was 2 basis points higher at 4.35%. Yields move inversely to prices. Traders are … Read more

Bank CEOs show support for SSI reform bill

Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Current SSI asset limits ‘lock people in poverty’ Current SSI asset limits are extremely low — $2,000 for individuals and $3,000 per couple. Those thresholds apply to all kinds of assets, including cash, bank accounts, investments and household goods. Beneficiaries who go over the limits are suspended or … Read more

Wall Street CEOs say Basel 3 endgame rules will hurt Americans

(L-R) Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; and Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup; testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Wall Street CEOs on Wednesday pushed … Read more

Goldman Sachs is betting on the small cap rally. Here’s how.

Small cap stocks are undergoing a resurgence, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management is looking to capitalize on it through the exchange-traded fund space. “In the last five weeks, we’ve launched three new active products. Two are the premium income. One, believe it or not, is small cap core,” Brendan McCarthy, the firm’s managing director of … Read more

Ex-Amazon exec explains the performance review system

Violetastoimenova | E+ | Getty Images “Stack ranking,” a controversial system of rating employees and laying off the poorest performers, has its benefits.  That’s according to a former Amazon attorney who worked for the company for almost nine years — and who says the technique has been “helpful” to his own career. Alykhan Sunderji, now … Read more

Wells Fargo CEO warns of severance costs as layoffs loom

Charlie Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 2, 2023. speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California on May 2, 2023.  Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said Tuesday that low staff turnover means … Read more