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DAVOS, Switzerland — The crypto faithful shouldn’t expect Bank of America to make a major push into the sector anytime soon. “No,” replied Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan when Yahoo Finance Live asked him at the World Economic Forum whether he felt like the company was missing out on the next big thing by not aggressively moving into crypto (full interview above). Moynihan — who has driven a major digital banking transformation as BofA’s CEO for the last 12 years — explained the… Source link

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said this week that hype is a serious risk for cryptocurrencies and likened certain crypto transactions to Ponzi schemes, warning that the crypto space is very dangerous for investors of modest means. The comments come after the collapse of stablecoin TerraUSD (UST-USD) on May 9 reverberated through the cryptocurrency market. “The recent collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin and associated sell-off in crypto markets has shown that hype-driven… Source link

The Google logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images Google’s Russian subsidiary plans to file for bankruptcy after authorities seized its bank account, making it impossible to pay staff and vendors, but free services including search and YouTube will keep operating, a Google spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Alphabet unit has been under pressure in Russia for months for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal and for restricting access to some… Source link

Goldman Sachs emerged as one of the strongest advocates of a post-pandemic return to the office this year, but the fight for talent could be forcing the investment bank to reverse course and offer employees more time away from their desks instead. In an internal memo seen by the Financial Times, the investment bank said it would offer junior staff a minimum of two extra days off each year. But senior staff will get an even bigger perk—one more commonly associated with Silicon Valley than… Source link

U.S. stocks have had a rough start to the year after a standout 2021—and if history is any guide for what’s to come, things could get even worse from here. The S&P 500, which returned nearly 27% to investors last year, has been dragged down more than 15% year to date by rising interest rates, geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation, and a number of other bearish factors. The big question on most investors’ minds: How much further will stocks drop? Bank of America’s chief investment… Source link

(Bloomberg) — A drop below 4,000 index points for the S&P 500 will be a “tipping point,” which could potentially trigger a mass exodus from equities, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. Most Read from Bloomberg Investors have already started fleeing stocks, with outflows from equity funds over the past three weeks adding up to the worst since March 2020, the strategists led by Michael Hartnett said, citing EPFR Global data. The average S&P 500 entry point for the “huge”… Source link

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly told Yahoo Finance Live in an exclusive interview on Thursday that she sees the case for interest rates to move ‘expeditiously’ higher in order to pump the brakes further on surging inflation. And with the Fed growing increasingly hawkish in its endeavor to lower prices, uncertainty remains as to when month-over-month inflation will turn around. Deutsche Bank (DB) Wealth Management CIO for the Americas Deepak Puri believes that prices are currently at… Source link

U.S. stocks resumed losses on Thursday after a rally in the previous session on hopes for an earnings season boost to markets. Investors are digesting a flurry of mixed quarterly reports from Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Citigroup (C). The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, heading towards another week of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated from a slight advance earlier in the session to hover below the flatline. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.7%, reversing… Source link

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says inflation is too high and we need higher interest rates (REUTERS/Blair Gable The Bank of Canada is raising its target for the overnight rate by half a percentage point to 1 per cent. Canada’s central bank says it will also stop buying government bonds and begin quantitative tightening (QT), beginning April 25. The Bank of Canada also sharply increased its inflation expectations, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating economic… Source link

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), the largest U.S. bank by assets, is the first among a lineup of mega banks to unveil first quarter results this week as earnings season kicks off. The company has been a strong outperformer in the banking sector, which lagged the broader market meaningfully this year amid concerns over U.S. bank ties to Russia and worries of an economic slowdown. Still, shares of JPMorgan are down 18.7% year to date. JPMorgan released its quarterly results Wednesday. Here were the… Source link