Sometimes it takes a stranger to fully appreciate something. Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi Asset Management has produced research showing why US stocks have outperformed the world and why that superior performance can continue. Admitted by two from his Boston office, Craig Sterling, his head of US equities research, and …
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The Federal Reserve has shown that it knows how to maintain the flow of credit during a crisis. But bond investors now also expect the Fed’s unprecedented stimulus in financial markets to change the course of the credit cycle – that is, preventing more companies from falling than expected just …
Read More »BlackRock easily exceeds profit expectations. This is how he did it.
Text size Photograph by Andrew Burton / Getty Images BlackRock’s second-quarter earnings increased 22% to $ 7.85 per share higher than expected, while net flows plummeted during the period of market uncertainty. The increase in earnings partly reflected a lower share count after BlackRock (BLK) repurchased part of PNC Financial …
Read More »Goldman Sachs earnings report: Shares soar after bank crushed estimates
Text size The Goldman Sachs building is seen in lower Manhattan Photograph by Spencer Platt / Getty Images Goldman Sachs Group has just reported an explosive quarter, thanks to an increase in trade and subscription, but Wall Street wonders how long the good times will last. The investment bank’s shares …
Read More »Dow Jones Industrial Average Soars After Goldman Sachs Earnings
Text size It is good to be the Dow. The stock market continues to rise on Wednesday, but some indices are rising more than others. S&P 500 futures are up 1.4%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 566 points, or 2.1%, and Nasdaq Composite is up just 0.5%. …
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