Text size Peter Foley / Bloomberg Bigger banks have reported profits, and investors can be forgiven if they are unsure where the opportunities are now. The answer may lie in how much uncertainty they are willing to accept. Analysts warned that the quarter would be “sloppy” and “confusing,” and banks …
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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 …
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If Tesla is added to the S&P 500 stock index this year, it will be a great victory for the electric vehicle maker and its shareholders. This is because money managers who manage funds that track the index or compare its performance against it will have to buy Tesla shares. …
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As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
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Text size Goldman Sachs analyst Fei Fang downgraded US depositary receipts from Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO to Sell from Hold. ADRs are falling on Friday, but that’s after nearly doubling in the past month. Photography by Giulia Marchi / Bloomberg Recovery of a stock of electric vehicles has gone …
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