Chinese companies are going global as growth slows at home

Miniso opened its first flagship store in New York City’s SoHo in February 2022. Miniso BEIJING — Some Chinese consumer brands are looking for growth overseas, in markets like the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Take Miniso, a Guangdong-based seller of toys and household products. Sometimes called China’s Muji, Miniso opened a flagship store in New…

Stock futures are flat with all eyes on June’s inflation report

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, July 12, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors awaited a key inflation report that is expected to show a fresh high. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 18 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures…

Goldman Sachs hires Alphabet tech incubator CEO Jared Cohen for new innovation group

In this article GOOG GOOGL GS Jared Cohen Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has hired another senior executive from the technology sector. The investment bank is adding Alphabet‘s Jared Cohen, a protege of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and founder of Jigsaw, an incubator at the tech giant, to help start…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Twitter, Wynn Resorts, Lululemon, Nio and more

In this article WYNN TWTR LULU Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twitter — Shares of the social media company dropped more than 8% after Elon Musk walked away from his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk alleged that Twitter…

Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street looks ahead to the start of earnings season

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 27, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed after hours Monday as Wall Street looks ahead to what many expect will be the start of a volatile second quarter earnings season this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 16 points, or 0.05%. S&P…

Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Twitter, Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Twitter (TWTR) – Twitter slid in premarket trading after Elon Musk announced late Friday that he was abandoning his $44 billion takeover deal. Twitter responded by saying it plans legal action to hold Musk to the agreed-upon transaction. Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Las Vegas…

S&P 500 futures edge lower ahead of kickoff to earnings season

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 24, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. equities futures dipped slightly Sunday evening as Wall Street looked ahead to big company earnings reports and key inflation data, on the heels of a strong employment report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped by 27 points, or 0.1%….

This type of ETF is seeing near-record inflows — but will it keep paying dividends?

It’s a type of ETF seeing near-record inflows. New data shows dividend exchange-traded funds totaled almost $50 billion in fresh money in the first half of 2022, according to Todd Rosenbluth of VettaF, a financial services company. “We recently did a survey of advisors at VettaFi, and dividend strategies were most popular in terms of…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Virgin Galactic, Bed Bath & Beyond and more

In this article MRVL SLB GME SPCE BBBY HELE Shoppers wait for a GameStop store to open on at the Tysons Corner Center, in Tysons, Virginia, November 27, 2020. Hannah McKay | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. GameStop — Shares of the video game retailer jumped more than 8% after the…

World’s largest bitcoin fund slams the SEC, sues over crypto ETF rejection

In this article GBTC Digital currency asset manager Grayscale is in a legal fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its latest rejection of the company’s prospective spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Last Wednesday, the SEC denied Grayscale’s application to convert its bitcoin trust to a spot ETF. The company filed a lawsuit the…

Fed officials Waller and Bullard back another big interest rate increase in July

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The Federal Reserve is well on its way to another sharp interest rate hike in July and perhaps September as well, even if it slows the economy, according to statements Thursday from two policymakers. Fed Governor Christopher Waller left little…

ECB stress test shows most euro zone banks don’t include climate risk in their credit models

Environmental protesters take to the streets during a demonstration by Fridays for Future in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, in August last year. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The results of the European Central Bank’s first climate risk stress test show that most banks do not sufficiently incorporate climate risk into their stress-testing…