Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies settled lower Tuesday after a rally that carried digital assets to their highest point since last summer. While the Federal Reserve decision Wednesday is the next key catalyst, cryptos show signs of fundamental strength. The price of Bitcoin has fallen 2% over the past 24 hours to $27,750 after the largest … Read more
American depositary receipts of Swiss bank Credit Suisse (ticker: CS) plunged more than 47% to about 83 cents after larger rival UBS (UBS) agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a deal valued at about $3.2 billion. The merger of Switzerland’s two largest banks—engineered over the weekend by Swiss authorities—comes against a backdrop of industry turmoil. U.S.-listed shares … Read more
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies marched higher again Monday, continuing a recent rally into a new week in the face of turmoil across financial markets. There are at least five reasons why digital assets may be outperforming—and one is key for stocks. The price of Bitcoin has risen 4% over the past 24 hours to above … Read more
A tumultuous week in the U.S. financial markets ended on an uncertain note Friday after a massive $30 billion injection of big-bank deposits into First Republic Bank failed to calm investors. Last week, the sudden meltdown of three U.S. banks – Silvergate Capital, Signature Bank SBNY and Silicon Valley Bank – began to rekindle concerns … Read more
This is a commentary by Allan Sloan, an independent business journalist and seven-time winner of the Loeb Award, business journalism’s highest honor. We all know about the problems the Federal Reserve is having these days trying to hold the U.S. and world financial systems together in the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. But … Read more
Regional bank stocks fell Friday even after the country’s biggest lenders agreed to inject $30 billion in uninsured deposits into First Republic Bank . The rescue plan, involving many of America’s largest banks, including Bank of America (ticker: BAC), Citigroup (C), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM), initially brought some relief to shares of regional banks but … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered firm, upbeat reassurances to rattled bank depositors and investors Thursday, even as American financial institutions and European agencies ordered fresh rescue efforts following the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history. Questioned closely, sometimes aggressively, Yellen told senators at a Capitol hearing that the U.S. banking system “remains … Read more
U.S. stocks could see increasingly wild swings in the coming days as option contracts tied to trillions of dollars in securities are set to expire on Friday, removing a buffer that some say has helped to keep the S&P 500 index from breaking out of a tight trading range. Option contracts worth $2.8 trillion are … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are back to falling on Wall Street Wednesday as worries worsen about the strength of banks on both sides of the Atlantic. The S&P 500 was 1.3% lower in midday trading, while markets in Europe fell more sharply as shares of Switzerland’s Credit Suisse tumbled to a record low. The … Read more