Bets That the Stock Market is in for a Rough Ride are Rising
Bets against the stock market are on the rise again.
Investing
Individual Investors are Coming Back to Tech Stocks
Everybody loves a sequel, right? Well, individual investors — those roller coaster gamblers who drove the crazy meme stock phenomenon and rode the bull market to record retail winnings on Wall Street — are coming back around to tech stocks,…
Embattled Credit Suisse’s CEO to Resign After $1.7 Billion Loss
If you pitched a TV drama featuring all the upheaval at Credit Suisse in the last three years, network executives would dismiss the plot as ridiculous and far-fetched. On Wednesday, the drama kept coming. CEO Thomas Gottstein announced he will…
Adam Neumann’s New Carbon Credit-Crypto Startup Is Paused
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann is currently the subject of an Apple TV+ drama that depicts how he led that company into “an implosion unlike any other in the history of start-ups” (as The New York Times described it). So…
Asset Managers are Piling Into Wealth Management as the Rich Get Richer
“Follow the money” is a pretty good rule of thumb for every fictional noir detective, but it works just as well in the world of financial services. A new report from Bain & Company suggests asset managers and brokerages are…
Despite All This Year’s Stock Market Woes, Wall St’s “Fear Index” is Holding
All it takes is a few short moments of reading headlines for cortisol to begin pumping through your veins. But you may be surprised to know that, despite war, surging inflation, interest rates, and energy prices, fear is actually in…
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Ernst and Young Partners Looking at Millions If Firm Splits
“Breaking up is hard to do,” sang heartthrob crooner Neil Sedaka in 1962, clearly unaware of life as an Ernst & Young partner in 2022. According to internal plans obtained by The Wall Street Journal, a proposed split of the…
Crypto Companies are Slashing Ad Budgets Amid Dire Market Wipeout
It’s been a harrowing few weeks for anyone tracking the Nasdaq or the S&P 500. But look to the land of cryptocurrencies — you know, the decentralized economy that’s supposed to be safely cordoned off from the volatile world of…
The SEC Is Thinking About Shaking Up How Stocks are Traded, Brokers and Wholesalers are Not Happy
The secret’s out. After days of speculation, Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler confirmed Wednesday that the agency is exploring new rules that would upend stock market trading. The SEC is considering requiring brokerages to route stock purchases by…
Passive Funds Own More US Stocks Than Active Funds for the First Time
For the first time ever, US markets have turned passive-aggressive. That is to say, for the first time passively managed index funds now account for more ownership of the US stock market than their actively managed counterparts, new data shows….
High Flying Tiger Global’s Hedge Fund Has Lost 52% This Year
We’ll call it a case of biting off more than you can chew. Tiger Global, the so-called “Tiger Cub” offshoot from Julian Robertson’s famed Tiger Management, closed on a new, $13 billion growth fund earlier this year. After adeptly riding…
