Wells Fargo reported better-than-expected quarterly results ahead of Friday’s opening bell. We were also pleased to see that by the end of 2023, management has officially delivered on its multi-year cost savings program of $10 billion. But shares came under pressure due to a weaker-than-expected outlook. Total revenue for the three months ended Dec. 30 … Read more
Billionaire hedge fund Bill Ackman, who recently fought a high-profile battle against Harvard University, said Friday he is launching an activist organization to fight anti-Semitism and reform higher education. “It will be a think and do tank. He’s going to be an activist,” Ackman said in an interview with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on “Squawk … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed for bitcoin exchange-traded funds to be fundamentally different from large equity funds, and the impact of that decision on how the funds will be traded remains to be seen. Bitcoin funds, which launched on Thursday, use a share buyback process that turns the underlying crypto into cash. … Read more
Here are the most important news investors need to start their trading day: 1. Packaging Stock futures fell on Friday ahead of the week’s final trading session. However, all the major indices are still heading for weekly gains, despite what has seemed like near-daily stagnation since the start of 2024. The Dow Jones Industrial Average … Read more
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser attends a hearing on the annual oversight of Wall Street firms before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on December 6, 2023 in Washington, DC, US. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Citigroup reported fourth-quarter results before Friday’s opening bell. Here’s what the company announced compared … Read more
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images More than a dozen financial firms are involved in new bitcoin exchange-traded funds that began trading on Thursday, but one of the world’s largest fund issuers and money managers still won’t touch the cryptocurrency. A Vanguard spokeswoman told CNBC that the asset management giant has no plans to … Read more
Jane Fraser CEO, Citi, speaks at the Milken Institute 2023 Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Citigroup warned investors late Wednesday that the charges associated with the drop in the Argentine peso as well as the bank’s reorganization were much higher than the company’s chief financial officer … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved rule changes that will allow the creation of bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S., a long-awaited move that will give investors regular access to the controversial and volatile cryptocurrency. The decision is likely to lead to the conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which holds about $29 … Read more
People carry shopping bags when they visit a department store during the New York holiday season. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters According to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor for December, retailers posted solid gains last month to close out the holiday season. But the data also show that the true state of consumer spending is now being … Read more
In this picture taken on June 16, 2023, representations of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency are placed on a PC motherboard. Nut Ruvic | Reuters Cryptocurrency investors are waiting for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a series of spot bitcoin applications, likely on Wednesday With a spot bitcoin ETF now looking very real, attention is … Read more