JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersA Russian court sided with state-run lender VTB Bank in its...
Year: 2024
Why the Fed keeping rates higher for longer may not be such a bad thing
US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to testify at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the "Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 6, 2024. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesWith the economy humming along and the stock market, despite some...
Walmart-backed fintech One introduces buy now, pay later as it prepares bigger push into lending
Customers shop in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 in Hallandale Beach, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWalmart's majority-owned fintech startup One has begun offering buy now, pay later loans for big-ticket items at some of the retailer's more than 4,600 U.S. stores, CNBC has learned.The...
U.S. economy will see ‘more things break’ in 2025 if rates stay high, strategist says
The U.S. economy could be headed for stormy waters in 2025 if the Federal Reserve does not take action soon on interest rates, State Street's head of investment strategy in EMEA said Tuesday.Altaf Kassam told CNBC that classic monetary policy mechanisms had "broken," meaning that any changes made by the...
Top Wall Street analysts pick these 3 dividend stocks for higher returns
Macroeconomic woes and geopolitical tensions have been weighing on investor sentiment, shaking up the major averages in the past week.Investors seeking stability may want to turn to dividend-paying stocks.They can follow the recommendations of Wall Street analysts, who conduct a thorough analysis of the financials of the dividend-paying companies and...