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Goldman Sachs profits plunge while Citigroup prospers
October 16th, 2015
US banking giant Goldman Sachs has reported a sharp fall in profits as trading activity slowed owing to concerns about global economic growth. Net profits for the three months to 30 September were $1.43bn (£927m), down more than a third ...
Hedge Fund Borrows $10M in Stock Via the Bitcoin Blockchain
October 15th, 2015
Yesterday morning, New York time, a company called Clique Fund used the bitcoin blockchain to borrow $10 million in stock. Bitcoin is the world’s most popular digital currency, and the blockchain is the vast online ledger that underpins bitcoin, tabulating ...
KCG releases September 2015 Trade Volumes
October 15th, 2015
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has issued a press release to inform in relation to trade volumes for the month of September 2015. In Market Making, KCG averaged $30.3 billion dollar volume traded, 4.9 billion shares traded, and 3.9 ...
BofA Profit Rebounds to $4.51 Billion as Revenue Beats Estimates
October 14th, 2015
Revenue declines 2.4 percent while expenses fall 31 percent Bond-trading revenue slides 11 percent, equities up 12 percent Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest U.S. lender, posted third-quarter profit of $4.51 billion as litigation expenses tumbled and loan growth ...
FINRA Sanctions Santander Securities LLC $6.4 Million
October 14th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it ordered Santander Securities LLC to pay approximately $4.3 million in restitution to certain customers who were solicited to purchase Puerto Rican Municipal Bonds (PRMBs). Additionally, the firm will pay ...
Are You Ready to Buy Stocks at Your Grocery Store?
October 14th, 2015
Kmart, Office Depot, Safeway and other retailers roll out gift cards that give recipients shares in top companies Now selling at the checkout counter: breath mints, hand sanitizer and…$25 of Berkshire Hathaway stock? In a new twist on the bustling gift-card ...
Where Is the First Helicopter Drop of Money Likely to Land? (Video)
October 13th, 2015
So what’s left in the toolbag of central banks and states to stimulate recessionary economies if QE has been discredited? The answer: Helicopter Money. We all know helicopter money of some kind is coming as the global economy spirals into recession. Quantitative ...
Talk Is Cheap for Euro as QE’s Diminishing Returns Thwart Draghi
October 13th, 2015
ECB chief reiterates willingness to ease, yet currency gains Debatable whether more stimulus can weaken euro: Investec Traders are losing their faith in Mario Draghi’s ability to weaken the euro. The European Central Bank president has reiterated at least four ...
Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil
October 13th, 2015
Over the summer, as the U.S. stock market wobbled and then plunged 4 percent in a day, Citigroup made a tough choice: to dial down risk-taking in the bank’s capital markets group. Phil Drury and Doug Adams, then co-heads ...
Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67 Billion
October 12th, 2015
Dell Inc. agreed to buy EMC Corp. for about $67 billion in the largest technology acquisition ever, creating a corporate-computing giant that will use a wider product lineup to woo customers as demand slows and competition stiffens. Dell plans to pay ...