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Wall Street set to open higher, Fed minutes eyed

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street looked set for a second day of gains on Wednesday as oil prices edged up slightly, and investors awaited the minutes of Federal Reserve's December meeting in which it raised interest rates.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 14:44

Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton emerges as Trump’s top SEC choice

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, who has worked on high-profile initial public offerings such as Alibaba Group, is a leading candidate to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Trump administration, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:10

Wall St. thinks stocks will rise in 2017 - What could go wrong?

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street 's rally could be derailed by renewed worries about President-elect Donald Trump's policies, a resurgent dollar or potential wild-card events like cyber attacks or a trade war, investors say as they look to 2017.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 13:59

How Deutsche's big bet on Wall Street turned toxic

EghtesadOnline: Deutsche Bank's pursuit of success on Wall Street has come at a high price, a $7 billion plus penalty illustrating the extent of its decline since 2008 when its then chief executive claimed it was one of the "strongest banks in the world".
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 14:45

Wall Street to Fed: Not so fast; dealers see only two hikes in 2017 - Reuters Poll

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street 's top banks were not immediately swayed Wednesday by signals from the Federal Reserve that the pace of interest rate hikes could pick up significantly next year, sticking instead to a view that the U.S. central bank will lift borrowing costs no more than twice in 2017, according to a Reuters poll.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 08:55

Boring Wall Street Analyst Notes Are Out. Bold and Funny Are In.

EghtesadOnline: Call it clickbait for Wall Street . But instead of 17 Cat Vines That Will Slay You Every Time, Bank of America Merrill Lynch is putting its hard-won reputation as the world’s top-ranked researcher on the line as it seeks to redefine how to sell ideas to the financial elite.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:41

Wall Street Wins Again as Trump Chooses Bankers and Billionaires

EghtesadOnline: Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson was feeling happy Wednesday morning. After Donald Trump ridiculed Wall Street on the campaign trail, the President-elect tapped former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive Steven Mnuchin to be his Treasury secretary and billionaire investor Wilbur Ross to lead the Commerce Department. Trump even met with Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn inside Trump Tower.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 21:37

Asia stocks share some Wall St joy, U.S. yields a burden

EghtesadOnline: Asian stocks bounced to one-week highs on Wednesday as investors tried to share in the exuberance of Wall Street 's record run, while high U.S. bond yields kept the dollar well underpinned.
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Publish Date:23/November/2016 | 16:36

U.S. stock futures point to extension of post-election rally

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stock index futures were higher on Tuesday, pointing to an extension of the post-election rally, a day after Wall Street closed at record levels on hopes that President-elect Donald Trump's policies would prove market friendly.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 13:18

Trump Brings in Wall Street Veterans to Talk Top Treasury Post

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump interviewed top investment executives for the role of Treasury Secretary as the president-elect continues stitching together the administration that will take over the White House in January.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 08:16

Wall Street keen for a fellow traveler at Treasury

EghtesadOnline: With President-elect Donald Trump promising to spend as much as half a trillion dollars on infrastructure and slash taxes – initiatives that could add dramatically to the U.S. debt and balloon the budget deficit - Wall Street is far more focused on who will next head the U.S. Treasury than it was in the previous selection process under President Barack Obama.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 05:46

U.S. needs higher rates; banks need more capital: FDIC's Hoenig

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve should demand more capital from Wall Street while the central bank slowly increases interest rates, a leading U.S. regulator said on Thursday as he outlined a formula for future economic growth.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 16:19

Wall St. opens flat ahead of Yellen's testimony

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks opened little changed on Thursday, a day after the Dow broke a seven-day rally, as investors await a testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 15:39

Victorious Donald Trump Is Devil Wall Street Doesn’t Know

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump, the financial sector hardly knows yet. During the campaign, a group of bankers from around the country -- plane tickets in hand -- were looking forward to meeting the candidate in the flesh at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 11:56

Wall Street elite stunned at Trump triumph

EghtesadOnline: From plush penthouse apartments on the Upper East Side to bars in midtown Manhattan, New York’s financial community watched in stunned dismay on Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump clinched the White House.
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Publish Date:09/November/2016 | 08:46