Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Robinhood’s chief legal officer, who used to work at the SEC, said the back-end payment brokerages receive for directing clients’ trades to market makers is ultimately a benefit to retail investors.
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A breeder feeds piglets at a pig farm on May 13, 2020, in Bijie, Guizhou Province of China. Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Massive swings in pork prices in the last two years are roiling China’s hog farm industry. To capitalize on a doubling in prices in 2019, the five largest pork
U.S. stock index futures were modestly higher during overnight trading on Sunday as the S&P 500 comes off its longest daily losing streak since February. Fears over slowing economic growth and rising inflation have weighed on the market. Futures contracts tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 51 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.18%, while
A man looks at GameStop at 6th Avenue on February 25, 2021 in New York. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images GameStop staged a stunning intraday comeback from its post-earnings sell-off on Thursday as retail investors looked past the lack of clarity on turnaround plans and piled into the meme star. Shares of
In this article IYG U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, after stocks registered a fourth-straight day of losses. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 10 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were slightly higher. During regular trading the Dow shed roughly 150 points,
The SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich, Switzerland. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg via Getty Images SIX, Switzerland’s stock exchange, has won regulatory approval to launch its long-awaited digital bourse. The SIX Digital Exchange said Friday it obtained two licenses from FINMA, the country’s markets watchdog, to operate a stock exchange and depository for blockchain-based securities. SIX
A Mastercard debit card from U.K. digital bank Monzo. Monzo LONDON — Monzo and Revolut, two of Britain’s best-known financial technology firms, are planning to enter the booming “buy now, pay later” industry. Buy now, pay later, or BNPL, plans are an increasingly popular method of payment that lets users spread the cost of their
A day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, veteran trader Art Cashin reflected Friday on the impact of the terrorist attacks on Wall Street, the country and him personally. Cashin, who has been an NYSE member since 1964, was in lower Manhattan on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He remained in the stock exchange
In this article WFC BHC-CA ENDP AFRM 7203.T-JP NLSN Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) – Affirm soared 22.4% in the premarket as the “buy now, pay later” company’s revenue easily topped estimates. Active merchant numbers more than quintupled and Affirm issued a positive outlook as well. Toyota Motor
The semiconductor shortage is affecting consumers’ ability to buy cars, smartphones and virtually all electronics — and there may be little relief in sight. According to economist John Rutledge, the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to inflict pain on the global supply chain and contribute to the semi logjam into 2023. “The nature of epidemics is
Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo was hit with a $250 million fine from a banking regulator after it failed to properly execute a mortgage loss-mitigation program. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Thursday that the bank engaged in “unsafe or unsound practices” tied to its loan-modification
[The stream is slated to start at 08:30 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is giving a press conference after the bank’s latest monetary policy decision. The ECB kept its monetary policy unchanged on Thursday but opted to slow