Financials are best-performing stocks of 2024. One corner could outperform

Financials are best-performing stocks of 2024. One corner could outperform

Financial stocks are the best-performing group in 2024 and, even though they’re widely thought to have more room to run as a sector, a subset of them are even more favorably positioned.... Read more »
CFPB expands oversight of Apple Pay, other digital payments services

CFPB expands oversight of Apple Pay, other digital payments services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday issued a finalized version of a rule saying it will soon supervise nonbank firms that offer financial services likes payments and wallet apps. Tech giants... Read more »
JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams

JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams

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,... Read more »
DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of ‘nearly everything’

DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of ‘nearly everything’

Justin Sullivan | etty Images The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world’s biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal monopoly over debit payments by imposing “exclusionary” agreements... Read more »
Companies make 2024 the year of cost cuts

Companies make 2024 the year of cost cuts

Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Corporate America has a message for Wall Street: It’s serious about cutting costs this year. From toy and cosmetics makers to office software sellers, executives... Read more »
PayPal plummets; analyst likens CEO’s strategy to ‘turning around the titanic’

PayPal plummets; analyst likens CEO’s strategy to ‘turning around the titanic’

PayPal shares tumbled more than 10% on Thursday after a disappointing forecast added to uncertainty around the payments giant. While the company posted beats on most metrics for its fourth quarter on... Read more »
Wall Street heads into the week ahead as traders worry the rally is running out of steam

Wall Street heads into the week ahead as traders worry the rally is running out of steam

Wall Street continues to climb a wall of worry even as investors deliberate how much longer equities can maintain their record run. The stock rally continued on Friday , with the major... Read more »
Shoppers deal with holiday debt

Shoppers deal with holiday debt

Pedestrians walk by an advertisement for Klarna. Daniel Harvey Gonzalez | In Pictures via Getty Images When she started shopping for the holidays late last year, Kelly Andersen was struggling to buy... Read more »
The 2023 stock winners investors should let ride, sell or hedge in the new year

The 2023 stock winners investors should let ride, sell or hedge in the new year

Two centuries ago one of the first economists, David Ricardo coined the still famous investment adage “Let your profits run (on).” Makes sense. All else equal, one would prefer to own or... Read more »
IRS delays rule change for 1099-K on Venmo, PayPal business payments

IRS delays rule change for 1099-K on Venmo, PayPal business payments

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Feb. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters If you received business payments via apps such as PayPal or Venmo or... Read more »