(Bloomberg) — Investment bankers in the US and Europe are bracing for potentially billions of dollars in total losses on big-ticket leveraged buyouts as they struggle to offload risky corporate debt that’s plunging in value amid a sweeping market selloff. The biggest hit, which could amount to about $1 billion, may come from the take-private […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — For all that the slump in technology stocks has headlined a treacherous year for global equity markets, there’s one sector that’s faring even worse. The MSCI World Retailing Index, which includes the likes of Target Corp., Zalando SE and Amazon.com Inc., is on track for its first negative year since 2008. The gauge […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — A top Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive echoed Jamie Dimon’s pessimistic tone, warning of tougher times ahead amid a string of shocks rattling the global economy. “This is among — if not the most — complex, dynamic environments I’ve ever seen in my career,” Goldman President John Waldron said at an investor conference […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Jamie Dimon warned investors to prepare for an economic “hurricane” as the economy struggles against an unprecedented combination of challenges, including tightening monetary policy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “That hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way,” the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive officer said at a conference […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Calling the current environment a “crucible moment,” Sequoia Capital warned that the good times are not only over, there’s no indication when they’ll return. In a Zoom call earlier this month with the founders of its approximately 250 portfolio companies, the venture firm reviewed a 50-page presentation titled “Adapting to Endure,” according to […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson once quipped that Wall Street had predicted nine out of the last five recessions. This time, the stock market may be right. The US economy is starting to show signs of strain under the weight of decades-high inflation and climbing interest rates — raising the risk […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Target Corp. is on pace for its worst stock drop since 1987’s Black Monday crash after becoming the second big retailer in two days to trim its profit forecast. A surge in costs during the first quarter shows little sign of easing, said Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell. Operating profit will amount to […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The outlook for U.S. stocks isn’t particularly bright, even if an outright recession is avoided, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategists. “The best case scenario for the economy — and, eventually, for equity prices — probably involves a continued period of constrained equity market returns,” the strategists led by David Kostin wrote […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The global shift away from easy money is poised to accelerate as a pandemic bond-buying blitz by central banks swings into reverse, threatening another shock to the world’s economies and financial markets. Bloomberg Economics estimates that policy makers in the Group of Seven countries will shrink their balance sheets by about $410 billion […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Massive outflows from U.S. equity funds are just getting started as the Federal Reserve ramps up its hawkish rhetoric, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. In the week through April 20, investors pulled $19.6 billion from U.S. large caps, the largest exit since February 2018, the strategists wrote in a note dated […]
Read MoreThe emergence of a new COVID variant spooked markets on Friday, forcing some Fed watchers to question if the Federal Reserve will change course on its plans to slow its monetary support to the U.S. economy. “Policy normalization already looked like it was going to be gradual but the developments that we see, the growth […]
Read MoreChina’s financial markets are nearing “peak stress” levels, with worries mounting over its highly leveraged property sector as the saga around troubled developer China Evergrande Group plays out. And investors shouldn’t expect a sustained bounce in the country’s equity market until the credit cycle turns for the better, said analysts at Danske Bank. But assets […]
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