Walmart has enlisted Google in its high-tech fight to keep up with Amazon (WMT)
Walmart is deploying Google hardware to track shoppers in its storesAmazon has also teamed up with malls to install Amazon lockers for shopper to pick up items purchased online in store. Wal-Mart is...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn just started one of the most important conversations we can...
Billionaire investor David Einhorn thinks he's pointed out the salient characteristics of some of the frothiest stocks in today's market.Those are the stocks that can show you the narrative of this...
View ArticleThere is no 'normal' for interest rates anymore
The Federal Reserve has begun the raising interest rates, ending years of so-called quantitative easing in which interest rates were minimal and the central bank bought billions of dollars worth of...
View ArticleThe investment strategist at $245 billion OppenheimerFunds identifies the...
Brian Levitt is the senior investment strategist for OppenheimerFunds, which manages $245 billion in assets.He's optimistic that this stock-market rally can continue, even without significant...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: These 16 stocks are set for huge growth no matter what (MS)
Many investors are worried that the time has come for an economic downturn. Morgan Stanley has compiled a list of stocks its analysts think are primed for growth regardless of macroeconomic conditions....
View ArticleMeet the $625 billion bond king you've probably never heard of
Josh Barrickman is the principal and head of bond indexing in the Americas for Vanguard.He oversees $625 billion in fixed-income assets, the most of any bond manager in the world.Vanguard is known for...
View ArticleFord just put Wall Street on notice (F)
Ford's Chairman proposed a new tight-lipped policy toward investors.His comments highlighted a tension between what Wall Street wants from established carmakers and how those companies actually want to...
View ArticleInvestors are running out of money — and that's bad news for stocks
Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget breaks down a recent concern being voiced by some strategists on Wall Street, which is that investor cash levels are too low. He notes that previous lows like this...
View ArticleThe CFO of Goldman Sachs keeps talking about becoming the Google of Wall...
Goldman Sachs is on a mission to become the Google of Wall Street.A case study on Goldman Sachs' digital strategy was presented as part of an executive MBA class at Harvard Business School last...
View ArticleA European company you've never heard of has quietly acquired Panera, Au Bon...
Panera is acquiring sandwich rival Au Bon Pain. JAB Holdings already owns Panera, Caribou Coffee, Krispy Kreme, and Keurig.The European firm apparently wants to be the "largest coffee company in the...
View ArticleThe so-called 'Trump of Georgia' is raining lawsuits on short sellers around...
Pete Petit, the CEO of MiMedx, which makes wound-care products, is filing lawsuits against short-sellers to try to learn the identity of a pair of anonymous bloggers. The bloggers published reports...
View ArticleWall Street mega-deals are back
Mega-deal M&A transactions worth over $10 billion are surging back after a largely dormant first half off the year.Wall Street bankers say an improving global economy and confidence in the...
View ArticlePeople have stopped paying their car loans, and it's a risk to a $200 billion...
Wall Street has been worried about the subprime-auto-loan market for some time.New research from the New York Federal Reserve found a spike in the delinquency rate for subprime loans originated by auto...
View ArticleOne of the top recruitment firms on Wall Street just published its annual...
According to an annual survey by Wall Street recruiting firm Options Group, compensation is going to drop for just about every business line in trading. Those running electronic markets for fixed...
View ArticleThis color-coded chart shows which finance jobs are in demand — and where...
Wall Street recruiting firm Options Group just published its annual compensation report, predicting a decline in 2017 compensation for most traders.In the same report, the firm included a chart...
View ArticleSilicon Valley has turned into the place it hates the most
There is a growing sense that America's tech entrepreneurs are no longer making useful things that solve difficult problems.Worse than that, Silicon Valley is exhibiting some of Wall Street's amoral...
View ArticleBANK OF AMERICA: These 12 tax loss harvesting stocks are prime for a rebound
Selling stocks before the year's end to offset taxes on gains and income has been popular for decades.Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts combed through the stocks they still think are good buys,...
View ArticleIt's not looking good for Wall Street bond traders
There's more bad news for Wall Street credit traders: fourth-quarter revenue projections are looking bleak.A recent credit sell-off and widening spreads have stoked fears that investment bank woes...
View ArticleWall Street has had a dismal year — and the latest business-by-business...
A dismal year on Wall Street has been further confirmed by the latest business-by-business report card.Investment banking revenues at the top-12 banks fell to $118.1 billion during the first three...
View Article23 books Wall Streeters think everyone should read
Financial-services professionals are known to have demanding work schedules, but that doesn't mean they aren't setting aside time to crack open a few books.We recently reached out to our contacts on...
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