
Stock Market Slump Unsettling Americans Eying Retirement
Americans on the cusp of retiring – a source of inventory for the nation’s housing markets – are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working.
Americans on the cusp of retiring – a source of inventory for the nation’s housing markets – are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working.
The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 close to what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s economy have caused investors to reconsider the prices they’re willing to pay for a wide range of stocks, from high-flying tech companies to traditional automakers.
UniFirst Corp. on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $29.3 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
A proposal to simplify a rule banning banks from proprietary trading, rather than making life easier for Wall Street, could ensnare billions of dollars’ worth of assets not currently caught by the regulation.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday proposed simplifying a rule introduced after the 2007-2009 financial crisis that bans banks from trading on their own account in order to make compliance easier for many firms.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is so confident in its recent business boom that it will pause share buybacks in the second quarter and instead use capital to facilitate trades, loans and deals for customers, its finance chief said on Tuesday.
The roll-out of legislation this week that would rip up much of the Dodd-Frank Act marks a pivotal moment for Republicans’ efforts to overhaul post-crisis financial rules.