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$5 trillion 'wealth shock' is cracking Americans' nest eggs
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 23, 2022
$5 trillion 'wealth shock' is cracking Americans' nest eggs

Households had piled up an extra $38.5 trillion in wealth over the last two years, but since the start of this year, wealth has plunged at least $5 trillion, JPMorgan Chase estimates.

Stock sell-off to intensify as fresh 10% plunge looms, survey finds
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAY 23, 2022
Stock sell-off to intensify as fresh 10% plunge looms, survey finds

The Fed’s hawkish-at-all-costs posture, the chaos in supply chains and intensifying threats to the business cycle are all undermining confidence.

Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2022
Mass outflows hit every asset class as recession fears climb

Global equity funds had $5.2 billion of outflows in the week to May 18, led by redemptions from mutual funds.

El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
El-Erian says US can’t avoid stagflation even as Fed tightens

The chair of Gramercy Fund Management says stagflation is ‘worst thing’ for central banks.

Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2022
Democrats push Biden to go big on forgiving student loan debt

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock make appeal at White House.

Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2022
Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said the agency's house of in-house judges violated a hedge fund manager's constitutional right to a jury trial.

Stocks suffer biggest drop in almost two years
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 18, 2022
Stocks suffer biggest drop in almost two years

The sell-off sent the S&P 500 down 4%, while the Nasdaq 100 dropped more than 5% as growth-related tech stocks sank.

SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 18, 2022
SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe

The agency has been sending firms lists of key positions including heads of certain investment banking teams or trading desks.

Capital Group says actively run funds are winners in ESG craze
INVESTING ESG MAY 18, 2022
Capital Group says actively run funds are winners in ESG craze

Survey finds that 63% think ESG risks are best handled when fund managers select a portfolio to manage opportunities and risks.

Powell says Fed will ‘keep pushing’ until inflation comes down
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 18, 2022
Powell says Fed will ‘keep pushing’ until inflation comes down

'This is a strong economy, and we think it’s well positioned to withstand less accommodative monetary policy,' the Fed chairman says.