First Republic loses a third of its value amid reports it’s considering a sale
First Republic Bank’s stock rose Thursday after steep losses earlier in the day, following reports that the nation’s largest banks are in talks to provide...
L.A.’s $100 Million Megamansions Are Getting Mega Price Cuts
Sellers are slashing prices for the area’s ultraluxury properties amid a broader slowdown, citing an impending new mansion tax and proposed restrictions on new construction A Bel-Air...
Government bonds held at banks may be so-called ‘toxic asset’ of next financial crisis, fund manager says
Contagion fears triggered by the speedy collapse of two regional banks in less than a week is raising the risk of a crisis in confidence...
10 banks that may face trouble in the wake of the SVB Financial Group debacle
(Updated with news of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure.) As interest rates have risen, many banks have become more profitable because the spreads between what they...
Gold ends flat, holding above $1,850 after snapping 4-week losing streak
Gold futures ended unchanged on Monday, holding above the $1,850 an ounce mark after snapping a run of four straight weekly declines. Investors awaited testimony...
Bitcoin Price Is Stable Despite Trouble at Silvergate. But Banks Are a Risk.
Text size Bitcoin prices have largely failed to consolidate recent gains above $24,000. Dreamstime Cryptocurrencies held their ground on Thursday, seeming to shrug off news...
‘The U.S. housing market is crumbling under the weight of higher mortgage rates and rock-bottom affordability’: Prices fell the most in these U.S. states
Americans are finding it hard to afford homes at mortgage levels now beyond 7%, according to some measures. Home prices have begun to reflect that....
Secret to 2023 stock rally? Central banks have provided $1 trillion liquidity boost.
Gains for global equities have left many on Wall Street perplexed as stocks — especially high-risk growth names with little or no profits — have...
Russia Turns to China’s Yuan in Effort to Ditch the Dollar: WSJ
Russia’s economy, restricted from Western financial networks and the U.S. dollar, has embraced a burgeoning alternative: the Chinese yuan. Energy exporters are increasingly getting paid...
Risk of ‘wrathful Old Testament–style’ reaction from central banks is rising, JPMorgan says
The “gentle and forgiving path” taken by developed-market central banks to rein in inflation over the past year is likely to prove unsuccessful and trigger...