Barclays Raises S&P 500 Year-End Target to 7,950
Barclays has raised its year-end target for the benchmark S&P 500 to 7,950, up from 7,800, citing stronger-than-expected corporate earnings and continued strength in technology stocks. The new target implies roughly 3.6% upside from...
Amazon Plans First-Ever Sterling Bond Sale as AI Funding Needs Grow
Amazon has hired banks for its first-ever sterling bond sale, according to a memo seen by Reuters, as major technology companies increasingly tap global debt markets to fund the surge in spending driven by...
Asian Stocks Slide as Yen Surges and Iran Tensions Lift Oil Prices
Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as a sharp surge in the yen, mixed economic data and rising geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment. The yen climbed as much as 1% to 152.89 per dollar,...
Yorkville America Eyes Acquisition as It Expands Beyond Truth Social ETFs
Yorkville America, the asset manager behind President Donald Trump’s Truth Social exchange-traded funds, is nearing an acquisition that would significantly broaden its investment-product lineup, CEO Steve Neamtz told Reuters. The transaction, involving an institutional...
U.S. Equity Funds See Biggest Outflow in Five Months
U.S. equity funds suffered their largest weekly outflow in five months in the week ended August 26, as investors reassessed the outlook for artificial intelligence ahead of Nvidia’s earnings and awaited potentially important comments...
Alibaba Launches $10.2 Billion Share Sale to Fund AI Push
Alibaba shares fell sharply in Hong Kong on Monday after the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant launched a $10.2 billion share sale to finance its artificial intelligence ambitions. The company is offering HK$80...
Nvidia in Talks to Invest in Perplexity at $30B+ Valuation
Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to invest in AI search startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that would value the company at more than $30 billion, according to The Information. The potential...
Shein Valuation Slumps 70% as Hong Kong IPO Tests Investor Confidence
Online fast-fashion giant Shein is seeking to raise up to HK$13.86 billion ($1.77 billion) through its Hong Kong IPO, valuing the company at nearly $27 billion—about 70% below its $100 billion private-market peak in...
Samsung Sets Record Shareholder Returns
Samsung Electronics expects its shareholder returns this year to reach as much as 110 trillion won ($79.54 billion), including 30 trillion won in cash dividends in the third quarter. The payout would be more...
U.S. Treasury Doubles Size of Longer-Dated Bond Buybacks
The U.S. Treasury Department will double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation. The increase will cover the 10-...