Wall Street
Bosses ditch ‘peanut-butter’ pay in favour of giving big raises to top talent
Stiff competition for standout talent is prompting more managers to reward the very best, while ignoring the rest
Smart money is winning as tariff whiplash, AI grip Wall Street
[NEW YORK] A noisy, unsettled Wall Street is doing what years of simply owning the index rarely has: made the smart money look smart again.
US: Wall Street muted as markets assess softer-than-expected inflation data
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were muted on Friday (Feb 14), with communication services weighing as markets assessed softer-than-expected inflation data that kept Federal Reserve rate cut hop...
Trump decries a ‘nation of renters’ but his new policy promotes one
Trump’s executive order barring big investors from buying single-family homes exempts build-to-rent
US: Dow closes above 50,000, Nvidia soars as traders focus on AI spending
[SAN FRANCISCO] The Dow Jones Industrial Average blew past the historic 50,000 mark on Friday (Feb 6) and the S&P 500 ended sharply higher, as Nvidia and other chipmakers soared and Amazon tumbled aft...
Goldman, JPMorgan and Bank of America boost banker, trader bonus pools by at least 10%
The payouts reflect a strong year for the US largest banks
Sell America is the new trade on Wall Street
A NEW investment thesis has spread through global markets at the start of 2026, as trading strategies long built on the primacy of the United States now opt for a new approach: Sell America.
STI breaches 4,900; DBS, OCBC, UOL, Jardine Matheson end at record highs
The benchmark index rises 1.3% or 62.09 points to 4,923.02
Goldman’s CEO sees ‘slower’ trajectory for talent growth
This comes even as he makes an upbeat call on global markets as a de-regulatory tone boosts optimism
Wall Street grapples with new risk: A European buyers’ strike
Money managers have been increasingly fielding inquiries from European clients about ways to at least lighten up on US assets
