Genco Shipping, TD Synnex, and More Stocks See Action From Activist Investors
GK Investor is focused on removing the chairman of shipping firm Genco. Apollo Management slashed its stake in technology distributor TD Synnex.
GK Investor is focused on removing the chairman of shipping firm Genco. Apollo Management slashed its stake in technology distributor TD Synnex.
Bitcoin sells off alongside stocks amid wider market jitters. But now the technical backdrop for cryptos is even weaker.
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The founder of Binance has become the world’s richest prisoner after he was sentenced to four months in jail, marking a stunning downfall for the former boss of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
Seagate stock got a ringing endorsement Wednesday that included a robust earnings forecast. Wedbush analyst Matt Bryson lifted his rating on the disk-drive provider to Outperform from Neutral and set a price target of $100. Seagate Technology Holdings stock was 0.5% higher on Wednesday at $86.22.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's biggest bank DBS Group reported on Thursday first-quarter results that trumped expectations with broad-based growth and said it expects net profit to exceed last year's record result. Underpinned by robust business momentum as loans grew and both fee income and treasury customer sales reached new highs, net profit jumped 15% from the same period a year earlier to S$2.96 billion ($2.2 billion), beating market expectations for a 3.5% decline. Guidance that net profit would grow this year was more upbeat than in the previous quarter when DBS said only that it expected this year's net interest income to be around 2023 levels.
Investors marked time ahead of the Fed's rate decision, with earnings from Amazon on deck to test prospects for a Big Tech-fueled bump.
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The cryptocurrency is now trading below the average spot ETF purchase price of about $58K, and this could trigger liquidations, the report said.
Fed day arrives with the focus on what clues Powell will offer to the chances for rate cuts this year.
Stocks like Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) and NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) are likely to benefit in the near term as the Bitcoin rally is poised to resume.
Shares of Starbucks fell 15% to their lowest in nearly two years on Wednesday, after the coffee chain cut annual forecasts on persistent weak demand from inflation-weary U.S. customers and a slower-than-expected economic recovery in China. Price hikes taken last year have forced customers to ditch cafes and restaurants and instead drink coffee at home, hurting business for chains such as Starbucks. "The inability to stop the traffic leakage from the early signs of pull-back in November to date and the worsening macro and competitive dynamics in China may suggest prolonged challenges and no evidence of light at the end of the tunnel," Danilo Gargiulo, senior analyst at Bernstein, wrote in a note.
The dollar steadied and London shares were slightly higher in holiday-thinned trading Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on the outlook for US interest rates.The dollar, which has gained in recent days against other currencies on interest rate differentials, was largely flat Wednesday as many investors were either away for the May Day holidays or on hold ahead of the Fed's announcements.
Gold prices climbed over 1% on Wednesday as the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields tumbled lower after the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision and Chair Powell's speech. Spot gold was up 1.7% at $2,323.38 per ounce as of 15:15 p.m. ET (1915 GMT), after hitting its lowest level since April 5 earlier in the session. Benchmark U.S. 10-year bond yields also crept lower.
Bitcoin slid by almost 6% on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late 2022, as investors pulled money out of cryptocurrencies ahead of an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve later. The value of the world's most traded cryptocurrency fell by nearly 16% in April, as investors booked profits on a sizzling rally that has taken the price to record highs above $70,000. The price of bitcoin is now a full 22% below March's record of $73,803, technically putting it in a bear market.
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Japan will likely keep intervening to prop up the yen until the risk of speculators triggering a free fall in the currency has been eliminated, said a former central bank official who was involved in Tokyo's market forays a decade ago. The yen jumped on Thursday on what traders suspect was the second day of intervention following such action on Monday to stem the currency's sharp declines. Japan's Ministry of Finance has declined to confirm whether it had stepped in, leaving markets on edge over the chance of another bout of intervention.