JPMorgan Chase’s investment banking fees rocketed up 50 percent in this year’s second quarter compared to the same period last year, the bank said.
Tag: Economy
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TOP TREND 2023: SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMY
China’s car companies are squeezing out Western competitors faster than expected.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
An abrupt slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales cut battery giant LG Energy’s profit by 58 percent, year on year, in this year’s second quarter, the company reported last week.
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TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
The biggest U.S. banks are reporting their second-quarter earnings and investors and analysts are watching to see how the megabanks have weathered high interest rates and the continuing slide in the value of commercial real estate loans.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Megamergers are back in vogue, climbing by 22 percent and booking $1.5 trillion in new deals in this year’s first six months, the London Stock Exchange Group reported, as the number of takeovers in the U.S. surged.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC MALAISE
China’s manufacturing sector weakened further in June, with the National Bureau of Statistics’ purchasing managers index (PMI) remaining flat from May at 49.5, equaling analysts’ forecasts in a Reuters poll.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU: TOYOTA GOES FULL RETRO, RE-ENGINEERS PISTON ENGINE
Alone among major auto companies, Toyota still refuses to fully commit its future to all-electric mobility. Instead, it has introduced a redesigned piston engine for gas-electric hybrid vehicles.
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TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST: EUROPE’S TOP-RATED COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BONDS FACE LOSSES
Investors who bought securities made up of bundles of commercial mortgage loans bought them in part because the securities earned top credit ratings.
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TOP TREND 2024: BANKS GO BUST
Wall Street banks are continuing to try to sell their troubled commercial real estate loans as office occupancy rates remain halved from pre-COVID levels and the value of office buildings slides, The New York Times reported.
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BUSINESS AND PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES RISE IN CANADA
Bankruptcies in Canada rose 3.1 percent in May from April and a stunning 19.2 percent year on year, according to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy.