By Dhara Ranasinghe and Wayne Cole LONDON (Reuters) -World markets found steadier ground on Monday after being whipsawed by broadsides in the U.S.-China trade war, while gold hit new record highs in a sign that uncertainty remained high. While U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened 100% tariffs on China from November 1 and Beijing threatened…
The country’s biggest Wall Street banks are riding high into the third quarter reporting season. Analysts expect profits among six major banks to climb 6% from the third quarter of last year, according to Bloomberg data. “It’s been a good environment,” Barclays analyst Jason Goldberg said. Expectations will be put to the test starting Tuesday…
In the Capital Connectors series, exclusive interviews with six influential Chinese and global bankers reveal the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong in its evolution as an international financial hub. Hong Kong has become the fundraising venue of choice for Chinese technology giants, surpassing the US thanks to growing liquidity, market reforms and proximity to…
The global market’s AI euphoria may be hitting a critical inflection point. After two years of record-breaking gains, a growing chorus of financial heavyweights, from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to the IMF and Bank of England, are warning that what began as a genuine technological revolution is now flashing unmistakable signs of speculative excess that…
If you turn on CNBC or Bloomberg at any given time, there’s a decent chance you’ll see a talking head discussing a bubble in AI stocks. It’s a pretty easy case to make if you use the historical playbook for identifying an overvalued market. Judging by traditional metrics, we’re flashing red. Even Fed Chair Jerome…
The stock market may look like it’s on a high, but according to Goldman Sachs (GS), it hasn’t crossed into bubble territory. “There are elements of investor behaviour and market pricing currently that rhyme with previous bubbles,” Peter Oppenheimer, Goldman’s chief global equity strategist, wrote in a new note. “However, we see key differences.” The…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reportedly called artificial intelligence an “industrial bubble,” on Monday. The term “bubble” refers to a period of inflated stock prices or valuations of companies that have disconnected from the fundamentals of a business. One of the most famous bubbles that burst was the 2000 dotcom crash where the value of…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) CEO David Solomon says advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) will result in an expansion of the bank’s workforce over the next ten years. Solomon shared his vision for the future of Goldman Sachs in a discussion with Bloomberg last week. Contrary to the common belief that AI might lead to job cuts,…
Goldman Sachs’s top executive is feeling good about markets, with some important caveats. David Solomon, the bank’s CEO, struck an upbeat tone when speaking about stocks and the US economy at Italian Tech Week on Friday. Despite some risks on his radar, the CEO of the investment bank said he was generally unbothered about the…
Many Americans are eager to put money away for retirement, but that goal is increasingly out of reach because more workers are living paycheck to paycheck, a new Goldman Sachs study finds. Roughly 42% of younger working Americans — spanning Gen Z, millennials and Gen X — report having no spare savings after covering their…