- Solar Mosaic LLC, one of the largest US providers of home solar loans, is planning to file for bankruptcy in the face of market uncertainty over federal support of clean energy, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Asset managers in Brazil are ramping up to take full advantage of a comeback in local equities after long stretches of weak performance pushed investors to flee.
- US job growth moderated in May and the prior months were revised lower, indicating employers are cautious about growth prospects as they weigh the Trump administration’s economic policy.
- The head of one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds said the clock is ticking for private equity and joined the chorus of investors who’ve grown worried about the industry’s valuation practices.
- Lululemon Athletica Inc. shares plunged after the upscale athletic-wear company trimmed its profit outlook for the full year and projected lower-than-expected sales for the current quarter.
- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending plan will add to the US debt load in a way that will end up undermining the nation’s status as the preeminent global power.
- Senate Republicans are considering cuts to Medicare spending to help pay for Donald Trump’s signature legislative package.
- Buy Bitcoin, short Michael Saylor’s Strategy. That’s the latest call from legendary short-seller Jim Chanos, who sees the arbitrage play as a no-brainer. Others aren’t so sure.
- Japanese government bonds rose after an auction of 30-year debt wasn’t as bad as many investors had feared.
- A spate of poorly-received longer-dated sovereign bond auctions worldwide has raised questions about the willingness of investors to fund the spending plans of governments from the US to Japan.
- Major manufacturers, fearful they will have to shut down assembly lines, are considering moving some production of parts to China.
- Citadel and other giant funds have remade public markets
- The new titans of Wall Street present the world with new risks
- Congress wasted taxpayer dollars on Sematech in 1987. The 2022 Chips and Science Act is a repeat.
- Fiscal consolidation is inevitable in Latin America’s biggest economy. It could also be a winning strategy in next year’s presidential election.
- While passive indexing increases correlations, distorts prices, and heightens systemic risk, it also creates opportunity for active investors to profit from systematic rebalancing.
- Constellation Energy Corp. agreed to sell power from an Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc. as artificial intelligence sends power demand soaring
- As buyout executives gather for their yearly jamboree in Berlin, some are talking about the once dominant industry becoming a niche asset class.
- South Florida’s pandemic-fueled real estate boom is showing more signs that it’s running out of gas.
- The Trump administration has been including orders for Boeing Co. planes in trade discussions, and that’s helping to restore Bank of America Corp.’s confidence in the stock.
- Donald Trump’s tax bill targets foreigners with alarming levies
- Trump’s war on universities could drive away America’s brightest import
- The lessons of the past are clear, argues the economic historian: in the long run, tariffs choke growth
- Donald Trump is putting an untested system under almighty strain
- The president is proving to be a seriously good politician. But some fear she'll become a generous dictator.
- Most Americans used to think of it as a force for good — not any longer
- Entrepreneurs warn that the country’s thicket of red tape has grown so dense it could choke a planned $1.1 trillion stimulus package
- Jamie Dimon warned that a crack in the bond market is “going to happen” after the the US government and Federal Reserve “massively overdid” spending and quantitative easing.
- RSM explains how the tax bill to remedy unfair foreign taxes would affect taxation of investment funds with foreign investors. Learn more.
- How Republicans want to remake the Inflation Reduction Act.
- Prices in Tokyo jumped the most in two years, in a worrisome sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of a summer election, and one that will keep the central bank on track for another rate hike in coming months.
- Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to increase the price of all of its US vehicles as the automaker looks to cushion the blow from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Pharmaceutical companies are making billions on treatments that can sometimes overpromise and underdeliver for terminal cases.
- US corporate profits fell in the first quarter by the most since 2020, indicating large companies were already feeling some pressure prior to the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs on global trading partners.
- President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy has been thrown into turmoil after a US court issued a rare rebuke blocking many of the import taxes he has threatened and imposed on other countries.
- Outlays since Trump took office are up 8.7% for all the usual reasons: Social Security, Medicare and other insurance programs.
- The relative calm in US stock markets has an expiration date, according to Wilbur Ross: late June.
- Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy $5 billion of private equity holdings from the New York City pension system, one of the largest sales of its kind.
- Private equity firms have seen a sharp drop in fundraising this year, the latest sign of how a slowdown in dealmaking and initial public offerings has hurt an industry that’s struggling to return capital to investors amid high borrowing costs.