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☆ These are the top business-development execs competing to hire elite portfolio managers at hedge fund giants Citadel, Millennium, Point72, and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

Unlike business development in corporate America, which focuses on growing a company's prospects with partners and clients, hedge fund BD teams specialize in scouting, evaluating, and wooing investment talent. AdvertisementFew have been involved in hedge fund BD longer than Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's global head. The fund's BD department remains in close contact with PMs after they join as a resource and advisor. Vernon Yuen/Getty Images$61 billion AUM2,200+ employeesAdvertisementKen Griffin's Citadel has outperformed not just its immediate rivals but every other hedge fund. He runs a team of about 20 as head of business development in the Americas, the largest region of the largest player in this space.

Persons: —, Griffin's, Izzy Englander's, Goldman Sachs, Headcount, execs, Dmitry Balyasny, Brendan McDermid, Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's, Morgan Stanley, Dmitri Balyasny's, Blake, it's, Federico Chavarria, Balyasny, Dave Matz, Smith Hanley, Alistair Jacobs, Dave Black, Peter Appel, Federico Chavarria MD, Andrew McHugh, Jules Biolsi, Michael Platt, he's, BlueCrest, Michael Grad, Grad, Jake Lindsay, Mungo Strachan, BlueCrest's, Brevan Howard Brevan Howard, Alan Howard, Ringo Chiu, Brevan Howard, Alan Howard's, Aran Landy, Brevan, Abu, It's, Landy, Howard, Peter Hornick, David Abbou, Jonathan Candy, Gregoire Vidal, Vidal, Tim Williams, Andy Silver, Gautam, Ken Griffin, Vernon Yuen, Ken Griffin's, Griffin, Matt Giannini, Giannini, headhunter, Matt, I've, — Thomas DeAngelis, Lindsay Previdi, Rice, Dore, Eleanor Sharkey, Melinda Urban, Mark Hansen, Julian Ulmer, Mathur, Adam Sharkie, Michael Page, Eisler, Edward Eisler, Sam Wisnia, Chris Milner, Milner, Hilary Curran, Hilary Curran Global, Rebecca Zisser, Michael Gelband, Hornick, Jeff Gelband, Mike Tiano, Eric Han, Garrett Berg, Liu, APAC Blackstone, Euan Shand, Kevin Carroll, Emily, Needham, Ostendorf, Ben Levine, Stefan Renold, LMR, Marcus Fairhurst, He'd, LMR's, Izzy, Ronda, Singh, Mark Meskin, Justin Gmelich, Steve Keller, Benjamin Williams, Madhvani, Paritosh Singh, Ben Williams, Kristina Tully, Steven Cohen, Point72, Shayanne, Steve Cohen's, Harry Schwefel, Chandler, Steve Cohen, JT Shields, They're, Schwefel, Alyssa Friedman —, Chandler Bocklage, Reid Murphy, Jae Yang, Japan Goldman Sachs, Alyssa Friedman, Jackie Dai, Gabriel Sanders, Ajay, Steven Schonfeld, Michael Nagle, Steve Schonfeld's, Ryan Tolkin, Schonfeld, doesn't, Akshay Aggarwal, Alex Burns, Ryan McCort, Colin Lancaster, Mitesh, Sameer Buch, Brittany Lynch, DMFI, Goldman, Verition, Nicholas Maounis, Josh Goldstein, Brian Townes, Townes, Elizabeth Xiang MD, Vir, Steve Satenstein, Chris Svoboda, Will England, Thomas DeAngelis, DeAngelis, Jonathan Brenner, hasn't, Maureen Reed, John Sullivan, Brenner, Walleye's Organizations: Service, Management, Wall, Business, Balyasny, Balyasny Asset Management, Quadra Advisors, SAC, Macquarie, BD, UBS, Grad, Financial Times, Michael, Lascaux, Howard BD, Brevan, Argentum Advisors, BH Digital, McKinsey & Company, JPMorgan, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Citadel, Citadel's, decamping, Chicago, Citadel BD, Walleye Capital, of Surveyor, Millennium, Capital, Credit, Ashler, Rice, Deutsche Bank, LMR Partners, London, Dore Partnership, Soros, Soros Fund, Ronda Churchill, Bloomberg, Getty, Guggenheim, Industry, MLP, Americas Guggenheim, Americas Citadel, SAC Capital, SEC, Point72 Academy, Citigroup, BD Energi, Japan, EMEA, APAC BNP, Schonfeld, PAAMCO, KKR, DMC Partners, Topwater, LinkedIn, New, New Holland Capital, BD —, Walleye, Lehman Brothers, Hutchin, Putnam Investments, ~$ Locations: America, Asia, Balyasny, Blackstone, New Holland, Abu Dhabi, BlueCrest, Europe, Graticule, ExodusPoint, Hornick, Freestone, New York, Schonfeld, Brevan, he's, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Zurich, Glasgow, Dubai, Americas, Point72, quant, Verition, London, Greenland, Minnesota, Citadel

☆ Billionaire Steve Cohen's $33.9 billion Point72 sheds stockpickers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Bradley Saacks | Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire Steve Cohen's Point72 has cut at least seven long-short equity portfolio managers. The firm, which is up 5.9% in 2024 through April, has dozens of portfolio managers across strategies. AdvertisementBillionaire Steve Cohen's Point72 has cut at least seven long-short equity portfolio managers, several people close to the fund told Business Insider. As of last September, the firm had 100 long-short portfolio managers. Five more macro portfolio managers joined the firm in March, Bloomberg previously reported, and the total number of macro teams now stands at more than 50.

Persons: Steve Cohen's Point72, —, Brevan Howard, Schonfeld, Point72, Mo Grimeh Organizations: Service, Business, Bloomberg, Millennium

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, AT&T, Tesla, Shopify, Super Micro Computer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Evercore ISI reiterates Tesla as in line Evercore ISI lowered its price target on Tesla to $145 per share from $155. Barclays upgrades AT & T to overweight from equal weight Barclays sees "growth quality" for the telecommunications and wireless provider. Barclays downgrades Lululemon to equal weight from overweight Barclays downgraded the maker of athleisure wear due to rising competition. "We initiate coverage of Dave Inc. with a Market Outperform rating and $70 price target representing ~65% upside from the current price." "We are upgrading GWW from EW to OW, while raising our price target from $1,000 to $1,250."

Persons: Evercore, Tesla, Jefferies, LUV, Lululemon, LULU, Dave, Oppenheimer, Instacart, Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, William Blair, Eastman, Morgan Stanley, Berenberg, Melius, Price, Stephens, Grainger Organizations: Airlines, Jefferies, Southwest Airlines, Dynamics, Barclays, Dave Inc, JPMorgan, CART, Apple, Eastman Chemical, Arista Networks, Nvidia, Data, Citi Locations: Americas, China, Tulsa , Oklahoma, Kingsport , Tennessee

☆ A longtime banker gives a rare inside look at how he is thinking about his next career move and weighing factors like work-from-home policies and family as well as compensation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Within hedge funds in particular, there has been a war for talent — or a talent bubble, depending on who you talk to — as the biggest funds grow ever larger. Banks, hedge funds, consulting — it's all on the table for Monnier in a chaotic recruiting environment that is unlike the ones he has experienced before. Pros and cons of the buy-sideThe best job market Monnier has experienced was, naturally, before the global financial crisis. Now, the job market isn't as hot, but the number of players interested in his skillset has grown. Average pay at hedge funds was nearly $500,000.

Persons: —, Jeremy Monnier doesn't, Goldman Sachs, Joe Leung, Leung, Monnier, Banks, Goldman, Zar Amrolia, Amrolia, he's, eFinancialCareers, they'd, doesn't Organizations: Service, Michelin, Business, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Monnier, Deutsche, XTX, Barclays — Locations: London, German, Normandy, France, Paris, United Kingdom

☆ The Russell 2000 smallcaps lost about 3% last week and could face still more trouble ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This month's rout in smallcap stocks has erased the Russell 2000's sparkling first quarter gain, and the benchmark index for smaller shares could face further trouble ahead so long as interest rates are left unchanged. A hotter-than-expected March inflation report on Wednesday pushed investors on Wall Street to extend out expectations for the Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut to September from June, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool . The Fed's last interest rate increase in the current cycle was in July, 2023. Servicing debt Hall specifies that the risk to smallcaps is tied to the effect of higher interest rates on refinancing needs. "Higher for longer [interest rates have] generally been good for small cap stocks.

Persons: Russell, Smallcaps, They're, Jill Carey Hall, Hall, Steven DeSanctis, DeSanctis Organizations: Wall, Federal, Bank of America, Bank of, Jefferies Locations: U.S

☆ I had to put LinkedIn workers on performance-improvement plans — then I got laid off myself
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

LinkedIn then laid off more than 1,400 workers in two rounds of job cuts last year. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with a former senior engineering manager at LinkedIn. During the pandemic, we sort of lowered the bar of performance expectations. If they are already starting to be a little cold or reserved, it's unlikely you're going to change their mind. 'Kill list' leaked on BlindLinkedIn laid off 716 sales, operations, and support workers in May 2023.

Persons: —, they're, could've, it's, texted Organizations: LinkedIn, Service, Business

☆ Investor Brad Gerstner bought notable first-quarter underperformers Tesla and Alphabet on the dip
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Altimeter Capital's Brad Gerstner is betting on some of the first quarter's biggest technology underperformers, revealing fresh Alphabet and Tesla stakes during an interview with C NBC's "Halftime Report" on Wednesday. Both Alphabet and Tesla have lagged most of their "Magnificent 7" peers year to date as they grapple with a slew of company-specific headwinds. Despite the recent mishaps, Gerstner views Alphabet as a "super capable" company with "extraordinary resources," highlighting monetization potential within search among the reasons for diving back into shares. TSLA YTD mountain Tesla stock this year Despite some difficulties in China and the potential for Tesla to miss upcoming delivery numbers, Gerstner views much of the negativity as already priced in. "This is not for the faint of heart," he said, adding that investors need to willingly buy more shares on pullbacks.

Persons: Brad Gerstner, Tesla's, Tesla, that's, Sundar Pichai, Gerstner, Elon Musk Organizations: Nvidia, Meta, Elon Locations: China, pullbacks

☆ State of macro: Hedge funds Point72 and Pan Capital are adding talent, while Schonfeld, Brevan, and Walleye cut back
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIn what has been billed to be the year of macro, hedge funds are taking diverging paths on the sector. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Related storiesTwo people familiar with the changes told Business Insider that Jaime Villa, Schonfeld's head of macro research, is no longer with the asset manager. And despite the popularity the strategy might have with allocators at the moment, funds are still quick to cut underperformers. Brevan Howard, one of the biggest macro players in the world, cut dozens of investors earlier this month after its biggest loss on record in February.

Persons: —, Chris Rokos, Jaime Villa, Schonfeld's, Villa, Colin Lancaster, Mitesh, Jerome Sargoussi, Eisler, Raj Sethi, Brevan Howard, Steve Cohen's Point72, Mo Grimeh, Bloomberg —, Grimeh, Brett Gardocki — Organizations: Service, Federal, Business, Pimco, KKR, SPX, Walleye, Bloomberg, Millennium, Pan, Former Walleye Locations: Schonfeld's London, New York, Minnesota, Stamford, Houston, Hong Kong

☆ The S&P 500 has reached a historical extreme based on a simple measure that has foretold pullbacks in the past
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One measure of stocks suggests it's time for investors to take some caution, according to BTIG. The 200-day moving average is a technical measure used by investors and traders to gauge an asset's longer-term momentum. On top of that, seasonal trends — which had been positive — are about to shift against investors, Krinsky noted. April is the worst month for the long/short momentum strategy, which refers to when investors snap up recent winners, while shorting recent underperformers. On average, the strategy loses 4.15% on average during the month.

Persons: Jonathan Krinsky, Krinsky Organizations: Stocks, Federal Reserve

☆ Wall Street will try to maintain AI-fueled momentum in the final week of February, as inflation concerns linger
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In the final week of February, Wall Street will strive to maintain its AI-fueled rally even as economic concerns linger and the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure is on deck. But many worry the writing is on the wall for these market leaders as economic and inflation risks linger. The 'lone cloud' of inflation The Fed's preferred inflation gauge will also be released in the week ahead. Investors are concerned that sticky inflation will mean that the Fed will hold onto its higher-for-longer interest rate policy. Next week will also be the final week of February, with stocks headed for another strong month of gains.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Patrick McDonough, Europe's, PGIM's McDonough, McDonough, Charlie Ashley, Dhaval Joshi, Joshi, Ashley, John Williams, TJX Cos Organizations: Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Japan's Nikkei, Catalyst Funds, BCA Research, CPI, PPI, Dow, New, Dallas Fed, Fidelity National Information Services, Richmond Fed, eBay, Enterprise, Cruise Line Holdings, New York Federal Reserve Bank, York, Monster Beverage, Paramount Global, PCE Deflator, Chicago PMI, . Kansas City Fed Manufacturing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Autodesk, Body, Hormel, PMI, Manufacturing Locations: U.S, Lowe's, Chicago, . Kansas, Michigan

☆ A top-2% portfolio manager who pulled off a shocking turnaround last year outlines the investing strategy that lifted her fund by 59% — and her 9 favorite stocks to buy now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Starke stuck to the same process for the large growth fund she's managed singlehandedly for the last decade. Her large-cap growth fund is built on quality stocks with successful business models, durable competitive advantages, and top-tier management teams. "The best way to generate long-term growth of capital and outperformance for investors is through longer-term ownership in a focused portfolio of market-leading growth companies." What successful growth stocks look likeThe stocks that Starke focuses on typically increase revenue by over 10% and earnings by 15%, she noted. "I look at PEGs often because that's the only way for fast-growing companies," Starke said.

Persons: Cindy Starke, Starke, she's, couldn't, —, fund's, that's Organizations: Fund, Business, Meta, Nvidia Locations: outperformance

☆ The CEO 'return to office or else' is having limited success in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

This past week alone, Boeing and UPS called workers back to the office five days a week. A survey by the Conference Board found few U.S. CEOs saying they will prioritize bringing workers back to the office full time in the year ahead. Jotform, an online form-building platform with about 660 team members, recently made the decision to require employees to be in the office five days a week. A December Resume Builder poll of 800 business leaders found that 8 in 10 companies will track employee office attendance in 2024. In some cases, companies are also finding it difficult to crack down on lower-level employees because higher-ups also aren't complying.

Persons: it's, Elliott Sprecher, Morgan Chase, Davis Polk, What's, Laura Putnam, Henry Nothhaft, Betsy Henning, Finn, Putnam Organizations: Boeing, UPS, Conference Board, IBM, Google, Skadden, Finn Partners Locations: Slate, RTO

☆ Morgan Stanley names Ford its new top pick among U.S. automakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A rocky transition to electric vehicles in the U.S. could be a blessing in disguise for one of the country's legacy automakers, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Adam Jonas named Ford the investment bank's top pick among U.S. automakers in a note to clients Thursday. Jonas said scaling back spending plans for EVs can help Ford impress Wall Street. Morgan Stanley has a price target of $15 per share on Ford, which is about 28% above where the stock closed Wednesday. F 1D mountain Shares of Ford rallied on Thursday afternoon after Morgan Stanley named the stock a top pick.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas, Ford, Jonas, Tesla Organizations: U.S, Wall, Ford, General Motors, GM, Investments, EV Locations: U.S

☆ Macy's to cut more than 2,300 jobs, about 3.5% of its workforce, and close five stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Macy's on Thursday said it will cut about 3.5% of its workforce and close five of its namesake mall locations as the legacy department store moves to trim costs and turn around slowing sales. The move will affect approximately 2,350 positions across its corporate office and stores, company spokesman Chris Grams said. The majority of those — roughly 500 —are its namesake stores, followed by 158 Bluemercury stores and 56 Bloomingdale's stores. The department store chain's footprint has gotten smaller in recent years, however. He said since that 2020 announcement, Macy's had closed about 80 namesake locations and had plans to soon close another five.

Persons: Chris Grams, Grams, Macy's, Tony Spring, Jeff Gennette, Adrian Mitchell, Mitchell, It's, Gennette Organizations: Wall Street Locations: Arlington , Va, Leandro, Calif, Lihue, Hawaii, Simi Valley, Tallahassee, Fla, Cincinnati, San Francisco

☆ A look back at a remarkable stock market year, and what should worry investors into 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-28 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

A few days ago, S & P noted that the S & P 500 total return of 25.85% would only be up 9.49% ex the Magnificent 7. If you own the S & P 500 long-term, you are participating in those gains. The S & P is up 1,200 points (25%) since then and is knocking on the door of an historic high. The S & P 500 is overbought and expensive on most metrics. The S & P 500 up almost 25% in a year is the kind of problem a lot of people would be happy to have.

Persons: Russell, YTD, General Mills, it's, Staples, Campbell, Mills Organizations: AMD, Arista Networks, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, Nasdaq, Nike, FedEx, General, NextEra, Utilities, Treasuries Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Wayfair, Devon, Chevron

☆ Performance-improvement plans in tech: 4 Google and Amazon employees share what happened after they were put on PIP
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former Amazon employee said they developed PTSD from the demanding work. A former Amazon employee was put on PIP and lost a $110,000 deposit on a houseA former Amazon Web Services employee thought things were going well before he was put on a performance-improvement plan called Pivot. An Amazon employee said Amazon placed some employees in a coaching program called FocusA marketing manager at Amazon described getting emails from their manager saying they were underperforming and needed coaching. Later, they said, a coworker pointed out that the manager might've been referring to a coaching program for underperformers called Focus. AdvertisementAn Amazon representative disputed the former employee's account, saying it "does not represent the experience of the vast majority of our employees."

Persons: wouldn't, —, messaged, Slack, that's, Grigory Yakushev, Grigory Yakushev Yakushev, he'd, Yakushev, Read, Amazon, might've, I'm Organizations: Workers, Amazon, Service, Amazon Web, Business, Google, underperformers, Business Insider, Amazon HR

☆ Here’s what the S&P 500’s summer hot streak can teach us about the late 2023 rally and its staying power
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

In the final run-up to the late-July peak in stocks this column surveyed the rally , and asked, "Enough for now? .SPX YTD line The S & P 500's year-to-date performance Yes, the market is overbought by various technical measures. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo and Barclays are seeing the S & P 500 as dead money next year, at best. The virtues of owning the S & P 500 passively have always been low cost, tax efficiency, low turnover and broad exposure to the asset class. While 2021 was a Nasdaq 100 melt-up year, 2022 was the mirror image: Big Tech got blasted and the equal-weight S & P 500 held up better.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells, Jack Bogle, Alan Greenspan's Organizations: Federal, Deutsche, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America, Barclays, Hamas, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Big Tech, matchless, Treasury Locations: Wells Fargo, Israel

☆ Investors spy value in cheap Finnish stocks after China and Russia pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Danilo Masoni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Finnish stocks are Europe's biggest laggards this year, as risks stemming from tensions with Russia and concerns over China's stuttering recovery have hurt its exporters. The top 25 stocks in Helsinki are worth a combined $150 billion. The OMX Helsinki 25 (.OMXH25) has lost 10% this year, versus the STOXX 600's (.STOXX) 8% rally. "Finnish stocks are attractively valued and a lot of bad news is priced in," Alava said. "If the European economy recovers in 2024 as I expect, Finnish cyclical stocks should recover too... this could be a good time for long-term investors to increase holdings".

Persons: Finland's, Tomas Hildebrandt, EVLI, Hilderbrant, Hertta Alava, Henrik Ehrnrooth, Schindler, Nordea's Alava, LSEG, Danilo Masoni, Christina Fincher Organizations: OMX Helsinki, STOXX, Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Deutsche Bank, NATO, Russia, Zurich, Otis, Metsa Board, Thomson Locations: Russia, Helsinki, Finland, Europe, China, Ukraine, U.S, French, OMX Helsinki, Alava

☆ Want to pick a winning retail stock this holiday season? Watch for discounts and deflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

However, he added, they remain more upbeat compared with last holiday season and should spend more on gifts this year. According to FactSet, analysts anticipate there could be upside of more than 20% ahead, based on average price targets. The e-commerce giant is JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth's top pick for the holiday season. "We project US e-comm penetration at 23.4% of adj retail sales this holiday season, +90bps above the 22.5% in 2022," he said. "We think beauty has the potential to be a relevant gifting solution for cash-strapped consumers during the upcoming Holiday season," he said.

Persons: Chad Lusk, Alvarez, Lusk, Martis, LSEG, Inna Kuznetsova, Doug Anmuth's, Doug McMillon, Krisztina Katai, Katai, Michael Lasser, Ulta, Lasser, ToolsGroup's Kuznetsova, Marsal's Lusk, Michael Bloom Organizations: Shoppers, CNBC, Walmart, Target, Retailers, Centric Market Intelligence, Amazon, LSEG, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Costco, UBS, Fed, Black Locations: Lusk, Ulta, Wayfair, Williams, Sonoma

☆ Keen on harvesting tax losses? Scotiabank names 10 Canadian stocks as 'prime candidates'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As the end of the year approaches, investors are likely to be reviewing their portfolios and considering which stocks to sell to harvest tax losses. Tax-loss harvesting is a strategy to offset capital gains tax from stocks that have run up in share price with losses from non-performing stocks. To aid investors, Scotiabank identified several stocks on Canada's TSX Composite index that are down significantly this year but are still rated as "Sector Outperform" by its analysts. "These are prime candidates to keep long-term exposure to despite recent weakness," said Scotiabank analysts led by Hugo Ste-Marie in a note to clients on Nov. 13. Scotiabank pointed out that the top 20 stocks in the S & P 500 index are up significantly this year, while the remaining 480 stocks are showing losses on average.

Persons: Hugo Ste, Marie Organizations: Scotiabank, Stocks, TELUS International, Allied, Trisura, HudBay Minerals, Hudbay Minerals, Capstone, Corp, Ivanhoe Mines, Teck Resources, Tech Locations: Park, Canada, Teck

☆ Wall Street hiring is up, but it's not what you think. Here's what's really going on.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Third-quarter earnings season kicked off on Wall Street with JPMorgan and Citigroup reporting that headcount is up. In announcing third-quarter earnings, JPMorgan said headcount was up 7% over this time last year to 308,669. And the geopolitical conflict in the Middle East raises concerns about whether dealmaking — and therefore investment banking hiring — will come back next year. The investment bank, which was recently bought by Swiss rival UBS, said it currently has more than 2,000 staffers in that location. At Citi, investment banking fees were down 18% over last year, although underwriting fees have improved as companies look to sell more debt and stock.

Persons: headcount, Mark Mason, Mason, dealmaking, —, Jane Fraser, Goldman Sachs, Jamie Dimon, Fraser, I'm Organizations: JPMorgan, Citigroup, Citi, Credit Suisse, New York Department of Labor, Madison, Swiss, UBS, Financial Times, Barclays Locations: New York City

☆ Bet on a rebound in China using these ETFs, Citigroup says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

China may finally be poised for an economic rebound, and several exchange-traded funds give U.S. investors a way to play it, according to Citigroup. We prefer following our economists and positioning for upside in China Equity ETFs as we may be nearing a cyclical bottom," the note said. The funds that are most correlated to the Chinese economy are the Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR) and iShares MSCI China A ETF (CNYA) , according to Citi's analysis. ASHR YTD mountain Chinese ETFs like the ASHR have struggled in 2023 For investors who want a little more risk and potential upside in China, tech-focused ETFs could be a smarter play. Investing in China has been a volatile bet over the years, and all the ETFs listed above have been long-term underperformers compared with the S & P 500.

Persons: Scott Chronert, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Citigroup, Citi, China Equity, CSI China Internet, China Technology Locations: China

☆ Wall Street banks shed jobs to ease cost pressures
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Morning commuters walk on Wall Street in New York's financial district October 30, 2014. Others, like Citigroup (C.N), are preparing to cut jobs as part of a structural revamp targeted to remove complexity. It also laid off nearly 1,000 employees from First Republic Bank, the collapsed lender it had acquired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The bank laid off about 3,200 people earlier this year in its biggest headcount reduction since the 2008 financial crisis. Lazard (LAZ.N) -The New York-based investment bank said it would cut around 10% of its workforce in 2023.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Wells, Mike Santomassimo, Santomassimo, Charles Schwab, Lazard, Jaiveer Singh, Maju Samuel Organizations: REUTERS, Banking, Citigroup, JPMorgan, First Republic Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Reuters, Financial Times, Bloomberg News, Wall Street, UBS Group, Credit, Thomson Locations: New, U.S, New York, York, Bengaluru

But a person who worked closely with Ramaswamy said, "He thinks people are put on this earth to serve him." Roivant attracted investors including Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Vision Fund, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, and the hedge fund Viking Global Investors. Former Roivant employees said Ramaswamy worked hard and expected the same of others. McLaughlin called the employee's recollection "inaccurate," adding that Ramaswamy "has never once raised his voice or used bad language with employees." At Roivant, Ramaswamy kept his politics largely to himself, former employees said.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, He's, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Trump, George Soros, didn't, Taco Bell, he's, —, Vivek, Tricia McLaughlin, he'd, McLaughlin, takeout, Forbes, Vivek doesn't, they've, Roivant, Masayoshi, Peter Thiel's, Thiel, JD Vance, Bill Ackman, who'd, . Ramaswamy, Erik Gordon, Vance, John Phillips, Joyce Rosely, Phillips, Anson Frericks, they'd, Rosely, Frericks, They're, they're, Eric Balchunas, Todd Rosenbluth, Rosenbluth, Christopher Lenzo, Brandon Bell, Vivek Ramaswamy's, Katherine Long, Jack Newsham, Meghan Morris Organizations: pharma, Army Rangers, Biotech, Republican, nab, GOP, of Education, FBI, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Reserve, Florida, Roivant Sciences, General Electric, Yale Law School, Army, Rangers, Harvard, Yale, Fund, Viking Global, Leerink Partners, GlaxoSmithKline, Forbes, Big Pharma, Japan's Sumitomo Pharma Co, ., University of Michigan, FDA, US, Yale Law, ESG, The, Texas, Indiana, BlackRock, Vanguard, Bloomberg Intelligence, Fair, SEC Locations: Mexico, FiveThirtyEight, Roivant, Patagonia, Iowa, New York, Ohio, The Lever

☆ Barclays cutting around 450 staff, UK trade union says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Barclays Bank logo is seen in this illustration taken March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A British union that represents workers at Barclays (BARC.L) said on Tuesday that the bank was cutting around 450 staff, as the lender cuts costs as it weighs a wider strategy overhaul. The Unite trade union said its members were informed by the bank of the decision. Venkatakrishnan is separately embarking on a wider strategy review, amid some investor dissatisfaction at the bank's underperformance relative to Wall Street investment banks. Reporting by Iain Withers and Muvija M; editing by William James; Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Dominic Hook, Venkatakrishnan, Iain Withers, Muvija, William James, Louise Heavens Organizations: Barclays Bank, REUTERS, Barclays, Reuters, C.S, Thomson

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