The U.S. IPO market experienced a revival in the previous year after nearly three years of avoiding large deals, as improved investor sentiment and near-record-high equity markets fuel renewed activity. Investors expect to see a continued uptick in U.S. IPO activity in 2025, bolstered by a bullish equities market and expectations of business-friendly policies from the incoming Trump administration.
Swiss Inflation Slows With More Central-Bank Easing Expected
(Bloomberg) -- Swiss inflation slowed in December, supporting the case for more easing in interest rates.Most Read from BloombergNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeCan American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?Dutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Don’t Shrink the BusCan States Hit the Brakes on Runaway Roadbuilding?Consumer prices rose 0.6% from a year ago, Switzerland’s statistics office said. That matches the median estimate in a Bloomberg s
Analysis-Trump's SEC pick likely to give Wall Street easier enforcement ride
President-elect Donald Trump's SEC pick voted several times against punishing big companies and was extremely critical of the agency's enforcement process when he was a top official there, according to public records and former SEC attorneys, in a possible glimpse of what is to come under his leadership. Paul Atkins voted against at least 10 enforcement actions punishing individuals and companies, including Citigroup and IBM, according to a Reuters review of Securities and Exchange Commission records from the final years of his 2002-2008 stint as a commissioner. In doing so, he defied his fellow Republican agency chairs.
Morning Bid: A JOLT of reality for markets
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper. Trading action so far has been dominated by uncertainty over incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. But the "will he, won't he" narrative looks likely to take a backseat as a number of key metrics on the labour market start to filter through ahead of Friday's jobs data.
Money market account rates today, January 7, 2025 (earn up to 5.00% APY)
Money market account interest rates today are well above historical norms. Find out where to get the best MMA rates.
The 'most important variable' to watch in markets right now: Morning Brief
The direction of interest rates remains a key point of focus for investors as 2025 trading begins.
Credit Markets Signal Warning for a Relentless Equity Rally
(Bloomberg) -- US bond markets are signaling that equity bulls may be a little too exuberant now. Stocks are close to the most overvalued against corporate credit and Treasuries in about two decades. The earnings yield on S&P 500 shares, the inverse of the price-earnings ratio, is at its lowest level compared with Treasury yields since 2002, signaling that equities are at their most expensive relative to fixed income in decades. For company debt, the S&P 500’s earnings yield, at 3.7%, is close t