Analysis: Shorts circle GameStop and AMC, sensing retail fatigue
Bearish investors are ramping up bets against meme stocks GameStop Corp (GME.N) and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N), spotlighting how short sellers have grown bolder during a broader market selloff that has pummeled risky post-pandemic favorites once beloved by retail traders.
Explainer: U.S. Treasury pushes Russia towards default: What next?
The lapse of a key U.S. license allowing Russia to make payments on its sovereign debt to U.S. holders has put the prospect of the country defaulting on its sovereign debt back into focus.
Stocks slump as Snap cracks rally, Lagarde lifts euro
Shares slid worldwide on Tuesday as fears about weak earnings and slowing growth punctured the recent mini-rally, while hawkish remarks from European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde reminded edgy markets that rate hikes loom.
Temasek-backed oil rig builders agree $6.3 bln merger amid sector downturn
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine) (SCMN.SI) has agreed to a S$8.7 billion ($6.29 billion) merger with Keppel Corp’s (KPLM.SI) larger offshore and marine unit, a year after the Temasek-backed firms began deal talks amid an industry downturn.
Global bond sales to cross $10 trillion in 2022, S&P Global Ratings says
Global sovereign borrowing will reach $10.4 trillion in 2022, nearly a third above the average before the coronavirus pandemic, S&P Global Ratings said in a report.
JPMorgan’s Dimon warns of possible $1 billion Russia loss
JPMorgan (JPM.N) could lose about $1 billion on its Russia exposure, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Monday, detailing the extent of the bank’s potential losses from the conflict in Ukraine for the first time.
Russia launches Eurobond rouble buyback offer on looming $2 bln bond payment
Russia has offered to buy back dollar bonds maturing next week in roubles in a move seen by analysts as helping local holders of the $2 billion sovereign issue receive payment, while also easing the country’s hard-currency repayment burden.
Explainer: Can Russia pay its creditors, and what happens if not?
Russia is due to pay $117 million in interest on two dollar-denominated sovereign bonds on Wednesday – the first such payments since its invasion of Ukraine which sparked a raft of sanctions from Western capitals and countermeasures from Moscow.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan unwinding Russia businesses
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N)and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) on Thursday announced they were unwinding their Russian businesses, becoming the first major U.S. banks to exit following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and putting pressure on rivals to follow.
Russia will be excluded from all JPMorgan fixed income indexes
Russia will be excluded from all of JPMorgan’s fixed income indexes on March 31, the bank said in a statement on Monday, joining rival index providers that had excluded Russian securities from their indexes after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
