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WASHINGTON—NatWest Markets PLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire and securities fraud, admitting that its traders in London, Singapore and Connecticut engaged in a number of schemes between 2008 and 2018 to manipulate…

Investors will be focusing their attention on the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week, searching for details on a potentially hawkish pivot in monetary policy in the face of high inflation.Fed Chair Jerome Powell — whose hawkish signal…

State Street ended 2021 with $43.68 billion in assets under custody. Photo:…

The price of bitcoin lurched below $20,000, and below a level widely monitored by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as a brutal selloff in crypto showed no signs of abating. Bitcoin fell as low as $18,739.50…

Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.02% BRK.B, -0.36% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan?…

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood offered the latest defense of the once-highflying, disruptive innovation strategies that had made her suite of exchange-traded funds among the most popular, and best-performing, on…

The House Financial Services Committee on Friday issued a long-awaited report on the “meme” stock phenomena, shining new light on pressures faced by retail brokerages, including Robinhood Markets Inc., during the…

Biotech stocks have fallen to earth with a thud in 2021 after soaring last year amid excitement over the development of COVID-19 vaccines, dealing big losses to some hedge funds. The sector is being buffeted by…

Earnings season will be a key test for the stock market after the S&P 500 last week closed out its worst half-year performance since 1970, said strategists from Morgan Stanley.  The direction of stocks going…

Oaktree Capital founder Howard Marks is a boldfaced name on Wall Street, equally well known for his firm’s performance as for his lengthy investor letters that he periodically publishes free online to reach the…