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The U.S. labor market doesn’t appear as tight and hot as a couple of months ago, with the June’s Employment Situation report likely to show an overall cooling trend from a very strong performance in May. Slated for release Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the official jobs report from the...

Hedge funds raised stakes in financial sector stocks amid the banking crisis in March with lower prices presenting buying opportunities, according to a report that cited an S&P Global Market Intelligence note. What Happened: “Hedge funds used the bank stress as an early buying opportunity...

Consumers had to rethink the way they shopped as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns and the resulting social isolation. Many reconfigured their priorities as well as spent more time online, including shopping, than ever before. Retailers worldwide were forced to restrict the...

Benzinga will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on Nov. 10, 2020. In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services space...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares peaked at $47.79 in June and have since lost around 35 percent, but Newton Advisors' Mark Newton told CNBC he expects the social media stock to rebound. Buy The Dip Despite the fall from their 52-week highs, Twitter shares are still higher by 30...

Fed fund futures now say traders are paring bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month; but in August, inflows to financial services exchange-traded funds indicated otherwise. Financial services, the S&P 500's second-largest sector allocation behind technology...

Attention cable investors: The 10-year outlook is "bright," at least according to a report by SNL Kagan, an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence. The research report noted a "slightly improved" outlook for the video segment and "continued upside" for the...

Past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, but some of the exchange-traded funds that delivered for investors in the first half of the year could continue doing so in the second half. What worked for investors in the first half of 2016 includes, most notably, fixed income and gold...

S&P Global Inc (NYSE: SPGI)'s S&P Global Market Intelligence recently released a list of the top-paid executives in U.S. banking. The highest paid CEOs and money managers usually work for big, well-known companies. However, in the banking industry, this doesn't seem to be the...

This year has been a perfect storm for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the corresponding exchange-traded funds. Not only has the Federal Reserve passed on raising interest rates to this point in the year, but real estate will become the eleventh GICS sector at the end of August, providing...

No it is not consumer discretionary or technology — both frequent stomping grounds for hedge funds. It is not the healthcare sector, another hedge fund favorite, either. Data indicate that in the first quarter, hedge funds, an investment vehicle often viewed as exotic, even sexy, were drawn...

When it comes to real estate stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds, income investors primarily focus on the yields being lobbed off by these securities and what the Federal Reserve is up to. Why? Because real estate equities are believed to be negatively correlated to rising interest...

Scott Kessler of S&P Global Market Intelligence was a recent guest on CNBC and discussed his views of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) ahead of its Tuesday print. Kessler discussed why he is maintaining a Buy rating with a $21 price target on Twitter's stock heading into the earnings results. The...