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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity increased slightly to moderately"

Calculated Risk

The nonfinancial services sector grew slightly overall, with Districts highlighting growth in leisure and hospitality and transportation, notably air travel. Contacts in several service industries, notably healthcare, continued to see job growth. Truck freight volumes, however, were down.

Economics 162
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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2024)

Nerd's Eye View

This month's edition kicks off with the news that 'startup' custodian Altruist has completed a $169 million fundraising round as it continues to rebuild the RIA custodial tech stack layer-by-layer while positioning itself as the biggest RIA custodian built from scratch and solely for advisors – which, while making it the clear #3 custodian behind (..)

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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

The economy has strong momentum, with growth accelerating since the first half of the year. Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% Through June 2023, the economy grew 2.4% Since then, the economy has accelerated. The September retail and food services sales data underlined the economy’s momentum.

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The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine

Brown Advisory

The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine mhannan Fri, 08/11/2023 - 17:10 Unlike my good friends who frequent Baltimore’s finest dining establishments about as often as the division-leading Orioles win (you know who you are), I would never be confused for a wine connoisseur. was only marginally better.

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Transcript: Melissa Smith, co-Head of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan

The Big Picture

Previously she was co-head of the bank’s Innovation Economy Group. Alright, so, so you go from public finance, how did you evolve towards co-head of innovation economy? So Barry Ritholtz : Let’s talk about your dual role, your, your co-head of innovation economy and your head of specialized industries.

Banking 130
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Parent Companies who are coming up with IPOs of their subsidiaries

Trade Brains

HDFC Bank – HDB Financial Services HDFC Bank , one of India’s leading private sector banks, is preparing to unlock value from its non-banking finance arm, HDB Financial Services. This move involves HDFC Bank diluting its stake in HDB Financial Services by nearly 10%.

Banking 111
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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Has Best Week of the Year as Recession Fears Fade

Carson Wealth

As we will discuss below in more detail, we still believe the US economy is just fine. Recession Narrative Fades on Strong Retail Sales As long as employment is strong, consumer spending will be strong. Those numbers were the underpinning of a large upside surprise in July retail sales. Headline retail sales came in at 1.0%

Retail 95