WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. securities regulator is considering measures to require big investors to disclose more about short positions, or bets that stocks will fall, use of derivatives to bet on other stock moves and to protect small investors from trading apps that use features common to video games in order to boost risky trading activity.Slideshow ( 2 images )The […]

New York (CNN Business)With stocks enjoying a strong start to 2021, investors are continuing to plow more money into exchange-traded funds — especially ones that are tied to the top broader market indexes. In other words, many investors are still happy to place their bets on the top techs that dominate the S&P 500 (SPX) — even though an army […]

(Reuters) -European stocks marked their best day in nearly two months on Wednesday, recovering from a sharp sell-off in the previous session as resource stocks hit a 10-year high, while data showed euro zone business activity picked up in April.The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/StaffThe pan-European […]

ETFs provide investors with an easy way to track multiple stocks at once across various sectors. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has picked over 21 ETFs that he’s watching this year. These ETFs cover everything from cryptocurrencies, SPACs, gold, retail investing, and much more. See more stories on Insider’s business page. “I’ve always found that if you find 10 stocks […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares risked falling for a fourth straight session on Wednesday as sentiment took a knock from a selloff in large cap Wall Street tech darlings, combined with talk of rising U.S. interest rates.FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A passersby wearing a protective face mask is reflected on screen displaying the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Supermarket group Tesco has agreed to increase healthy food options at operations in Europe as well as Britain to appease investors who had filed a landmark shareholder resolution to force the issue.Slideshow ( 2 images )The coalition of Tesco activist investors calling for Britain’s biggest supermarket group to set targets to sell a greater proportion of healthy […]

U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday following a session defined by major weakness in technology stocks. Dow futures rose just 12 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.05% and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.05%. In after-hours trading, Activision Blizzard rose nearly 6%, T-Mobile popped 2.8% and ride-hailing company Lyft gained 7% after better-than-expected earnings reports. On Tuesday, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to try to remove Liz Cheney from their party leadership for denouncing former President Donald Trump’s false claim the election was stolen from him, said two Republican congressional sources.FILE PHOTO: Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) participates in a news conference with House Republican leadership in the U.S. […]