Cap Markets

With Americans suffering from high housing costs and declining supply, we cannot afford to watch a massive government-sponsored enterprise sit on billions in retained earnings.

The U.S. 30-year yield reached the highest level in a month on Monday amid predictions that a Trump presidency would lead to higher inflation.

In this month's roundup of top banking news: a cease-and-desist issued by the Federal Reserve, high CFO turnover, the end of Chevron deference and more.

Two days after the Fed released the results of its annual stress tests, the nation's eight largest banks all announced plans to supplement their payouts to shareholders. At the same time, most of the banks also said that their capital requirements are expected to rise.

Trading halts caused by an error affected 40 stocks Monday morning, including BMO Bank and Banco Santander-Chile.

Though written before the internet era, the book about working at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s that launched Michael Lewis' writing career still holds important lessons about the true costs of success.

Orders on the NASDAQ exchange were unable to execute early Monday morning because of an error with the exchange's price discovery tool. The error has since been resolved.

Peapack-Gladstone's wealth unit is pursuing an ambitious de novo expansion in New York and perhaps elsewhere because M&A has become expensive as private equity money has inflated seller expectations.

The stock prices of five of these banks fell by more than 7% on the day they announced their fourth-quarter results, including two with double-digit decreases.

Contenders see plenty of room for the market of EFTS investing in CLOs to grow. The question is if they can potentially usurp some of banks' dominance in AAA-tranche investing.