security brokering
Goldman, Morgan Stanley Limit Losses With Fast Sale of Archegos Assets
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley were quick to move large blocks of assets before other large banks that traded with Archegos Capital Management, as the scale of the hedge fund’s losses became apparent, according to people with knowledge of the transactions. The strategy helped limit the U.S. firms’ losses in last week’s epic …
BlackRock Emerges as Wall Street Player in Biden Administration
Wall Street bankers, and in particular those from Goldman Sachs Group Inc., have long held senior positions in the White House. Under President-elect Joe Biden, such roles are going to executives of BlackRock Inc. A former Goldman executive held the Treasury secretary post in three of the last four administrations, but the firm is absent …
Hedge Funds Bail on T-Mobile US and Uber Technologies Stock
Text size Photograph by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Hedge funds leaned into technology and industrial stocks in the third quarter, while moving away from consumer staples and real estate. Within 45 days of the end of each quarter, hedge funds must report their portfolio holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a regulatory …
Your Stock Trades Go Free but Your Cash Is in Chains
Freedom isn’t free, and free trades aren’t either. You no longer will pay a few bucks in commissions to buy or sell a security at these firms. But Schwab and other brokerage firms are in business to make money, and one way they often do that is by milking clients’ cash. When you trade for …
