In this article MSTR MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of MicroStrategy tumbled 17.8% Friday afternoon after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly rejected the company’s
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The Axiom space station, with the circular SEE-1 module attached, is seen in an artist’s rendition. Axiom Space The producers of Tom Cruise’s planned space movie on Thursday announced plans to attach a studio to the space station in development by Houston-based company Axiom. U.K.-based studio Space Entertainment Enterprise, co-founded by producers Elena and Dmitry
Spencer Platt | Getty Images IPO investors in a record-breaking issuance rush in 2021 have so far been disappointed by dismal returns, and the outlook for the once-booming market is only getting worse with rising rates and insider selling on the horizon. Last year, the number of U.S. traditional IPOs climbed to the highest levels
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Wednesday that the regulator is eyeing tighter disclosure deadlines for hedge
In this article PL A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit. Sierra Space Private investment in space companies last year set a record, according to a report Tuesday by New York-based firm Space Capital. Space infrastructure companies received $14.5 billion of private investment in 2021, a new annual record that was up more than 50%
In this article GS People walk along Wall Street in the rain on July 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street firms are playing catch up with employee compensation, boosting pay in the second year of a deal-making and trading boom. That’s what Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon conceded
In this article ZS MSFT CSCO DKS TTWO Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods. David Orrell | CNBC As the world heads toward another year of the pandemic, investors must adapt to changing macroeconomic forces and trends. Rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s move to dial back its monetary support, and a workforce that’s been
Jeffrey Smith, chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Starboard Value LP. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images 2021 was a busy year for activist funds, with notable investors including Starboard Value, JANA Partners and Carl Icahn pushing for meaningful change at an array of companies. In all, activist shareholders embarked on
In this article C JPM JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon speaks at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 23, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters Banks have been one of the main beneficiaries of high inflation recently because their profit margins tend to expand when higher prices force central banks
In this article SPCE Spacecraft VSS Unity lands on the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico after the company’s fourth spaceflight test on July 11, 2021. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic fell in trading on Thursday after the company announced plans to raise up to $500 million in debt. “The company intends to
In this article JPM JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon listens as he is introduced at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 23, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $3.01 per share,
In this article .SPX FB GOOGL AAPL Getty Images There has been tremendous focus on how significant a small number of stocks were to the S&P 500’s nearly 29% total return in 2021. Perhaps this typifies sour grapes, as most active managers underperformed the S&P 500 last year. Witnessing the top contributors — Apple, Microsoft,