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  • Apr 11, 2025

JPMorgan profit beats estimates on record stock trading, CEO sees economic turbulence

(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase topped first-quarter profit estimates on record equities trading and higher fees from debt underwriting and advising on mergers, but the bank remained wary about a possible global recession this year. CEO Jamie Dimon, who warned this week of negative consequences from trade wars, maintained his cautious tone as corporate America navigates President Donald Trump's tariffs. "Clients have become more cautious amid an increase in market volatility driven by geopolitical and trade-related tensions," Dimon said.

  • Apr 11, 2025

Ten trading days that shook financial markets

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of Palo Alto, California, but in his appendix. The 10 trading days since U.S. President Donald Trump hit automakers with tariffs have been the most convulsive since the pandemic panic of 2020, as prices of stocks to bonds, oil, gold and even the U.S. dollar itself have swung wildly.

  • Apr 11, 2025

Exclusive-Chinese exchanges restrict daily stock sales as trade war with US escalates, sources say

Chinese bourses have set daily restrictions on net share sales by hedge funds and large retail investors, four sources said on Friday, as Beijing steps up support for its stock markets in an intensifying trade war with the United States. Two investor sources said a soft limit on daily net sales by individual hedge funds and big retail investors - implemented through verbal warnings from brokerages - had been set at 50 million yuan ($6.83 million). Failure to comply risked a suspension of trading accounts by the stock exchanges, which have issued the directive, two brokerage sources said.

  • Apr 11, 2025

BlackRock assets hit record but Fink warns of market anxiety

BlackRock's assets increased to a record high value in the first quarter, but the CEO of the world's largest asset manager said anxiety was dominating markets, even if the recent selloff did not pose risks to financial stability. That rise came despite broader weakening in U.S. stocks in the first quarter, as market optimism over U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the White House was followed by economic uncertainty caused by announcements of large U.S. tariffs on trade partners. "Uncertainty and anxiety about the future of the markets and the economy are dominating each and every client conversation," BlackRock's CEO and Chairman Larry Fink said.

  • Apr 11, 2025

OPEC output hikes, trade wars have US oil producers wary of 'drill baby drill'

President Donald Trump moved on his first day in office to increase U.S. oil and gas production, but the country's oil industry is actually starting to think about cutting output and jobs due to a double whammy of higher crude output from OPEC and on-again, off-again tariffs that have dented demand. The U.S. is the world's largest oil producer, pumping some 13.55 million barrels per day, employing millions of workers and generating trillions of dollars annually. Trump campaigned on the motto of "drill baby drill," and the national energy emergency he declared on his first day of office was designed to make it easier for companies to increase production, while he instructed officials to do everything they could to bolster the industry.

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