Category: Finance News

Feb 12

'We're not some banana republic': National security adviser defends removal of Trump impeachment witness from White House job

WASHINGTON — National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Tuesday evening there had been “absolutely” no retaliation involved in Friday’s departure of Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council, even as President Trump seemed to indicate that the military would “look into” whether to take disciplinary action against the Army officer. Vindman, who […]
Feb 11

Bond Report: Treasury yields climb on easing coronavirus concerns as Powell outlines economic risks

U.S. Treasury yields traded higher on Tuesday as reports that the spread of COVID-19 may be slowing down helped to cheapen prices for government paper, drawing investors to the Treasury Department debt auction in the afternoon. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified in front of the House Financial Services Committee, stating that the disease caused […]
Feb 11

Market Extra: Downtown Josh Brown’s budding media empire seeks to upend traditional wealth management

Josh Brown swears he doesn’t tweet that much. “I’m not sitting on Twitter all day,” he assured MarketWatch in a recent interview from the offices of Ritholtz Wealth Management in Midtown Manhattan. “I don’t think people have noticed.” Brown’s one million Twitter followers could be forgiven for not noticing, as the Ritholtz Wealth Management co-founder […]