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Lending Club banners hang on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange for it’s IPO on December 11, 2014 in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images LendingClub, a fintech company that pioneered personal loans made online, is buying a U.S. bank to give it access to a stable and cheaper source

Scott Mlyn | CNBC This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Franklin Resources announced Tuesday a deal to buy rival asset manager Legg Mason, a tie-up that could help each navigate a worldwide shift in investor preference away from active money management. Franklin said in a press release that it offered $50 per

A pedestrian walks past a stock ticker at a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Thanks to record-breaking markets and more retirement savings, the number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires has reached a new record, according to Fidelity. Fidelity, the largest 401(k) provider in the United States, released its quarterly analysis

A man runs past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bloomberg The portfolio manager who helps run a mutual fund that consistently beats the market and its peers said the key to his success is being able to wait for stocks to pop. The D.F. Dent Premier Growth Fund, which has returned over 15% annually

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla priced its secondary common stock offering at $767 a share, raising more than $2 billion, the company said on Friday. The move will

Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors and author. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Andre Iguodala has built a reputation that goes far beyond his on-court defense. The three-time NBA champion also has amassed an investment portfolio of more than 40 companies. Iguodala has invested in Allbirds, Casper and Jumia, but he told CNBC on Friday his best

Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives praised Tesla’s announcement on Thursday morning of a new $2 billion common stock offering. “It’s a smart, strategic move,” Ives said on “Squawk Box.” “It takes any doomsday scenario around cash crunch … off the table.” Shares of Tesla , which have skyrocketed recently, were under some pressure on Thursday after

Tesla has a long way to go before it justifies its current stock price, New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran told CNBC on Thursday. Damodaran, known as the “dean of valuation” for his company analyses, said the electric-auto maker would need to have revenues comparable to the Volkswagen Group in 10 years, margins similar

Tesla shares slid after the electric automaker said it plans a $2 billion common stock offering, just two weeks after CEO Elon Musk said the company would not take advantage of its surging stock to raise more capital. Musk himself will buy as much as $10 million of stock in this offering, while Tesla board member Larry Ellison

If you’re a CEO hoping to give your stock a boost over time, you may want to start mentioning “growth” and “expansion” more often on earnings calls. Shares of companies with chief executives who made liberal use of positive words to describe financials during earnings conference calls outperformed those at businesses with more reserved CEOs,

Charles Munger David A. Grogan | CNBC Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, issued a dire warning about the future on Wednesday. “I think there are lots of troubles coming,” he said at the Los Angeles-based Daily Journal annual shareholders meeting. “There’s too much wretched excess.” Munger —

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday blasted Bed Bath & Beyond‘s decision to announce disappointing same-store sales figures well ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings release. However, Cramer said investors could use the subsequent stock plunge as a buying opportunity. “I would buy it,” he added. Bed Bath & Beyond shares sank about 25% on Wednesday after

Tourists take a picture with the market bull near the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images For decades investing legend Bob Farrell was a top Wall Street strategist known for predicting changes in overall stock market direction. Farrell, 88, was the chief stock market analyst and senior investment

The Facebook analyst who downgraded the stock Tuesday told CNBC he is concerned about the growth of the social media giant’s advertising business. In particular, Pivotal Research Group analyst Michael Levine said he believes a slowdown in advertising from direct-to-consumer brands could spell bad news for Facebook. Instagram and Facebook are the most popular places

William “Bill” Gerstenmaier in his former role as NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations. NASA/Bill Ingalls SpaceX is only a couple of months away from its first attempt at launching astronauts and the company has brought in one of the foremost experts in human spaceflight to help it do so successfully. William Gerstenmaier,

The outbreak of the coronavirus is a “true black swan” for the oil and energy market, and as crude prices continue to move lower the worst may not be over yet, Ned David Research said in a note to clients Monday. Analyst Warren Pies noted that the outbreak has reduced Chinese demand for oil by

A pigeon flies over a Exxon mobil gas station on October 25, 2018 in Gutenberg New Jersey. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images TD Ameritrade‘s millennial investors were attracted to a somewhat surprising stock in January: ExxonMobil. “One of the most bought stocks by our millennials,” JJ Kinahan, the brokerage firm’s chief market

As big endowment funds face mounting pressure to reduce their exposure to the fossil fuel industry, there’s one thing making their decision easier: the energy sector’s underperformance. In the last ten years, the S&P energy sector gained just 1% as low oil prices, high operational costs and shifting consumer sentiment set off a wave of

A new client recently told us that he didn’t want to own Boeing. He did not cite the two planes that crashed or Boeing’s enormous consumption of fossil fuels. His primary concern was the integrity of its management. We mentioned that a new management has taken over the company, but he responded that that there

A Tesla Model S is displayed during the London Motor and Tech Show at ExCel on May 16, 2019 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla’s valuation has soared well past other automakers, even those which produce millions more cars each year, causing Morgan Stanley to take a look