Andrea Orcel has teed up UniCredit for a potential takeover of rival Commerzbank. He wants to build something Europe lacks—a banking champion.

Bond investors are suddenly bracing for a downturn, while equity investors appear more sanguine.

With the presidential race in a dead heat, wealthy Americans are calling estate lawyers.

Neither a consumer brand nor a meme stock, Palantir Technologies has developed a fervid following among amateur investors—and it is joining the S&P 500 stock index later this month.

Valuation has fallen as analysts are less optimistic that dual antitrust cases will leave the company unscathed.

Lenders are seeing a rise in late payments on credit cards and auto loans.

Stock buybacks have slowed to a trickle. “If Buffett’s not buying his own stock, then why should we?” one investor asked.

There’s an ETF for nearly everything, but good ones are rare.

A hot summer and production curtailments haven’t been enough to eliminate the surplus natural gas in U.S. storage.

Wall Street economists are calling for more fiscal stimulus in the country. But Beijing may still not act boldly enough.

It is much cheaper to buy designer goods in Europe than in China, and professional resellers are profiting from the gap. Posh labels are finding it hard to crack down.

Parents with leftover money in college funds can now move them to retirement accounts—maybe even their own. But should they?

Interactive Brokers will launch election bets next week, taking advantage of a court ruling.

The utilities sector is neck and neck with tech as 2024’s best performing group.

The OCC entered an agreement with Wells Fargo, under which the bank must obtain the regulator’s approval of its program for assessing anti-money laundering and sanctions risks of new offerings, as well as provide notice before expanding its offerings.

The asset manager is teaming up with Partners Group to offer wealthy investors a preset portfolio.

The drugmaker’s fastest-growing blockbuster could soon face competition from two biotech firms in the treatment of a little-known heart condition.

The regulator’s proposed order could permanently ban Navient from servicing federal direct loans.

Some banks may still see rising net interest income even if the Federal Reserve slashes rates as anticipated.

A potential combination of Italy’s UniCredit with Germany’s Commerzbank would be big, but not big enough to create a European banking champion.

The S&P 500 fell 4.2% last week on concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. Going back to 1928, September has been stocks’ weakest month of the year.

The former president’s digital-currency efforts bring his campaign closer to an industry that is spending to limit regulations.

Election fatigue has me and my friends so anxious that we find solace in buying more stuff than we should.

Indian stocks are on fire. Investors who want to partake will need to keep a cool head as a trading frenzy and rising valuations have the potential to spoil the party.

How the cards, cash, debts and assets that we carry stack up.

Prediction-market startup Kalshi prevails in its bid to list political contracts, beating the CFTC.

The market pulled out a win for the month despite a rough patch. Also: A flashback to the 10th anniversary of the blockbuster Alibaba IPO.

Revisions and other distortions mean monetary policy outlook remains hazier than Wall Street would have liked.

Former Nuveen executive John Miller begins a second act at First Eagle.

China’s foreign-exchange reserves rose last month, boosted by a valuation gain from a weaker U.S. dollar amid prospects for rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.