Upstart, Affirm, and SoFi are sliding in tandem on Wednesday while the broader financials sector sits nearly unchanged, and that gap between consumer lenders and everything else tells a story that goes…
Consumer lenders are getting hit far harder than the broader financials sector on Wednesday, and the gap between them points to something more specific than a rough market day for bank stocks.
Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM | JPM Price Prediction) are sliding in Tuesday midday trading, even after the bank unveiled a headline-grabbing tie-up with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). JPMorgan Chase stock…
Traders reaching for FAZ to short banks after the latest Fed hike may be paying for exposure to insurers and payment networks instead, and the math gets stranger from there.
Energy is the year’s best-performing sector, and on Wednesday the options market bet heavily that it is about to break. Volume in Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLE) options ran roughly 70% above…
Gas prices just posted their biggest monthly jump in years, and a Wall Street economist has put a precise dollar figure on the oil price that tips the American consumer into recession…
Shares of Klarna (NYSE:KLAR | KLAR Price Prediction) are trading at $14.23 on Tuesday afternoon, leaving the buy now, pay later (BNPL) lender down 51% year to date. Klarna stock is also…
Morgan Stanley has lapped every major bank rival in 2026, but a rate spike just rattled the stock and the one price level that would confirm the bull case remains stubbornly out…
A collapsed $50 billion buyout sent shockwaves through the buy-now-pay-later sector Friday morning, splitting two of digital payments' biggest names into opposite directions while the broader financials market barely flinched.
Visa, Mastercard, and American Express usually move in loose lockstep, but 2026 has cracked that relationship wide open in a way that forces investors to pick sides between two very different business…
Klarna and Affirm are bleeding while PayPal quietly climbs, and the gap between them points to a shift in how investors are sizing up the future of buy now, pay later.
Three big bank names have taken three wildly different paths through 2026, and the gap between the winner and the loser comes down to a business model difference that most investors overlook…
American Express just posted a clear earnings beat, yet its stock is cratering while Visa and Mastercard barely flinch. The divergence points to a specific tension inside the report that traders are…
KBWD's double-digit yield draws income investors in, but the monthly checks come with a hidden cost that quietly chips away at the capital funding them.
While investors pour capital into AI and mega-cap tech, one overlooked sector keeps quietly delivering solid earnings and shareholder returns at a fraction of the market's valuation. The case for financials may…
Ryne Mauck 
