Investment Banking on Track for Worst Streak in Over a Decade

Overview & ContextInvestment banking—the engine of Wall Street advisory revenue—is enduring its bleakest streak since at least 2014. For the 14th consecutive quarter, it is contributing less than 25 percent of total revenues at the five largest U.S. banks: JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. During the same period, trading revenue has…

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Nvidia Becomes First Company to Reach $4 Trillion Market Cap, Driving Tech Rally

Nvidia has officially entered the history books by briefly reaching a $4 trillion market valuation on July 9, 2025—the first public company ever to do so. Its shares surged roughly 2.6–2.8%, trading between $163.93 and $164.42 intraday, before the market paused on this unprecedented milestone . This record-setting performance reflects a sustained 40% rebound since early…

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Wall Street Has Claimed Bitcoin — But Is Digital Gold Still a Hedge?

LeadThis week’s chart reveals a seismic shift: bitcoin’s correlation with U.S. equities has surged, dragging it deeper into traditional market dynamics. Once celebrated as anti‑establishment, bitcoin increasingly behaves like a macro‑driven risk asset. 1. From Rebel Asset to Institutional Client Bitcoin, once prized as a hedge and “digital gold,” now moves in sync with stock…

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GRI Launches Digital Taxonomy to Enable Machine Readable Sustainability Disclosures

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced the launch of its new Sustainability Taxonomy, offering a machine-readable version of its GRI standards, aimed at facilitating faster data collection and submission of sustainability disclosures, and enhanced interoperability with other sustainability reporting standards. GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are one of the most commonly accepted global standards for sustainability…

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Bitcoin v. gold is ‘canary in the coal mine’ about to drop, warns strategist

Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone has warned that Bitcoin’s (BTC) weakening performance relative to gold could be signaling deeper trouble for U.S. equities and broader risk assets. In his bearish outlook, McGlone pointed to the falling Bitcoin-to-gold ratio as a potential “canary in the coal mine.” He emphasized that the 33x level on…

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ETHRANSACTION cloud mining: one-click mining of mainstream coins such as BTC, ETH, Dogecoin, etc., and stable income in the bear market!

Recently, the cryptocurrency market has continued to be under pressure, and Bitcoin and altcoins are generally facing a sell-off. Factors such as geopolitical tensions and increased market uncertainty have led to low investor sentiment. In such a market, how to find a low-risk, stable return crypto asset allocation method? ETHRANSACTION cloud mining platform provides you…

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ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: EU’s EFRAG set to reduce CSRD sustainability reporting datapoints by 50%; Australia launches sustainable finance taxonomy; U.S. SEC drops anti-greenwashing rules for funds; EU Commission to withdraw anti-greenwashing regulations; Amazon buys sustainable fuel for cargo flights; Goldman Sachs launches new sustainable bond funds; IFRS launches sustainability reporting education course; France…

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European Commission to Withdraw Anti-Greenwashing Regulation

The European Commission revealed on Friday that it plans to withdraw the Green Claims Directive just days prior to trilogue negotiations to finalize the proposed rules aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing claims about the environmental attributes of products and services, following objections from lawmakers that brought its ability to be adopted into doubt. Following…

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