Synchrony Financial’s third quarter results showed steady performance, with revenue coming in flat year over year and exceeding Wall Street’s expectations. Management pointed to continued strength in credit performance and the impact of selective credit actions, which helped drive a 2% increase in purchase volume across the company’s five sales platforms. CEO Brian Doubles highlighted that “trends across our five platforms improved even as the effects of our previous credit actions continue to impact average active accounts,” noting particular strength in digital and dual/co-branded card spend. Management acknowledged that while customer engagement and transaction frequency rose, higher payment rates and lower late fees softened net interest income.
Washington D.C. – October 21, 2025 – After a tumultuous period of soaring borrowing costs, the U.S. financial landscape is witnessing a significant shift as mortgage rates show signs of stabilization, largely propelled by the Federal Reserve's pivot towards an easing monetary policy. This critical juncture, marked by the Fed's
The U.S. economy is currently grappling with a significant deceleration in job growth, with proprietary data from investment giant Vanguard revealing a meager 0.1% growth rate for seven of the first nine months of 2025, dipping to an even more concerning 0.09% in September. This marks the
WASHINGTON D.C. – October 21, 2025 – A concerning report from investment giant Vanguard has cast a long shadow over the U.S. labor market, revealing that job growth plummeted to a mere 0.1% for seven of the first nine months of 2025. This alarming deceleration, with September 2025 hitting
Mexico City, Mexico – October 21, 2025 – The financial markets are bracing for upcoming economic data from Mexico, with particular attention on the National Institute of Statistics and Geography's (INEGI) forthcoming report for September 2025. While official figures have yet to be released, a hypothetical scenario of a 0.6% contraction
Shares of plant-based protein company Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND)
jumped 129% in the afternoon session after the company announced it was expanding its partnership with Walmart, amid a strong retail frenzy in recent trading sessions which triggered a short squeeze.
Washington D.C., October 21, 2025 – The U.S. financial landscape is currently gripped by a pronounced "risk-off" sentiment, as Treasury yields continue their downward slide, unequivocally signaling investor conviction in an aggressive cycle of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. This pervasive belief is fueled by a cocktail of weakening
Trump's administration revives student loan forgiveness for 2.5 million borrowers, freeing up $536 a month, potentially boosting holiday retail spending by $16 billion.
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) has recently become the epicenter of a dramatic and highly volatile stock rally, largely propelled by a resurgence of retail investor interest and a massive short squeeze. Despite a backdrop of concerning financial fundamentals and significant share dilution, the plant-based food pioneer's stock has seen extraordinary
Fractional investing site Rally operates as a stock market for collectibles. The company's co-founder tells Benzinga that demand is rising for trading cards and Pokémon.
Walmart's recent tie-up with OpenAI and ChatGPT propelled the already-hot stock to all-time highs, prompting cheers at its Arkansas headquarters as well as fears that the rally can't last.
Colorado's economic landscape in the third quarter of 2025 presented a nuanced picture, showcasing both resilience and emerging caution. While the state continued to exhibit steady job growth and a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a notable dip in new business filings from the previous quarter signaled a potential cooling
The financial world is keenly awaiting the release of the October Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data in early November 2025. These crucial forward-looking indicators, encompassing both manufacturing and services sectors, are poised to offer the first comprehensive glimpse into the economic health and momentum as the year draws to a
Washington D.C. – October 20, 2025 – Financial markets are holding their breath as the highly anticipated U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, a crucial gauge of inflation, remains delayed amidst an ongoing federal government shutdown. Originally slated for release on October 15, the September 2025 CPI data is now
October 20, 2025 – Today, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) found itself at the center of market attention, not for groundbreaking innovation, but for a significant operational stumble: a widespread outage of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform. While the immediate impact on Amazon's stock was surprisingly muted, closing down
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari has recently concluded a series of engagements, including a pivotal town hall in Rapid City on October 16-17, 2025, where he directly heard from South Dakotans grappling with persistent inflation. This ground-level economic feedback, characterized by widespread "sticker shock" at the grocery store and
As of October 2025, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet drawdown, a process known as quantitative tightening (QT), has been a cornerstone of its post-pandemic inflation-fighting strategy. However, a significant policy pivot is now on the horizon. Amidst growing concerns over "rate turbulence" and tightening liquidity in money markets, speculation is
