Investment banking divisions expected to shine for traditional Wall Street rivals after year of rising animal spirits

Wall Street's investment bankers expect to stay busy this year after reaping a windfall from ​big-ticket deals and stock market listings in 2025.

President Trump’s affordability push ahead of the midterm elections has turned some of the financial sector’s darlings into punching bags.

Wall Street veteran Tom Lee’s Bitcoin -mining-turned- Ethereum -treasury company is expanding its investments and this time, it has tapped a venture founded by the world's biggest YouTuber. On Jan. 15, BitMine Immersion Technology (NYSE: BMNR) announced its investment in Beast Industries, the entertainment company by MrBeast.

Winning results from chipmaker TSMC and major banks bounced Wall Street higher after two ​days of losses on Tuesday, while gold fell from recent highs as U.S. jobless data boosted the dollar and President Donald Trump moderated ‌his message about a deadly crackdown on protests in Iran.

Wall Street pulled back from its records following a mixed start to the latest profit reporting season for big U.S. companies.

Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring. Bank executives warned the White House on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's policies and the Justice Department's investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell could harm the economy.

President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose a one-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates is being met with indifference on Wall Street, according to TV host Jim Cramer. Wall Street ‘Doesn’t Seem To Care’ Cramer said Trump has “decided that credit card companies will have to cap rates at 10% for a year,

Stocks are taking a breather at the end of a week packed with developments and earnings ahead of the long weekend.