JPMorgan Chase Insights

Left-leaning shareholder groups are asking JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and other large asset managers to explain a recent decline in their support for certain environmental and social policies at public companies.

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and TD Auto Finance all see opportunities in providing financing to dealers for inventory, the purchase of competitors and the addition of infrastructure for electric vehicle sales. Two other banks recently said they're exiting the business, which could provide a further opening.

The largest U.S. bank by assets raised its forecast for net interest income in 2023 to $81 billion from $74 billion, a positive sign for investors wondering how an economic downturn might weigh on profits.

After a decade of multibillion-dollar tech investments by banks, efficiency ratios have begun to improve and headcounts drop, some industry watchers say. Skeptics counter that other reasons are at play and that it's all hard to measure.

Corporations are navigating shifting geopolitics, and M&A bankers are advising them as they consider selling off faraway units and focusing more on assets closer to home or in friendlier countries.

Oil remained lower by more than 10%, but the benchmark two-year Treasury note, erased its gain for the day, to yield about 3.79%.

All 244 underlying loans initially had a period of fixed rates between 60 and 120 months at origination and are currently ARMs, although none are interest-only.

Concerns that inflation pressures will intensify drove the biggest monthly increase in 10-year Treasury yields in March since late 2024.

Benchmark 10-year yields closed one basis point higher at 4.06%, while the policy-sensitive two-year yield climbed three basis points to 3.43%.

It's the first time either S&P Global Ratings, Moody's or Fitch Ratings has handed out a triple A rating to a data center ABS deal, has assigned previous Compass offerings its highest rating.