An employee handles one kilogram gold bullions at the YLG Bullion International Co. headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.  Chalinee Thirasupa | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold jumped to a record Tuesday as rising expectations of a September interest rate cut bolstered demand for bullion. Gold futures advanced 1.5% to $2,465.30, topping…

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report at the U.S. Capitol on July 10, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Bonnie Cash | Getty Images Traders are now 100% certain the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by September. There are now…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 11, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images Small-cap stocks are on a tear right now as they took the baton from megacap technology shares last week to lead the bull market on hopes interest rate cuts will…

CEOs from left, Charles Scharf, Wells Fargo, Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, and Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, testify during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms,” in Hart Building on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Bank of America…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Morgan Stanley — The bank stock fell more than 2% in premarket trading even after the firm’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates thanks to strong performance in trading and investment banking. The bank said profit surged 41% from the year-earlier period, helped by a rebound…

Ted Pick, co-president of Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.  Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley said second-quarter profit and revenue topped analysts’ estimates on stronger-than-expected trading and investment banking results. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings: $1.82 a share vs.…

Craig Wright, self-declared inventor of Bitcoin, arrives at federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 28, 2019. Saul Martinez | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Craig Wright, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, was on Tuesday referred to British prosecutors for committing alleged perjury. On…

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI UK Ltd., speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft’s hiring of certain former employees from artificial intelligence startup Inflection has been referred for an initial merger investigation in the U.K. Britain’s…

A general meeting of Deutsche Bank Arne Dedert | picture alliance | Getty Images Deutsche Bank incorrectly disclosed deferred tax assets in its 2019 financial statement which did not meet international accounting standards, the German regulator BaFin said on Tuesday. “The declarations on deferred tax assets in the consolidated financial statement were not complete,” the…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Humana , UnitedHealth Group — Health care insurers rose as a group Monday as the greater likelihood of a Donald Trump victory in this year’s presidential election raised hopes of fewer cost pressures. Shares of Humana and UnitedHealth Group gained around 1% each. Wolfe Research on…