Bloomberg Avoiding smaller stocks around recessions may be a big error. While US small-cap and midcap equities have historically underperformed large caps during recession-linked down- turns, the gap pales in comparison with smaller stocks’ superior returns over a full economic cycle, according to a note from JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Eduardo Lecubarri. They say an economic contraction ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation, exte- nding his run of criticism that central bankers have largely disregarded as they push ahead with higher borrowing costs. “I don’t like it,” Trump said at the White House, referring to the Fed’s rate hikes, the most recent of ...

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. won a decisive ruling at France’s top court in its bid to strike down an indictment that ordered the bank to stand trial for helping clients commit tax fraud more than a decade ago. France’s Cour de Cassation ruled last month that a lower court should have thrown out the 2016 indictment after finding that ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc will pay $765 million to settle allegations that it sold defective residential mortgage-backed secur- ities, resolving one of the last remaining US investigations stemming from the mortgage melt- down a decade ago. The sum, announced by US Attorney Bob Troyer in Colorado, is substantially lower than the billions paid by other banks to resolve misconduct linked ...

Bloomberg As the money laundering scandal engulfing Danske Bank A/S threatens to taint other Nordic lenders, Nordea Bank Abp says it has spent years getting rid of suspicious customers in a move designed to dramatically reduce its exposure to such risks. Julie Galbo, chief risk officer at the Helsinki-based bank, said in a phone interview that she can’t rule out ...

Bloomberg The worst run of rupee losses in 16 years is set to extend. Only this time, the declines might not be triggered by oil but by the surprise move by India’s central bank to hold rates despite the currency’s free fall. The rupee, which has fallen for six straight months in the longest stretch since 2002, is seen sliding ...

Bloomberg Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on the flight deck at all times. Today, aircraft only require two pilots and are built mostly of carbon composites. Even on the longest routes—more than ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. tumbled to the lowest in more than two years amid doubts over whether recent fare gains will be enough to cover the upward trek of oil prices. The carrier’s average cost of jet fuel rose to as much as $2.33 a gallon in the third quarter, up from an earlier forecast of $2.27 or less, ...

Bloomberg Ikea plans to expand to about a dozen new markets in the coming years, including branching into South America, as the Swedish furniture giant aims to reach a total of 3 billion potential customers by 2025. The company will in the coming years open stores in Chile, Colombia and Peru through a new Ikea franchisee called Falabella as part ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co delivered 61 of its highly profitable 737 jetliners in September, up from 48 a month earlier, taking a step towards recovery from supply shortages that disrupted production at a Seattle-area factory. The increase shows progress in Boeing’s effort to smooth manufacturing problems. The planemaker brought in 600 mechanics to help tackle out-of-sequence work that left dozens of ...