matejmo/iStock via Getty Images A screen of materials stocks with market capitalizations above $10B highlights Coeur Mining ( CDE ), Ecolab ( ECL ), and Element Solutions ( ESI ) as some of the market’s most expensive names based on valuation grades, each carrying a Valuation Grade of F. The valuation grade compares how expensive or cheap a stock is relative to others in its sector. It is based on a combination of valuation metrics such as P/E, PEG, price to sales, and price to cash flow, using both current and forward estimates. The overall valuation grade is derived from a comparison of all underlying metrics and reflects how attractively the stock is priced compared to its sector peers. Most expensive materials stock by valuation grade (market cap $10B and above): Coeur Mining ( CDE ): Valuation Grade F Ecolab ( ECL ): Valuation Grade F Element Solutions ( ESI ): Valuation Grade F Hecla Mining ( HL ): Valuation Grade F Martin Marietta Materials ( MLM ): Valuation Grade F Sherwin-Williams ( SHW ): Valuation Grade F Vulcan Materials ( VMC ): Valuation Grade F Alcoa ( AA ): Valuation Grade D- Albemarle ( ALB ): Valuation Grade D- Corteva ( CTVA ): Valuation Grade D- More on related tickers, etc. Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Presents at 46th Annual William Blair Growth Stock Conference - Slideshow Alcoa: I Remain Bullish After The Massive Rally Sherwin-Williams downgraded by UBS as housing slump, deal uncertainty cloud outlook Here are the quant ratings for major aluminum stocks

Wedbush highlighted several developments that it believes are bringing Tesla and SpaceX into closer alignment, including the EV giant’s $2 billion investment in SPCX.

Tesla And SpaceX Merger By 2027? Here's Why Wedbush Believes Odds Have Jumped Above 80% Yahoo Finance

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mammuth/E+ via Getty Images Step back in time two years, and so many global macro investors favored India stocks. Indeed, the iShares MSCI India ETF ( INDA ) boasted solid risk-adjusted returns and a P/E premium over so many other struggling emerging market countries. But since the start of 2025, INDA has lagged badly. Down 10% total return over that stretch, it has to look far upward to see the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM ), which is +72%, dividends included. Of course, South Korea ( EWY ) and Taiwan ( EWT ) have stolen the EM show, care of AI and chip demand. But is there a contrarian signal emerging? This week, Bloomberg reported that South Korea leapfrogged India in terms of market cap. Amid low valuations and dismal sentiment, I have a buy rating on INDA. I was admittedly bullish on INDA in January 2025 , and the fund is down 5% since then, underperforming the S&P 500 by more than 30 percentage points. INDA Weak Vs EM ETFs Since 2025 Stockcharts.com Contrarian Indicator? India Now Smaller than South Korea Bloomberg, The Daily Shot According to the issuer , INDA seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Indian equities. It’s used to gain exposure to large- and mid-capitalization companies in India and express a granular view on Indian stocks and the growth of a major developing economy. INDA is a medium-sized ETF, now with $6.7 billion in assets under management as of June 1, 2026. That’s down from $8.1 billion at the time of my previous analysis. Its annual expense ratio is moderate to elevated at 61 basis points, while there is no stated trailing 12-month dividend yield on Seeking Alpha (the last distribution was $0.40 in December 2024). Share-price momentum is very poor right now, earning the product a weak F ETF Grade in that category by Seeking Alpha’s quantitative scoring system. Risk levels are also not so sanguine, given a somewhat concentrated portfolio and high historical realized standard deviation trends. For INDA to t...

nopparit/E+ via Getty Images We remain cautious on the 60/40 stock bond allocation model popularized in the 1970s because the secular trend of declining interest rates since 1981 has broken not only technically, but fundamentally. Specifically, we believe we are in an inflationary environment where market leadership is rotating to assets that are not dependent on or beneficiaries of lower interest rates. The chart below of the parabolic performance of the 60/40 asset allocation model may be signaling a secular peak not just in over-weighting stocks and bonds but of an asset re-allocation rotation toward inflationary, currency debasement, interest rate defensive and value investments. Parabolic 60 40 Allocation Performance (Longterm Trends.com) The chart below of the ratio of the S&P 500 to bonds shows the S&P 500 is historically overpriced relative to bonds. With inflation data worse than Federal Reserve PCE targets, rising rates could prove problematic for popular large capitalization growth indices like the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 in the months and years ahead. Portfolios should benefit by reallocations into foreign and emerging market geographies, and increased weightings into value, small capitalization, interest rate hedged investments, commodities and commodity-related equities. SPY vs Bond Ratio (Longterm Trends.com) Our view is that fundamental factors, inflation in particular, have changed since 2020. We have higher inflation exacerbated by COVID19, reckless government spending, artificially low interest rates, and wars in Ukraine and Iran. The PCE was recently reported at 3.8% and above the Federal Reserve’s stated 2.0% target. Inflation hurts bonds and hurts equity valuations, particularly for large cap growth stocks which dominate the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices, but inflation helps commodities. Today, equity prices appear to have had a parabolic move driven by artificial intelligence, earnings momentum, and recent favorable US-Iran negotiations. T...

z1b/iStock via Getty Images Buying above-average companies at below-average prices is a recipe for long-term success. That’s why I favor Dividend Aristocrats like Realty Income Corporation ( O ) whenever they fall into an attractive buying range. I last covered Realty Income back in November 2025, highlighting its steady AFFO growth and disciplined capital deployment. Since then, the stock has given investors a 10% total return, which isn’t bad for just over half a year’s timeframe. At the current price of $59.91, O sits well under its recent high of $65 with no material negative news for the company. My belief is that the market is allocating capital toward high-growth names in the AI space while leaving established income producers like O behind. As shown below, the stock currently sits well inside the bottom half of its 52-week range. O Stock 1-Yr Trend (Seeking Alpha) In this article, I revisit O, including recent business results , and discuss what makes it a solid ‘Buy’ at present, so let’s dive in! Why Realty Income? Realty Income is a well-established and the largest net lease REIT. It owns a portfolio of single-tenant commercial properties across the U.S. and Europe that are leased under long-term agreements. At present, O has 15,571 properties that are leased to 1,786 tenants. Its property base is diversified across 92 industries. In recent years, O has expanded beyond traditional retail and into industrial, gaming, data centers, and credit investments. The growing data center segment represents O’s latest new segment. As shown below, this segment represents a $0.5 trillion addressable market, out of a total of $14 trillion across all sectors. Investor Presentation Realty Income delivered solid Q1 2026 results, with AFFO per share rising by 6.6% YoY. This was driven by robust property investment activity of $2.8 billion during the quarter at an attractive cash yield of 7.1%. O’s investment activity was balanced between North America and Europe. This reflec...

trevorbenbrook/iStock Editorial via Getty Images EasyJet stock has surged 20.9% over the past five days following takeover interest from Castelake. Airline stocks have come under pressure amid rising fuel prices and uncertainty on robustness of demand driven by the war in the Middle East. While the stock price has had a strong run, we note that price is still down 9.3% compared to a year ago when I covered easyJet with a strong buy rating and we also note that the current stock price matches easyJet’s share price. In this report, I will discuss the potential takeover, why acquisition of a European airline is complicated and I have a deeper look at whether the >$4 billion offer for easyJet that Castlelake is considering is a good one. A £3 Billion Bid With Major Complications Castelake is interested in acquiring easyJet. That interest comes at this point is not a completely surprise as the company reported a £552 million loss driven by seasonal weakness, investments in the Italian market, cost inflation and one month of partial exposure to higher fuel prices. It pushed shares to a low of $4.57. Typically, I am looking for a 25%-33% premium before. Castelake’s interest in the UK low-cost carrier with a holiday package offering became evident on the 29 th of May. On the preceding trading day, the share price was $5.37. So, a reasonable target range would be between $6.70 and $7.15 when solely looking at the typical premium. Castelake is a US-based company, which does mean that there could be some hurdles to acquire easyJet. While the UK is not part of the EU, there are European regulatory hurdles through article 4F of Regulation [EC] No. 1008/2008 , which states the following: Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50 % of the undertaking and effectively control it, whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings, except as provided for in an agreement with a third country to which the Community is a party; The reason...

Family Of Henry Nowak's Migrant Killer Sparks Outrage After Asking For "No Further Pain" In Tone-Deaf Statement Via Remix News, The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak’s murder not be used to cause “further pain,” despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street. Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday after stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak multiple times in Southampton. According to the account provided, Henry was stabbed five times, including twice in the back of the legs, once in the face and once fatally in the chest. The case has caused national outrage not only because of the killing itself, but the wider context. After the stabbing, Digwa’s brother phoned police and claimed that “some White guy” had racially insulted his brother. Henry had not done so, a court ruled. Instead, Digwa had used a ceremonial knife to stab him repeatedly. Police then arrested Henry purely on the basis of the report of racial assault against him. Bodycam footage released by the Crown Prosecution Service after the sentencing showed Henry lying motionless on the ground while being arrested on suspicion of assault. He told officers he had been stabbed and could not breathe. 🇬🇧 The distressing bodycam footage of Henry Nowak's final minutes has been released by the Crown Prosecution Service. Henry was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, with an 8-inch blade he said he carried as part of his Sikh faith, while walking home alone in December last year in… pic.twitter.com/mIM1BgGdkj — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 1, 2026 “I don’t think you have, mate,” one officer replied. Henry died minutes later. Against that background, the Digwa family’s statement has been met with disbelief. The statement said, “The loss of a young life is a grief that no family should ever have to carry. We are deeply ...

统一客户体验管理平台Sprinklr于6月3日公布了2027财年第一季度财务业绩。财报显示，公司营收和利润均小幅超出市场预期，但因其对下一季度及全年的营收指引低于分析师预测，股价在盘前交易中下跌约3.8%。 根据财报，截至2026年4月30日的第一季度，Sprinklr实现总营收2.195亿美元，同比增长7%，略高于市场预期的2.181亿美元。其中，订阅收入为1.948亿美元，同比增长6%。在盈利方面，公司非GAAP每股收益为0.11美元，超出分析师普遍预期的0.10美元。GAAP净利润扭亏为盈，达到420万美元，合每股0.02美元，而去年同期为净亏损160万美元。 财报中的其他亮点包括：运营现金流为7040万美元，自由现金流为6580万美元；剩余履约义务总额达到10.4亿美元，同比增长10%；当前剩余履约义务同比增长5%。公司首席执行官Rory Read表示，续约率正在改善，管道健康，凭借超过10亿美元的总RPO和AI原生平台，公司处于有利地位。 然而，这份看似稳健的财报并未获得市场认可。引发股价下跌的主要原因是公司发布的业绩指引不及预期。对于2027财年第二季度，Sprinklr预计总营收为2.14亿至2.15亿美元，其中位数值低于分析师预期的2.1785亿美元。公司将全年营收指引更新为8.665亿至8.685亿美元，其中位数值同样低于此前的分析师预期。 与此同时，公司的利润率指标也面临压力。本季度非GAAP营业利润率从去年同期的18%下降至14%，反映了AI相关成本上升和销售投资的增加。公司在第一季度回购了1.25亿美元的股票，截至季末持有现金、现金等价物和有价证券总额为4.428亿美元。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

由于美国与伊朗之间的停火面临越来越大压力，周三油价连续第三个交易日上涨，美国股市难以在此前纪录涨势基础上继续上行，欧洲股市和美国股指期货小幅下跌。 欧洲Stoxx 600指数下跌0.3%。在法兰克福，汽车股拖累德国DAX指数下跌0.7%；巴黎CAC 40指数下跌0.45%；伦敦富时100指数持平；意大利FTSE MIB指数下跌0.5%，不过西班牙IBEX 35指数上涨0.3%；阿姆斯特丹AEX指数上涨0.3%。 欧洲股市受到伊朗危机的冲击比美国股市更大，因为欧洲是能源进口地区，且专注于人工智能的公司数量少于美国。 彭博策略师Conor Cooper表示：“在贸易紧张局势升温和能源价格高企的全球背景下，欧洲经济受到的冲击可能最大，因为其依赖出口和进口能源。因此，欧洲股市可能进一步跑输其他地区市场。” 美股期货暂稳，AI行情仍是关键支撑 在人工智能交易推动标普500指数连续九个交易日上涨后，标普500指数期货基本持平。 道琼斯 工业平均指数期货盘前下跌0.2%，科技股权重较高的 纳斯达克 指数期货持平。 Broadcom和 CrowdStrike 将在收盘后公布财报。 不过，亚洲市场的人工智能牛市仍未受阻，日本和台湾地区股指均升至纪录高位。人工智能相关涨势已推动科技投资巨头 软银 超越丰田，成为日本市值最高的公司。 Hargreaves Lansdown高级股票分析师Matt Britzman表示：“尽管油价上涨，投资者仍在试图理清中东局势，但市场基调整体依然偏乐观。” 当前市场呈现明显分化：AI交易继续支撑美国和亚洲科技股，但欧洲股市因能源进口依赖和关祱风险承压更明显。 标普500能否延续30年来最长连涨？ 交易员正在关注标普500指数能否将连涨纪录延长至逾三十年来最长。本轮上涨主要由少数股票推动，其中科技股，尤其是芯片股，表现远远领先于市场其他板块。 摩根大通 私人银行欧洲、中东和非洲股票策略主管Nataliia Lipikhina表示：“科技股仍是市场主角，受到营收增 长和 利润率扩张的共同支撑。人工智能故事的核心仍然是需求。每个财报季，投资者都会问：需求是否真实存在？供应是否能够跟上？” 投资者还在等待SpaceX披露其首次公开募股条款。该IPO预计将成为史上规模最大的上市交易。 路透报道称，马斯克旗下这家火箭发射、卫星和人工智能公司计划以每股135美元的价格出...

I’ve been studying SpaceX’s business model for nearly a decade, and the IPO paperwork reframes the entire company. Forget rockets for a second. The single line got my attention was capital expenditures. The number is the story. Here is what SpaceX spent building things last year: $20,737 million in total capital expenditures for the year ... The Eye-Watering Sum SpaceX Spent Last Year Reveals What’s Really Coming Next

Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images The last time I covered Adtalem, now Covista ( CVSA ), my rating was hold. While I do like the healthcare education business model and the company is actually strong, I was worried about investigation risk and uncertainties around Chamberlain. Since then, in my opinion, the situation has improved. The company changed its name to Covista and now positions itself as a for-profit education business and as a healthcare workforce infrastructure part. I think it is logical because the U.S. and even worldwide medical staff shortage is still a real problem. More importantly, Q3 FY2026 showed growth; Chamberlain had a positive enrollment growth, Walden remained strong, and management even increased full-year revenue and adjusted EPS guidance. Still, I believe that this is not a clean, strong buy play because regulatory and legal risk is still there. However, risk/reward now looks better for me. Q3 FY2026 The quarter itself was not that explosive in growth, but for my thesis to change, I did not need it. After investigating the headlines, the main question was whether the business is starting to crumble or the market just overreacted. The numbers tell that most likely it is the second option because revenue reached $487.0 million, or 4.5% more than a year ago. While this is not extraordinary, this was pressured by Walden's one-week academic shift. If we take out this effect, revenue growth would have been around 8.4%, so in fact the demand is looking better. Another way to see this demand is to look at enrollment, where they reached 100,585 students, and that was 6.8% growth if we compare YoY. I believe this metric is better in this type of business because it shows the future revenue pipeline. And in my opinion, if the student base is holding and growing, then the growth story seems to be intact. If we divide revenue by student number, we get that the revenue did not grow that much. This shows that Q3 was more volume-led than prici...

AMD believes the fastest-growing AI infrastructure opportunity may sit between traditional servers and GPUs.

AMD CFO Says Agentic AI Is Driving 'Tremendous' CPU Demand, Reaffirms $120B Market Opportunity Yahoo Finance

美国多元化媒体公司USA TODAY Co．宣布，将参加于2026年6月9日至10日举行的Rosenblatt第六届年度技术峰会。本次峰会以“AI时代”为主题，采用线上形式进行。 公司董事长兼首席执行官Michael Reed与首席财务官Trisha Gosser将共同出席，于美国东部时间6月10日上午9点发表演讲。演讲将通过公司官网投资者关系栏目进行网络直播，并在活动结束后保留90天的回放存档。 本次峰会由Rosenblatt Securities主办，主题定为“AI时代——所有周期之母”。根据峰会介绍，人工智能的结构性变革已超越传统科技行业边界，正从“硬件建设时代”向“智能部署阶段”演进。软件与企业SaaS正在从“记录系统”转向“智能系统”；光网络与基础设施成为AI时代的“神经系统”；计算架构则向加速计算和量子计算迈进；数字广告领域也因AI驱动的超个性化实时竞价而经历重构。 对于USA TODAY公司而言，此次演讲正值其数字化转型的关键窗口。根据公司4月29日发布的第一季度财报，总数字收入已占总收入的48%，逼近50%的临界点。第一季度总营收为5.485亿美元，同比下降4.0%；但净收入扭亏为盈，达到1990万美元，较去年同期增加2720万美元。调整后EBITDA为7310万美元，同比增长44.7%，利润率从8.8%提升133个基点。 公司在AI领域的布局已初见成效。第一季度，数字订阅收入实现连续第三个季度环比增长，而AI内容许可授权被管理层明确列为重要的增长机遇。公司此前已通过旗下数字营销品牌LocaliQ推出了AI语音代理等工具，旨在通过深度嵌入AI技术提升企业客户的服务效率。 展望全年，公司重申了2026年业绩指引：同店营收预计持平或低个位数下降，数字收入预计将占总收入的50%以上，净收入、调整后EBITDA及运营现金流均预计实现同比增长。本次峰会演讲将成为投资者观察该公司在AI时代战略布局与盈利路径的重要窗口。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) stock soared 41% higher in May, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence . It had plunged due to worries about software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks , but the market is feeling reassured about ServiceNow's future. That was helped by a thumbs-up from a Wall Street analyst. It's been a terrible year for SaaS stocks as customers move toward agentic artificial intelligence (AI). Many of the services that SaaS companies provide can be performed by AI agents, pushing some of them toward becoming obsolete. At the very least, AI can speed up some of the processes, so even if clients hang on, they might need smaller packages. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

Wirestock/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Due to a defect in the front lower control arm ball joints, Ford ( F ) is telling Bronco Sport and Maverick owners to stop driving their vehicles immediately, issuing a critical safety recall and “Do Not Drive” advisory for nearly 5K vehicles. The incorrectly installed or repaired control arm ball joint may result in “loss of vehicle control while driving, increasing the risk of a crash,” the recall notice says. The recall impacts vehicles manufactured between 2021 and 2026. Ford ( F ) will absorb the entire financial cost of the defect, including towing costs, and has advised dealers to immediately halt the sale or delivery of impacted vehicles. A violation of the federal stop-sale requirement could result in fines of up to $27,168 per vehicle. This latest recall adds to the 34 recalls Ford ( F ) has issued for the first six months of 2026, affecting more than 10M vehicles, putting the automaker on track for the most recalls issued in a single year. More on Ford Ford: AI Exuberance Prematurely Priced In - Wait For ~5% Yields Ford: A Buy Due To The Resilient Ford Pro Division Wall Street Lunch: Ford's Battery Bet Powers Stock Rally These large-cap U.S. consumer discretionary stocks screen among the sector’s cheapest on valuation White House proposes stiffer regional requirements under USMCA -- WSJ

格隆汇6月3日｜美股股指期货走低，纳指期货转跌，标普500指数期货跌0.24%，道指期货跌0.48%。

格隆汇6月3日｜5月份，美国企业新增就业岗位数量为自2025年1月以来的最高值，这表明尽管因伊朗战争导致能源成本上升，但劳动力市场仍可能正在加速发展。ADP数据支持了这样一种观点，即在经历了数月不均衡的招聘情况之后，劳动力市场可能正在逐渐好转，职位空缺数量在增加，而裁员数量则保持在较低水平。如果这一趋势能在官方政府数据中得到证实，那么这可能会促使人们做出这样的猜测：在未来几个月里，美联储更有可能加息而非降息。

格隆汇6月3日｜古茗(1364.HK)在港交所公告，董事会已于2026年6月3日决议，自2026年6月3日起，由选用初始指定门槛更改为替代门槛，以遵守上市规则第13.32B条项下有关最低公众持股量要求。董事会认为，通过更改为选用替代门槛，本公司可于日后进行以资本管理为目的之交易(如股份购回)时享有更大灵活性。

格隆汇6月3日｜据市场消息，俄罗斯总统普京正在与坦桑尼亚总统进行会谈。

有人说在上海这个地方，果然什么都卖得出去：纪梵希在这里卖3块钱的油条豆浆早餐，苹果主理人则在这里卖300元一颗的“爱马仕”苹果。 最近，上海一家“只卖苹果”的水果店成了新的沪上潮人打卡点。这家苹果店里除了卖6元一斤的红富士， 也在玻璃柜里售卖179元或293元一颗的“世界苹果新贵”。 从“定闹钟都抢不到”的盒马HPP红心苹果果汁，到王林、爱妃等等新贵品种， 原先被视为“基础款老派水果”的苹果，在这两年成了十足的“中产顶流”。 “现在没人敢说苹果是世界上最无聊的水果了。” 谁在买293元一颗的苹果? “沪币有自己单独的汇率”又有了新的诠释：上海襄阳南路上一间去年开业的“苹果专卖店”里，一颗苹果的售价来到了293元（这里的“苹果”指一种水果而不是电子产品）。 店名“μήλο”，取自希腊语的“苹果”，门口海报上的“Only Apples”清晰地指出了门店的业务范围，“售卖世界各地不同苹果”。所以整个门店里确实只卖苹果这一种水果，一共有20多种。包括富士、秦脆、蛇果这些你在菜市场里也能找到的老品种。 但更吸引人的或许是摆在玻璃橱柜里、按颗售卖的王林、爱妃、青森、香格里拉，价格从6.5元一颗到近300元一颗不等。 门店面积不大，只有一条过道，两边摆放着苹果货箱和两个玻璃柜台。店里的苹果被划分成两个大类，“世界苹果新贵”和“传统老品种”的定价之间相差着2个小数点。6.3元一斤的红富士虽然被摆在门口，但进门的顾客显然并没有多大兴趣，更多人在心里默默计算着自己能为一口苹果付出的最高金额。 同一品种的苹果差价也可以达到近10倍——王林苹果16.6元一斤，但王林苹果（树上熟）要115元一斤。对此或许门口的海报已经做出了解释，“哪怕苹果也会有得体差异，苹果之间不尽相同”。 在这里，销量第一名的苹果是99元一颗的“Toki特选”，产自西藏林芝，标着“Top2”的则是121元一颗、产自日本的美丘杨贵妃特选苹果。很多苹果的介绍里特地标注了“免洗，带皮吃”。 “免洗”也意味着果皮不打蜡、无农药残留等等，被视为“贵价苹果”区别于普通苹果标准之一。 作为“高端苹果代表”的新西兰乐淇苹果（Rockit Apple）也打出了“免洗”的标签，“世界首款零食规格的苹果”。 店里最贵的一款苹果，是293.1元一颗的“香格里拉特选”苹果，产自西藏，据说吃起来有玫瑰味儿。青青（化名）第一次走进这家苹果店时，店员向...

Bank of America Corp. is continuing to hire even as artificial intelligence and other technology tools take over jobs and cut off many traditional career paths. Next week, 2,000 summer interns and another 2,000 full-time recruits from college campuses will flock to Bank of America’s offices. They’ll start in roles across the firm’s eight lines of business, including consumer, investment and corporate banking, according to Josh Bronstein, the company’s head of global talent. “This is an important leadership pipeline for us, where we bring in a broad group of talent who can come and grow long-term careers with us,” Bronstein said in an interview. “While certainly some of the work changes as a result of technology, that doesn’t mean our aggregate campus-class needs change.” Bank of America, seeking to keep a lid on expenses by maintaining a flat headcount, is redeploying people across the company and using AI to make them more efficient. Last year, executives at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company laid out several financial targets aimed at raising revenue and lowering the firm’s efficiency ratio across business lines. Read More: BofA Vows to Boost Profit, Curb Costs as Stock Trails Rivals The bank hired roughly 18,000 people globally in 2025, reaching a total 213,207 by the end of the year. Though that number dipped to 212,134 in the first quarter, Bronstein said the company is still hiring at a similar pace to a year ago, and the class of summer interns and full-time recruits is roughly the same as well. Nationwide, job openings jumped in April to the highest level in almost two years and layoffs fell, adding to signs the labor market remained resilient even as businesses navigated rising energy costs sparked by the Iran war. “We are committed to bringing in external talent to the company, at the same time managing the headcount of the company responsibly,” Bronstein said. That means letting people go naturally through attrition and using technology to expand...