Large U.S. banks generally had a strong first quarter with rising loan activity, robust investment banking, increasing revenue, strong earnings, and stable or benign credit conditions. Yet the solid results didnʻt do much to raise the needle for bank stocks . In fact, many of them ticked lower post-earnings. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index, which tracks the largest banks, is down about 2% over the past ...
Large U.S. banks generally had a strong first quarter with rising loan activity, robust investment banking, increasing revenue, strong earnings, and stable or benign credit conditions. Yet the solid results didnʻt do much to raise the needle for bank stocks . In fact, many of them ticked lower post-earnings. The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index, which tracks the largest banks, is down about 2% over the past month and is in negative territory year-to-date. This pessimism from investors is most likely related not to Q1 earnings results but to what could happen in the second half of 2026. Specifically, many experts point to deteriorating credit conditions in the second half of the year. Continue reading
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has opened the city’s first full-stack interactive robotics lab, partnering with 24 tech firms, mainly from mainland China, to train talent and develop humanoid robots over the next five years. The Hong Kong Embodied AI Lab, established by CUHK’s Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics under the government’s InnoHK initiative, has already introduced upgraded ver...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has opened the city’s first full-stack interactive robotics lab, partnering with 24 tech firms, mainly from mainland China, to train talent and develop humanoid robots over the next five years. The Hong Kong Embodied AI Lab, established by CUHK’s Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics under the government’s InnoHK initiative, has already introduced upgraded versions of the city’s first locally developed artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robotic arms and a...