Banking/Credit

Here’s what we’re watching ahead of Wednesday’s market action. —U.S. stock futures wavered as January retail sales rose more than expected and ahead of the release of notes from Federal Reserve policy makers’ latest…

The resurgence of M&A activity is a bad omen for the stock market. I’m referring to the blistering-hot pace of M&A deals in recent weeks. After M&A activity ground to a virtual halt in the second quarter, it came…

A stampede of companies have filed to go public in recent days, as they look to take advantage of a rapid recovery in U.S. capital markets, in a flurry of activity reminiscent of the heady days of the dot-com boom of 1999.…