NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nine months. Since the last cut, progress on inflation has slowed while the labor market has cooled. That means Americans are dealing with both high prices and a challenging job market. The federal funds rate, set by the Federal Reserve, is the rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another. While the rates that consumers pay to borrow money aren’t directly linked to this rate, shifts in Fed policy affe ...

Key Points SoFi’s stock has nearly quadrupled over the past year. It’s still gaining millions of members and hosting millions of new products. Its stock looks reasonably valued relative to its growth potential. 10 stocks we like better than SoFi Technologies › SoFi's (NASDAQ: SOFI) stock surged nearly 270% over the past 12 months. The fintech company's robust revenue growth, rising profits, and expanding ecosystem all drew a stampede of bulls back to its stock. Expectations for lower interest rate ...

Expanding access to credit remains one of the biggest challenges in consumer finance. Legacy systems continue to slow approvals, drive up costs, and limit access to capital. Figure Technology Solutions, in its public filing to offer about 26.3 million shares, is positioning itself as a company that can, among other things, modernize the consumer lending process by embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain into loan origination, underwriting and secondary market trading.By completing this form, y ...

文章核心观点 文章分析了SoFi Technologies股票情况，列举买入和谨慎原因，认为对高风险承受者当下或可建仓，对高风险厌恶者暂不适合加仓 [2][14] 股价表现 - 4月29日周二开盘股价上涨且收涨，4月30日周三下午2点30分股价下跌6% [1] - 2025年第一季度公司关键业绩指标破纪录，但4月29日股价较1月峰值下跌26.4% [2] 买入理由 - 公司以会员为中心，通过同一智能手机应用提供一站式金融服务，吸引消费者 [3] - 3月底会员数量同比增长34%至1090万，银行管理的金融产品数量同比增长35%至1590万 [4] - 第一季度个人贷款、学生贷款和抵押贷款发起量同比增长66%至72亿美元，贷款发起量增长快于会员增长 [5] - 公司拥有支撑运营的技术平台，Toast、Dave和Robinhood等金融科技企业也在其Galileo平台上运行 [6] - 第一季度积极业绩促使公司上调指引，预计2025年调整后净收入增长24% - 27%，达到32.35 - 33.1亿美元，GAAP基础净利润达3.2 - 3.3亿美元 [7] 谨慎原因 - 空头认为消费银行业无新意，公司快速增长源于不可持续的营销激励，会限制盈利增长 [8] - 第一季度销售和营销费用同比飙升42%至2.382亿美元，占总净收入的31%，而摩根大通过去12个月该费用占比不到3% [8][10] - 销售和营销费用占比高，公司预计今年盈利大幅下降，GAAP净利润预计下降约23.5%至3.25亿美元 [11] - 公司股票估值为有形账面价值的2.95倍，若市场未看到预期盈利增长，估值可能下跌 [12] 投资建议 - 第一季度大量新贷款发放或带来利息收入激增，公司已从第三方获得超80亿美元新承诺以推动未来贷款发放 [13] - 高风险承受者当下可建仓，高风险厌恶者暂不适合加仓 [14]