Coughing dramatically and falling to the ground in front of a business school information session, around 35 Washington University students joined a national protest against Bank...
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September 16 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and Merrill Lynch hammered out one of the biggest deals in Wall Street history in less than 36 hours during the weekend of September 13th and...
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September 16 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 16 - News
The leverage ratio of a bank is calculated by dividing its Tier 1 capital by its average total consolidated assets.
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September 16 - News
After a frantic weekend in September of 2008 during which investment banks scrambled for suitors in a desperate attempt to avoid the fate of Lehman Brothers, Bank of America ...
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September 16 - News
Let's face it: We'd all like to own a private jet, get driven around by chauffeurs in rare automobiles, eat at the priciest restaurants, and in essence never worry about money...
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September 16 - News
Make no mistake about it: Next week is all about the Federal Reserve.
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September 16 - News
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection early in the morning on Sept. 15, 2008, after failing to find any company willing to acquire its immense liabilities.
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September 16 - News
Jerome Powell thinks there are three major reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economic recovery.
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September 16 - News
After eight full months of debate, it appears that regulatory framework introduced earlier this year will come into effect by January 10, 2014, according to a new manual from ...
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September 15 - News
The swapping-out of three of the Dow Jones Industrial Average components for an equal number of new names came as a big surprise to many, and the first shake-up in almost 10 ...
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September 15 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 15 - News
Earlier this week, it was reported that NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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September 14 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 14 - News
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG), Goldman Sachs Group...
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September 13 - News
A bank by the simplest definition is a holder and lender of deposits. When a buildup of deposits occurs unaccompanied by a similar growth in loans, banks put their spare cash...
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September 13 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News
September 15th will mark the five-year anniversary of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for Lehman Brothers.
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September 13 - News
Twitter is finally making plans to join the public stock market. And perhaps the only ones more excited that Twitter founders, employees, or private investors are...
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September 13 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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September 12 - News
On Wednesday, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s chief financial officer Bruce Thompson presented at this year's Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York.
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September 12 - News
It's safe to say that mortgage bankers have seen better days. On Wednesday, Citigroup Inc.
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September 12 - News
After just a few short months, megamoney manager Bruce Berkowitz is back in the news following the re-opening of his Fairholme Fund to new investors.
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September 12 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 12 - News
There's big money being made from the massive Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) buyout of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD)'s stake in Verizon Wireless.
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September 12 - News
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc.
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September 12 - News
Editor's Note: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), NIKE, Inc.
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September 11 - News
"In the second quarter, we told you that if rates remained at these levels, we would expect volumes to be reduced by 30% to 40% in the second half of this year versus the first...
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September 11 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), the nation’s largest bank by assets, is easing mortgage lending standards in housing markets hard hit by the crash where prices are surging.
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September 11 - News
The Continental Illinois Bank Building in Chicago.
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September 11 - News
Living in Nebraska in the 1980s and 1990s, I met several Nebraskans who had a chance to be early investors with Warren Buffett, but regretted they passed up the opportunity.
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September 11 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Dell Inc.
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September 11 - News
If it stands as an example for anything, it's that the business model of a traditional bank still reigns supreme over the universal model of its too-big-to-fail competitors like...
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September 11 - News
It has been five years since the banking industry experienced a gigantic crisis stemming from the housing market, derivatives, and an overall lack of risk control.
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September 11 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 10 - News
Earlier today, the committee that oversees the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) made its most extensive revision to the benchmark in nine years, switching out three...
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September 10 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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September 10 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is planning to cut 2,100 jobs and close 16 mortgage offices because higher interest rates have reduced demand for home loans, Bloomberg News is...
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September 10 - News
If you own shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), then it's likely you've wondered why it always seems to be so far behind its nearest competitors -- JPMorgan Chase & Co...
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September 10 - News
Since the financial crisis, its earnings have been ravaged by the bank's decision to double down on the subprime mortgage market on the eve of the financial crisis.
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September 9 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 9 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) has agreed to pay $39 million to settle claims of gender bias by women in its Merrill Lynch brokerage division.
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September 9 - News
An effort to consolidate 26 separate homeowner lawsuits against Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) hit a huge roadblock yesterday when a federal judge ruled that while the individual...
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September 9 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of gauges market participants can use to watch the equity markets.
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September 9 - News
There is little doubt that it is a positive move for Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) to bring Merrill Lynch into the family fold, a merger that will save money and break down...
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September 7 - News
For the most part, the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials have a good track record in treating dividend investors right.
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September 7 - Dividend Stocks, News
Decent macroeconomic news and a high-profile Asian sell-off are fueling the bulls charging bank stocks today.
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September 6 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis...
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September 5 - News
A lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) of reneging on promises to help distressed homeowners modify their mortgage loans, and instead driving them into foreclosure...
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September 5 - News
An unfortunate trend has caught on in corporate boardrooms across America: Corporate directors are using share buybacks to return capital to shareholders instead of dividends.
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September 5 - News
