The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) today announced Bank of America as the corporate chair of its upcoming 34th National Convention, set to take place September...
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August 21 - News
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported today that applications for home loans fell for the second time in a row last week by more than 4%.
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August 21 - News
Though some of the nation's biggest banks make it difficult to do so, you can, and should, change banks if your current provider isn't cutting the mustard.
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August 21 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Steinway Musical Instruments Inc (NYSE:LVB), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), The Blackstone Group L.P.
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August 21 - News
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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August 21 - 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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August 20 - News
If you were to hone in on the capital positions of the nation's six biggest banks, you'd likely notice an interesting anomaly.
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August 20 - News
A federal judge went about endorsing a widespread perception of a savings and loan era that The Justice Department wants to use in cases against Wall Street banks.
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August 20 - 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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August 20 - 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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August 19 - 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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August 19 - News
The slow and steady stock sell-off continues today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) down 0.3% and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) falling 0.39%.
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August 19 - News
Having lunch with fabled billionaire Warren Buffett is usually a pretty expensive proposition, on the order of a million dollars or so.
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August 19 - 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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August 19 - 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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August 19 - News
Many market watchers claim that hedge funds’ quarterly 13F filings are a waste of time, but we disagree; in fact, we think that there are a number of ways for investors to use...
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
It's taken nearly five years, but it appears that Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is finally taking the bull by the horns.
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August 19 - News
I have no idea what mortgage rates are going to do tomorrow, next week, or next month.
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August 19 - News
If Bill Ackman Were A Stock, I'd Be Buying Right Now (BusinessInsider) The piling on re: Bill Ackman - I would bet - has now reached its pinnacle.
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
Merrill Lynch & Co., the 99-year-old firm known for its "thundering herd" of brokers pitching stocks to Main Street, may cease to exist as a legal entity more than four years ...
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August 16 - News
That's the line that careful readers may have found in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B)'s 13F filing -- the SEC filing that discloses the company's major stock positions.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
There are a lot of people that think hedge fund filings are delayed and hedge funds can't even beat the market. They say tracking hedge funds is useless.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) -0.25% is testing a way to make it easier for its users to make purchases through retailers' mobile apps.
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August 16 - News
Bill Miller is the CFA, Chairman and CIO of Legg Mason Capital Management.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) said it is closing its Pendleton Street branch near downtown Greenville, citing a decline in transactions.
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August 14 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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August 14 - News
The Isis mobile-wallet system has been around for years, but consumers have hardly noticed. That might be about to change.
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August 13 - News
Many of the nation's biggest banks have been trimming expenses since the financial crisis, and one spot that's been heavily pruned is the bank branch location.
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August 13 - News
Another day, another government probe into the banking industry. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) admitted in a filing yesterday that it is the target of a new-ish Department of...
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August 13 - News
When I arrived at college and opened my first non-credit union account with a big national bank, I was hit with a rude awakening.
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August 12 - News
It bears the atomic number 29, and you may think of it as a boring element. But copper is also one of the best conductors of electricity.
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August 12 - News
I don't know which is worse: The fact that insider trading was legal for some of our nation's wealthiest politicians...
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August 12 - News
Over the past year, we've witnessed quite a run in the stock market.
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August 12 - News
The sharp uptick in mortgage rates since the beginning of the year hasn't been music to the ears of folks who are either in the market to buy a home or haven't yet taken advantage...
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August 12 - News
This past week was a light one in terms of new economic data for investors to rely on -- and the coming week looks to be only slightly busier.
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August 10 - News
It’s been almost five years since Lehman Brothers, then the nation’s fourth biggest investment bank, filed for bankruptcy.
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August 9 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) was in 94 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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August 9 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is poised to become the top seller of U.S.
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August 8 - News
Warren Buffett never changes his strategy and is right more often than not.
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August 8 - Hedge Funds
The government’s strict regulation of banks provides both a blessing and a curse.
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August 8 - News
Last week was a doozy for investors interested in the labor and housing markets -- as most bank investors are.
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August 8 - News
The recent rise in interest rates is continuing to work its way through the mortgage market.
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August 8 - News
Lawsuits are the top stories for most of the Big Four banks this week, with all of the named defendants seeing red.
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August 7 - News
One sector that was badly hurt by the sub-prime crisis of 2008 was the one that started the whole mess, the “banking sector.” Many small and large banks defaulted on the...
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August 7 - News
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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August 7 - News
Banks are notoriously difficult to value. They are so different from non-financial companies that many investors decide to ignore the industry altogether.
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August 6 - News
Over the past month, all 10 sectors on the S&P have ridden the wave of a rising market higher.
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August 6 - News
A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is the #24 broker pick, on average, out of the 30 stocks making up the Dow...
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August 5 - News
The jobs report for July was a bit of a downer, with only 162,000 jobs created for the month, compared to the 185,000 analysts had predicted.
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August 5 - News
One of the great turnaround stories that's still taking shape is Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C).
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August 3 - News
