The Federal Reserve didn't tip its cards on raising interest rates.
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June 20 - News
The claim that actions speak louder than words doesn't apply if you're the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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June 19 - News
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, with operations in over 100 countries all around the world.
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June 19 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) has underperformed the market over the past three years, but the stock has soared 68% higher over the past year.
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June 19 - News
Fellow Fools, when I run across a company I might be interested in as an investment -- one that I know next to nothing about -- I typically start my investigation by just jumping...
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June 19 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) certainly doesn't need any more bad press about its mortgage practices, but the much-anticipated report from National Mortgage Settlement monitor...
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June 19 - News
Today is the day Mr. Market has been waiting for.
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June 19 - News
That's according to a recent Gallup poll that showed 26% of poll respondents with a "great deal / quite a lot" of confidence in banks, while only 10% said the same about Congress...
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June 19 - News
Despite a number of mistakes, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has surprisingly been able to maintain its profitability.
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June 18 - News
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) has a totally market capitalization of $284 billion.
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June 18 - News
Shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) are following the broader market higher today on the heels of better-than-expected data out of the housing sector as well as a lower-...
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June 18 - News
About two hours into trading, Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) is just managing to keep its head above water, up 0.49% so far.
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June 18 - News
The mortgage industry is one of the leading business sectors in the United States.
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June 18 - News
The mortgage meltdown was bad news for homeowners, banks, and the economy, but the boatloads of foreclosures cluttering the housing market sparked the creation of a new asset ...
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June 18 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) complains of “lower deposit margins.” Citigroup Inc.
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June 18 - News
Once again, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) finds itself in court over mortgage-related complaints.
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June 18 - News
When I left my former career in January to work full-time as a writer, including the writing I do here as a Blogger for the Motley Fool, I also rolled over my 401K.
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June 18 - News
Since the financial crisis began nearly five years ago, the central bank has expanded its balance sheet by $2.5 trillion. And it's done so by "printing" money.
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June 17 - News
After closing with losses for the third week out of the last four, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is soaring this morning.
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June 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc.
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June 17 - News
Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), the fourth largest bank in the U.S., has grown tremendously over the past few decades.
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June 17 - News
Banks ended this week on a bit of a sour note, but with some big news headed our way next week, they may find some renewed momentum forward.
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June 17 - News
Increased volatility and higher interest rates have caused headaches for many banking companies. However, that is not the case for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 14 - News
A careful observer might wonder if the widespread adoration for Warren Buffett is little more than lip service.
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June 14 - News
When World War II ended, policymakers feared the economy would slip back into the Great Depression.
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June 14 - News
Earlier this week, CoreLogic came out with some good news on the housing front: Rising home prices during the first quarter of this year have raised values, lifting about 850...
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June 14 - News
Everyone's talking about how the National Security Agency is collecting the metadata on all calls made within the United States and overseas from telecom giant Verizon Communications...
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June 13 - News
Like many of its peers, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) attended the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference in New York this week, where Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson ...
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June 13 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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June 12 - News
Fed’s aggressive bond buying is showing some results as the U.S. housing markets begin their recovery.
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June 11 - News
Today is not off to a good start for Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), as the nation's fourth-largest bank is riding the market wave down in the first two hours of trading, though...
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June 11 - News
The past twelve months have been positive for financial companies, with finance becoming one of the best-performing industries with a return of 22.1% (DJ US Financials Index) ...
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June 11 - News
Warren Buffett knows a couple of things about investing, especially when it comes to the financial sector.
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June 11 - Hedge Funds
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) is the holding company and publicly traded side of SunTrust Bank, one of the country's biggest regional banks.
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June 11 - News
Cross-selling sounds like the perfect cure for banks still ailing from the financial crisis.
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June 10 - News
In February, the nation's five largest mortgage banks, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Ally Financial (NASDAQOTH:ALFI), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 10 - News
The financial sector has been consistently resilient through the last few years.
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June 10 - News
Whether it comes to being, in general, the most scorned of all banks, or the worst possible mortgage lender in particular, usually wins -- if you can call it that -- handily...
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June 10 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
The welcome announcement that Jefferson County, Alabama, may finally be getting out from under the bankruptcy cloud that has hung overhead for 18 months was paired with the news...
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June 10 - News
Warren Buffett likes special businesses.
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June 7 - News
The U.S. economy continues to dig itself out of the hole caused by the 2008-2009 financial crisis and ensuing recession, the worst the country saw since the Great Depression.
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June 7 - News
After a late-session rally yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started this morning with the same upward momentum.
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June 7 - News
If you've been thinking about refinancing your mortgage, then you might want to get on top of that sooner rather than later.
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June 7 - News
After a nice rally late in trading yesterday, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is one of the only bank stocks seeing red this morning.
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June 7 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), American International Group, Inc.
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June 6 - Hedge Funds
Banks are grappling with the reality of simultaneously implementing two watershed regulatory reforms: Dodd-Frank and Basel III.
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June 6 - News
The "Too Big to Fail" theory states that some financial institutions are so large that their failure will have a terrible effect on the national economy.
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June 6 - News
On a day when most bank stocks are down, investors in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) will be happy to hear that the California-based lender is bucking the trend -- at least for ...
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June 6 - News