It's the beginning of earnings season for the banks, and with two already under our belts, it's important that bank investors keep an eye on the news for the next week.
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April 13 - News
Thursday morning, Barack Obama met with Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein, Brian Moynihan, and other members of the country's largest financial institutions.
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April 12 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) just released its earnings report for the first quarter of 2013.
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April 12 - News
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reported better-than-expected first quarter profits Friday, despite what the bank described as soft loan growth.
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April 12 - News
This morning the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary reading on consumer confidence was released, and it indicated that the average American is becoming gloomier...
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April 12 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is a favorite among Foolish investors, and not without good reason.
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April 12 - News
It's been a bumpy ride for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) this morning, which is down 57 points at 11 a.m. EDT.
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April 12 - News
Welcome to the first day of earnings season for the nation's banks.
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April 12 - News
Tahere has been some consternation recently regarding the first-quarter reports of the biggest banks, as some analysts fear that slower mortgage activity so far this year may ...
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April 12 - News
Unless something completely unforeseen happens -- which, of course, is always possible -- the focus of bank investors will be all earnings all the time over the next few weeks...
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April 11 - News
It's a question I asked Craig Martin, director of investment services at J.D. Power and Associates and the lead on the new 2013 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction study.
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April 11 - News
Earnings season has begun, and next Monday, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 11 - News
Very few Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) shareholders are bearish on the stock's long-term outlook, at least partially because the largest shareholder of Wells Fargo as a percentage...
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April 11 - News
Last week at this time, I was writing about how Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and the rest of the big-four banks were tanking for no apparent reason.
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April 10 - News
Closing in on the end of the trading day, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) share prices are up 0.33%.
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April 10 - News
Heard about U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) lately? Probably not, and that's a good thing. U.S.
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April 10 - News
There is a slew of financial information available for investors of all types. The market contains thousands of stocks available for a wide variety of investing preferences.
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April 10 - News
If you bought Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) stock at any time over the past two years or so, then you're probably feeling pretty good about yourself.
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April 10 - News
BlueCrest Capital Management LLP, the $35 billion hedge-fund firm run by former JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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April 10 - Hedge Funds
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) kicked things off yesterday, offering a glimpse of how the nation's largest companies performed in the first quarter.
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April 9 - News
Last year was an excellent one for the U.S.
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April 9 - News
Finding the best money market rates available for your savings can help you earn a lot more interest than settling for whatever your local bank pays you.
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April 9 - News
Earnings season has begun, and on Friday, Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 9 - News
What did the loan represent? Depending on who you ask and which side of the political aisle they sit on, there are plenty of answers.
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April 9 - News
Warren Buffett was on CNBC a few weeks ago, and took an emailed question from a viewer.
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April 8 - News
I've been watching Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s stock all morning, and I couldn't help but notice that, despite lots of trading activity, the bank hasn't really budged much...
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April 8 - News
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) will provide the informal kickoff to first-quarter earnings season Monday afternoon as the first Dow Jones industrial average component to report figures ...
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April 8 - News
In a previous article, I talked about the top position of one of Benjamin Graham's oldest students, Irving Kahn.
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April 8 - News
When it comes to buyer's remorse, the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) in 2009 probably doesn't come close to that of the Countrywide acquisition a...
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April 8 - News
A recent report from Moebs Services revealed some good news for banks: Despite legislation designed to limit overdraft fees by making them more transparent, banks racked up fees...
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April 8 - News
First-quarter earnings season unofficially kicks off today with Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) reporting after the close. The outlook this quarter has been particularly weak.
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April 8 - News
Back in 2008, perhaps everyone thought that Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) was getting an excellent deal buying troubled Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion.
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April 7 - News
The big banks took a pounding this week, and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) was no exception: down 2.30% on the week.
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April 6 - News
This weeks has been a tough one for America's bank stocks.
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April 5 - News
The landscape of the banking industry has changed dramatically over the last 30 years.
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April 5 - News
Every investor knows that the old adage, "Buy low and sell high," is good investment advice, but the devil is in the details: How does an investor know when to jump in as the ...
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April 5 - News
There's another subprime loan problem brewing, but this time, home mortgages aren't the main ingredient in the securities being created, sliced, rated, and sold to hungry investors...
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April 5 - News
The rise of the Bitcoin has prompted unprecedented attention for the digital currency around the world.
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April 4 - News
"Buffett developed a serious interest in investing when he was just 20 years of age, and by the time he was 32, he was already a millionaire.
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April 4 - News
Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the most successful businessmen, investors and philanthropists of past two centuries.
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April 4 - Hedge Funds
It's common knowledge that Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) doubled its stock value last year and achieved several milestones -- such as putting many stewing lawsuits behind it...
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April 4 - News
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced late on Tuesday that it had created what it called a "revolutionary automotive financing product", in conjunction with U.S.
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April 3 - News
So you thought Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) was just for the youngins? Not according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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April 3 - News
As various so-called reforms get passed by Congress, banks devise new schemes to get more fees out of consumers.
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April 3 - News
With more than $1.4 trillion in assets, I wouldn't exactly call Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) an under-the-radar bank, but it typically doesn't make the headlines the way its big...
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April 2 - News
The big banks have certainly regained much of their financial health since the mortgage meltdown, but their reputations have not rebounded in tandem.
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April 2 - News
Hopefully Burt doesn't expect us to take such a statement seriously. I mean, like anyone could even know that anyways.
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April 1 - News
Before anyone gets too bent out of shape, let me state first off, this isn't a Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) attack piece, per se (though regular readers will know I'm bearish...
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April 1 - News
According to the latest Forbes profile on Icahn he drinks Coke out of a crystal cup. Another Coke lover, like fellow iconic investor Warren Buffett.
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April 1 - News
To say that financial institutions in the United States have had a wild ride over the past few years would be an understatement.
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April 1 - News
