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
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
Investors seem to be fooling around with Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) this April morning, as the bank experiences some downward movement in share price amid lots of trading...
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April 1 - News
Yesterday officially marked the end of the first quarter. Generally speaking, it was a good quarter for the banking industry.
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April 1 - News
Most people think of tax shelters as being available only to massive corporations and the ultra-rich.
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March 31 - News
Billionaire and superinvestor Warren Buffett knows a good deal when he sees one.
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March 30 - News
The economic turmoil in Europe hasn't been friendly to American bank stocks this week.
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March 30 - News
When I began investing, bank stocks piqued my curiosity, but they definitely seemed too exotic and too arcane.
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March 29 - News
Yesterday, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) hit a new record high for the first time since 2007.
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March 29 - News
Well fellow Fools, it's entirely possible that somewhere in the world, swine are aloft, because not only am I recommending Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), but just last week I purchased...
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March 28 - News
Shares of beleaguered smartphone giant Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) have sunk lower after the having reached a 52-week high of $18.32 on Jan. 24.
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March 28 - News
A big bank's balance sheet can be a dark and scary place. Some of the world's smartest investors have sworn off allocating any of their dollars to the financial behemoths.
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March 27 - News
Warren Buffett’s endless appetite for money took another turn when Bloomberg reported that he agreed to convert his Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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March 27 - News
Does the Sage of Omaha need an introduction? Just in case, according to Forbes Buffet is the fourth-richest man in the world.
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March 27 - Hedge Funds
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) is an investor darling, at the very least around The Motley Fool.
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March 26 - News
The deal to rescue the banking system of the tiny island of Cyprus has the world drawing a guarded deep breath. Certainly, the bailout is good news.
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March 26 - News
Although the American banking sector is now healthier than at any point during the past half-decade, it remains hamstrung by a number of secular issues.
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March 25 - News
Big US banks have come back strong in recent years.
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March 25 - News
Ask anyone involved in real estate and they'll tell you the exact same thing – all real estate is local.
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March 25 - News
The past two weeks have been very eventful for bank investors. Most got a great result from the boost many banks got after receiving high marks from the Fed's stress tests.
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March 25 - News
We are not that far removed from the near total collapse of the financial and banking systems in the United States, and the rest of the world as well.
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March 25 - News
How is it possible that Cyprus, a Mediterranean island smaller than the state of Connecticut, has been able to captivate the financial media for the past eight days? It's a 10...
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March 23 - News
As such, we can be forgiven for sometimes thinking they constitute the entire investable-banking universe.
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March 22 - News
The Federal Reserve has approved most of the big U.S. banks’ capital plans, including Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) and Citigroup Inc.
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March 21 - News
When it comes to capital distribution policies, many investors focus their attention almost exclusively on dividend payments.
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March 21 - News
What is a good reputation worth? In business, it can be worth quite a lot.
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March 21 - News
In the space of just four business days, the country's biggest bank has had its capital return plan sent back to the drawing board, been burned at the stake by Senate inquisitors...
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March 21 - News
When it comes to capital distribution policies, many investors focus their attention almost exclusively on dividend payments.
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March 20 - News
In 2012, fueled by historically low interest rates and stabilizing home prices, Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC)'s mortgage banking unit churned out an industry-leading $524 billion...
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March 20 - News
2013 will be an interesting year for the banking industry.
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March 19 - News
It's the time of year when spring is in the air, and the first quarter is about to close, giving us an idea of how the new year will be treating our favorite companies.
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March 19 - News
On a day when the financial sector, and banks in particular, are trading lower, shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) are continuing their impressive post-stress test rally...
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March 19 - News
In addition to extending health insurance coverage to the previously uninsured, the Affordable Care Act emphasizes the importance of individual accountability and understanding...
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March 18 - News
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was founded in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 18, 1850.
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March 18 - News
In the video below, Ken Stern, former CEO of National Public Radio, discusses the current state of the charitable sector, and gives his take on the reasons that companies give...
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March 18 - News
I haven't been in the investing "game" for that long, but my two largest holdings are among the first shares that I purchased when I started getting serious about investing.
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March 16 - News
This was a big week for all of the big banks.
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March 15 - News
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average setting a 10-day record with its continued gains, the markets have been on point as investors flood the Street.
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March 15 - News
This time last week, bank investors were reveling in the results of the Dodd-Frank stress tests, which showed that most major U.S.
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March 15 - News