U.S. banking regulation is highly fragmented, and is regulated by both the federal and state governments.
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June 24 - News
It's been a crazy week on Wall Street, as markets swing wildly up and down, trying to get a handle on what the latest news from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting means...
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June 21 - News
The carnage continues. As of yesterday's close, shares of the nation's second largest bank by assets have fallen by almost 11% since the beginning of June.
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June 21 - News
Last month, the World Bank released a report claiming a dramatic shift in capital and investment away from the developed world and into the emerging markets.
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June 21 - News
SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), the nation's largest non-government student loan lender, is considering splitting itself into two entities via an IPO later this year.
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June 21 - News
Rising interest rates bring glad tidings for banks. As rates rise, they can start making loans with higher returns.
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June 21 - News
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is one of the four largest U.S. money center banks, together with Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 20 - News
In the current issue of The Journal of Economic Perspectives, economists present data that shows traditional consumer banking and asset management were the forces behind outsized...
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June 20 - News
Bloomberg has landed itself in hot water recently for a scandal involving the use of information gleaned by its reporters from its ubiquitous terminals.
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June 20 - News
Mr. Market did not appreciate Ben Bernanke's announcement yesterday on the plans for easing the current stimulus policy.
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June 20 - News
The brouhaha over mortgage servicing mishaps and snafus doesn't seem to be having much effect on Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s share price, particularly with all of the drama...
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June 20 - News
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
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
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