Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is on another run this morning as more positive legal news gives investors another sense of relief.
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May 30 - News
A day after its biggest loss in four weeks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is back on the rise.
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May 30 - News
The debate over whether the nation's largest banks are too big to fail rages on, as does the question of just how much in implicit subsidies these banks enjoy because of this ...
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May 30 - News
I don't always have the time to check out a stock that sounds interesting right away.
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May 30 - News
The performance of the stock market today provides a particularly prescient example of why investors shouldn't watch stock values on a day-to-day basis.
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May 29 - News
Long-term investors like companies with strong fundamentals.
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May 29 - News
After being down slightly in overnight trading, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) seems to have found its legs: up by a steady if unspectacular 0.97% a little less than halfway...
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May 29 - News
In the context of the 2,700-point advance we've seen in the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) since this time last year, this morning's 150-point drop is only...
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May 29 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 10 points lower than its record-high close yesterday.
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May 29 - News
If you grew up in the 1970s and 80s like I did, one of the things you most likely remember about American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) is the phrase "Don't leave home without it...
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May 29 - News
Investors were alarmed when Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) did not meet the expected $0.22 earnings per share. Instead, earnings per share were $0.21.
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May 29 - News
Blue-chip stocks sprinted out of the gate today.
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May 28 - News
Bank stocks are climbing today after investors learned that home prices surged in March to a multi-year high.
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May 28 - News
Jamie Dimon has finally got what he wanted and he is going to remain as both CEO and Chairman of the Board at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM).
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May 28 - News
David Tepper, the founder of Appaloosa Management, has delivered extremely high annualized returns of 27.4% over the past 15 years, beating the S&P 500's annualized return of ...
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
This is the week that the fate of a distinctly unsettled prior settlement between Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and 22 institutional investors gets put to the test in the courtroom...
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May 28 - News
After two years of reports from Bloomberg saying that the nations' five biggest banks -- Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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May 28 - News
The next selection for the Inflation-Protected Income Growth Portfolio is banking titan Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC).
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May 28 - News
Lawmakers are debating potentially big changes in the way farmers mitigate risk and the government programs that facilitate loans to less qualified borrowers.
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May 28 - News
It seems that lately, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record high after record high. That has a lot of people wondering if we're entering bubble territory.
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May 28 - News
After taking early losses yesterday, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and its compatriots largely recovered by the end of the day.
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May 24 - News
For the first time this week, Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) stock has dipped below the $40 mark, despite some good news on the housing front.
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May 24 - News
B of A's evisceration came by its own hand. An unintentional seppuku attempt, if you will.
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May 24 - News
The gargantuan stimulus Japan is pumping into its economy will have to be even larger to achieve the desired results, said Hayman Capital founder Kyle Bass.
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May 24 - Hedge Funds
The commercial debt business is currently experiencing somewhat of a revival, as some of the biggest banks scramble to write more business loans that can be packaged into products...
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May 23 - News
Since last decade's banking crisis, among the nation's trillion-dollar asset banks there has been stratification both in terms of profitability and public reputation. Wells Fargo...
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May 23 - News
After a few days of no real news earlier in the week, the markets seem to be using up all their stored energy.
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May 23 - News
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) is 90 percent finished with retrofits of the battery system on its 787 Dreamliner and should finish the rest by next week, Ray Conner, president of...
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May 23 - News
In the financial world, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to analyze Mr. Market. A couple of the best are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 23 - News
After big gains in the past few days, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is entering negative territory for the first time in a while.
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May 23 - News
In the eyes of most investors, hedge funds are perceived as slow, outdated investment tools of yesteryear.
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May 23 - News
While the market is up less than 0.5%, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) has been up as much as 2.2% in early trading this morning and is currently up just over 1%.
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May 22 - News
As the news that mortgage lending is heading into slow mode sinks in, reports that commercial and industrial lending is on the upswing seems like a ray of sunshine.
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May 22 - News
It's official, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon has held onto both of his roles at the bank.
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May 22 - News
Shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) are trading lower today as investors await tomorrow's housing data and the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent...
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May 21 - News
Making good investment decisions doesn´t need to be too complicated. On the contrary, sometimes the best alternatives are the most simple and straightforward.
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May 21 - News
In the swirl of lawsuits facing the big banks over mortgage-backed securities, things can change seemingly on a daily basis.
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May 20 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) fell sharply shortly after the market opened, losing 39 points.
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May 20 - News
Editor's Note: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
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May 20 - News
When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his intention to sue Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) over scores of alleged breaches...
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May 20 - News
The close of trading last week left Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s stock in a spectacular position, not far from its 52-week high of $13.55 as it ended Friday with a price...
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May 20 - News
There are a lot of factors that go into determining whether a company does a good job at satisfying customers' expectations.
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May 20 - News
Making sure that people learn from the mistakes that they and others have made is the best way to avoid seeing problems repeat in the future.
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May 20 - News
While these are fundamental questions that serious investors should know the answer to, I'd venture a guess that few have more than a vague sense of the market's present valuation...
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May 20 - News
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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May 20 - News
Given that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) recently crossed the 15,000-point threshold for the first time in history, it should come as no surprise that...
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May 19 - News
Among all of the hoopla in the last few years about big banks, something that seems to be getting lost in the shuffle is, a few “big banks” are actually doing pretty well.
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May 19 - News
With a big win under their belts, the banks are heading into next week with some momentum.
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May 18 - News
When I look at Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), I can't help but think of something that Peter Lynch said about Fannie Mae years ago.
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May 18 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), U.S.
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May 18 - Hedge Funds