The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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July 8 - News
It's early in the trading week, but it is apparent that the banking sector is still gleaming from the decent jobs report last Friday, which revealed that nearly 200,000 new jobs...
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July 8 - News
The rising interest rate environment since the first quarter had a mixed impact on the U.S. financial sector.
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July 8 - News
If you're thinking about buying a home, then you're probably not going to like what I'm about to say.
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July 8 - News
In the insider-trading investigation of hedge-fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen, the U.S.
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July 8 - Hedge Funds
Early in trading, it was looking like the day off for yesterday's Independence Day holiday had given the market some much-needed rest.
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July 7 - News
Earlier this week, the regulators published the new Basel III rules for the U.S. banks.
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July 7 - News
Blue-chip stocks are higher today on the back of a June jobs report that blew estimates out of the water.
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July 5 - News
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) just made a rather curious move.
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July 5 - News
Although it's been six years since the financial crisis, it is apparent the big banks are still held in low regard by the general public, especially since there always seems to...
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July 5 - News
This morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that applications for home loans fell last week by 11.7% compared with the prior week.
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July 5 - News
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is one of the largest investment and asset management companies in the United States, but is actually the smallest of my “big three,” the others being...
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July 5 - News
This is going to make for some serious ugliness on bank balance sheets. In the fixed-income market, the basic math is simple: When rates go up, prices go down.
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July 5 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) was already one of the world's largest banks when it merged with Bank One on July 1, 2004.
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July 5 - News
Michael Dell has been advised to raise his $24.4 billion offer for Dell Inc.
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July 4 - Hedge Funds
After a precipitous drop this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) has completely recovered, and is sitting at a 36-point gain as of 11:30 a.m. EDT.
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July 3 - News
The first half the current quarter was marked by climbing interest rates thanks to the speculation that started since May that the Fed might be ending its aggressive bond buying...
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July 3 - News
Earlier this year, it looked as if Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s plan to spruce up its tarnished public image was having some effect, but that momentum was short-lived.
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July 3 - News
If you want to crack the code of a company -- to really understand what makes it tick as a business and as an investment -- one of the things you have to get your head around ...
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July 3 - News
On Thursday, June 20, all hell broke loose.
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July 3 - News
I must confess my bias before I continue. A big proponent of renewable energy, I’m eagerly awaiting the installation of solar panels on my home in the coming weeks.
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July 3 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is up after a positive report on manufacturing activity in the U.S. As of 1:15 p.m. EDT, the Dow was up 25 points to 14,999.
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July 2 - News
It's a brave new world for megabanks like Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC).
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July 2 - News
As investors wait for second-quarter earnings season to start next week, the stock market has moved largely in tune with the latest news on the overall economy.
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July 2 - News
This morning we saw strong numbers from the auto industry and increasing U.S.
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July 2 - News
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), the world’s No.
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July 2 - News
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is the third largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, with approximately $1.9 trillion assets under its management.
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July 2 - News
Several news sources recently reported the Federal Reserve and the FDIC are weighing tough capital requirements for the nation’s money center banks.
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July 2 - News
A professor of mine in law school used to yell, literally yell, at students if they answered a question incorrectly, saying they needed to "get their mind right." The display ...
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July 1 - News
Big Banks had a busy week last week, riding the wave of a choppy market still spooked by QE3 taper worries.
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July 1 - News
After beating out Friday's market correction, two and half hours into trading today, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) stock continues its strong performance: up a big 2.2%, despite breaking...
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July 1 - News
As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) begins the third quarter up 155 points as of 11:50 EDT this morning, it has history on its side.
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July 1 - News
The housing recovery is gaining momentum. Home prices are heading higher. Builders are ramping up construction.
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July 1 - News
Over the past several months, attention on Wall Street has been predominantly focused on the banking sector.
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July 1 - News
Over the seven days running from June 20 to June 27, mortgage analysts at Freddie Mac clocked 30-year mortgages running up 53 basis points, from 3.93% to 4.46%.
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July 1 - News
Two weeks ago we published a widely read article about how the nation's second largest bank by assets is alleged to have delayed and denied mortgage modifications to qualified...
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July 1 - News
Banks are naturally skeptical of change, and they were slow to adapt to the Internet age in the 1990s and 2000s.
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July 1 - News
Like many aspiring bankers of the mid-19th century, young John Pierpont Morgan got into the business of finance with the help of some old-fashioned family connections.
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July 1 - News
Taking control of a ship’s wheel and leading the crew to safety can be extremely difficult, especially during storms.
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July 1 - News
Solar stocks had an up and down week, but at the end of the day the industry trends are still getting stronger.
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June 29 - News
US banks have been recovering from the financial crisis at a good pace.
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June 28 - News
Less then three hours till the closing bell, and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) is down 0.32% for the day but up 5.71% for the week.
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June 28 - News
Many bank stocks have rallied considerably over the past year.
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June 28 - 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 28 - News
Mention the idea of breaking up the U.S.'s big banks and you'll likely hear that if we don't, the country's economy will eventually be blown to bits by banker excesses.
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June 28 - News
Let's start with the awesome part: The SEC is a priceless repository of key information for investors. I worked at a subcontractor for the SEC in the early '90s.
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June 27 - News
After an epic meltdown following years of rampant speculation, the U.S. housing market has made serious recovery strides.
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June 27 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is coming off a strong performance in the first quarter of 2013, in which its net income was 15% higher on a q/q basis and 33% above its levels...
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June 27 - Stock Analysis
Shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) are following the bank's blue-chip brethren higher today on the heels of multiple better-than-expected economic reports.
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June 27 - News