Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) shares began the week trading at $12.05.
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March 14 - News
Yet another failed attempt. Stocks rose today, but the S&P 500 failed once more to break its October 2007 all-time (nominal) high of 1,565.15.
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March 14 - News
Throughout the financial crisis nearly five years ago, everyone finally realized that major financial institutions have an immense impact on the markets, and when those institutions...
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March 14 - News
Despite positive news on the job front this morning, there's palatable angst underlying shares of the banks today, as investors wait to learn which of the nation's 18 largest ...
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March 14 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average's winning streak continued today, after the index closed higher by 5.22 points, or 0.04%.
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March 14 - News
If the market finishes the day where it is now, it will mark the eighth straight session in which blue-chip stocks have climbed.
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March 14 - News
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve announced the results from part one of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, known informally as "stress tests." For Citigroup Inc...
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March 14 - News
Despite overwhelmingly underwhelming sales reports earlier this month, and even as consumer confidence bounces around, and even as long-term unemployment steadily rises, overall...
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March 14 - News
Consider this: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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March 14 - News
During the boom of the U.S.
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March 13 - News
The day before the Federal Reserve releases part two of its stress-test results, which will tell investors what the central bank thinks of proposed capital actions, shares in ...
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March 13 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on the verge of its hottest winning streak in years.
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March 13 - News
Last week's release from the Federal Reserve from part one of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (aka, stress tests) was a big day for the nation's banks.
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March 13 - News
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve announced the results from part one of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, known informally as "stress tests." While there were a...
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March 13 - News
Investors in the nation's second largest lender, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) , have patiently waited for tangible evidence of the bank's hard work over the last three years...
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March 13 - News
Only a company that is "tough as nails" survives a recession as great as the one that we went through, I am not going to lie 2008 was tough but Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) got...
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March 13 - News
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." Today, we'll show you ...
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March 12 - News
After seven consecutive days of gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is taking a breather today.
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March 12 - News
The results from the Federal Reserve stress tests were finally released lastThursday, and they show that the industry has come a long way in terms on balance sheet cleaning and...
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March 12 - News
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve announced the results from part one of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, known informally as the "stress tests." There were a few...
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March 12 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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March 12 - News
Shares of the nation's second largest bank by assets, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), are lower today as investors digest the results of last week's stress tests and anticipate...
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March 12 - News
Shares of banking powerhouse Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) reached a 52-week high on Monday.
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March 12 - News
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) typically isn't one of the first big banks investors think of when they decide to plunk some of their hard-earned cash into financial...
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March 12 - News
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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March 11 - News
By late morning, it looks like the market is having another pretty good week.
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March 11 - News
Stocks are positioned to extend their winning streak today despite disappointing news out of both Europe and China.
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March 11 - News
Big banks are enjoying some heavy media attention lately as they power through Fed-induced stress scenarios designed to test their strength and mettle.
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March 11 - News
Since the financial crisis, there's been a palatable and growing sense of discontent toward the so-called too-big-to-fail banks.
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March 11 - News
After a record-breaking run last week, stocks opened slightly lower this morning, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrials Average down 0.16% and...
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March 11 - News
Though we've passed over the cusp of March, I thought it still might not be too late to offer bank investors some sage advice for 2013.
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March 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI)'s meteoric rise last week overshadowed any big news from economic announcements.
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March 11 - News
I took this on as a personal challenge.
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March 11 - News
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." Today, we'll show you ...
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March 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) gained more than 300 points, or 2.18%, this week, and set a new record high in each of the past four days.
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March 10 - News
Propelled by a strong jobs report, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) moved north for the sixth day in a row, and set a new record for the fourth...
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March 10 - News
The Federal Reserve just released stress test results for the nation's largest financial institutions. It paints an altogether flattering impression of the U.S.
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March 10 - News
It's been a big week not just for Wall Street -- what with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a new all-time high -- but for Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), too, which...
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March 10 - News
The month of March has been kind to blue-chip stocks.
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March 8 - News
The multi-billion investment manager Blackrock Investment Management had $50.6 billion assets under management as of the end of 2012.
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March 8 - News
In the world of big investment banks, I’m yet to hear a good case as to why JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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March 8 - News
All eyes have been on bank stocks this week as investors waited to hear of the results of the Fed's stress test results.
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March 8 - News
On slide 14 of a 14-slide presentation that Citi provided for its shareholders after the release of the Dodd-Frank stress tests, the bank revealed that it did not ask the Federal...
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March 8 - News
As expected, after continually purging its books of legacy issues, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) posted stronger capital ratios under the test's "severely adverse scenario," ...
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March 8 - News
After several years marked by losses and layoffs, America’s biggest financial institutions may finally be coming back. The market was encouraged by a flurry of investment ...
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March 7 - News
The financial sector is getting a big boost today, with gains that are mirroring the Dow Jones Industrial Average's heroic climb to new heights.
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March 7 - News
Blue-chip stocks are extending their rally for the fifth consecutive day as the nation's largest financial institutions await results from the 2012 stress tests administered by...
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March 7 - News
The markets are back on the upswing today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to push on to uncharted highs. As of 2:15 p.m.
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March 7 - News
With one market milestone firmly in the books, investors are turning their attention to another coming milestone for the market: the fourth anniversary of the current bull market...
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March 7 - News
Now that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has broken the 14,300 barrier, the question is: Where will it stop? As investors flood back into the market on the strength of the Dow...
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March 7 - News