As the US economy recovers, mainly thanks to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program, some sectors of the economy have great opportunities ahead.
Keep Reading →
April 16 - News
Sometimes, it seems that there is no end to the helping hands that always seem to be reaching out to Wall Street institutions, often holding cash generated from the tax payments...
Keep Reading →
April 16 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Goldcorp Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Both blue-chip stocks and gold are lower today on the heels of worse-than-expected economic figures both at home and abroad.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) wowed investors and Wall Street this morning with impressive earnings.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Shares of Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) are surging today after the nation's third-largest bank by assets (click here to see a list of banks ranked by size) reported better-than-expected...
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Why would banks like Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
First-quarter numbers for Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) are in, and given how good they are, investors are understandably happy, driving the superbank's share price up 2.98% already...
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 15 - News
On Tuesday, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) will release its latest quarterly results.
Keep Reading →
April 14 - News
The news that banks have been able to generate enormous profits by levying overdraft fees on customers surely rankles many -- particularly during tax season, and considering that...
Keep Reading →
April 13 - News
Another tax season is nearly behind us. If you're slated to receive a refund, you may wonder how to best use the money.
Keep Reading →
April 13 - News
It's the beginning of earnings season for the banks, and with two already under our belts, it's important that bank investors keep an eye on the news for the next week.
Keep Reading →
April 13 - News
Down slightly on the day, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) looks like it's going to finish the week slightly up: by a healthy 1.80%.
Keep Reading →
April 12 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is a favorite among Foolish investors, and not without good reason.
Keep Reading →
April 12 - News
It's been a bumpy ride for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) this morning, which is down 57 points at 11 a.m. EDT.
Keep Reading →
April 12 - News
Welcome to the first day of earnings season for the nation's banks.
Keep Reading →
April 12 - News
That's what Lanny Breuer did when he left his job at law firm Covington & Burling -- a law firm that worked for some of the nation's biggest banks -- to serve as the Assistant...
Keep Reading →
April 12 - News
Unless something completely unforeseen happens -- which, of course, is always possible -- the focus of bank investors will be all earnings all the time over the next few weeks...
Keep Reading →
April 11 - News
The best April Fool's jokes feel real. That's why we put so much time and effort into ours.
Keep Reading →
April 11 - News
Earnings season has begun, and next Monday, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) will release its latest quarterly results.
Keep Reading →
April 11 - News
Last week at this time, I was writing about how Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and the rest of the big-four banks were tanking for no apparent reason.
Keep Reading →
April 10 - News
Closing in on the end of the trading day, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) share prices are up 0.33%.
Keep Reading →
April 10 - News
The iPhone maker has previously used 8 Inc for the design of its stores, including the iconic glass cube on New York's 5th Avenue and Apple Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 10 - News
Earnings season has begun, and on Friday JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) will release its latest quarterly results.
Keep Reading →
April 10 - News
Investors are now exactly two weeks away from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s fiscal second quarter earnings release.
Keep Reading →
April 10 - News
Over the weekend, news got out that JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Keep Reading →
April 9 - News
Last year was an excellent one for the U.S.
Keep Reading →
April 9 - News
It wasn't all that long ago that I was positively bearish on Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), lumping it in with Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) as a financial leviathan still deeply damaged...
Keep Reading →
April 9 - News
Warren Buffett was on CNBC a few weeks ago, and took an emailed question from a viewer.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
I've been watching Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s stock all morning, and I couldn't help but notice that, despite lots of trading activity, the bank hasn't really budged much...
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
In a previous article, I talked about the top position of one of Benjamin Graham's oldest students, Irving Kahn.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
First-quarter earnings season unofficially kicks off today with Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) reporting after the close. The outlook this quarter has been particularly weak.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
One of the high-quality hedge funds on our radar screens is Robert Pohly’s Samlyn Capital.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - Hedge Funds
Bank robberies conjure up images of famous criminals like Jesse James or Bonnie and Clyde.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed over 9,000 points for the first time in its history on April 6, 1998.
Keep Reading →
April 8 - News
For years, the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates near 0% has crushed retirees trying to draw income from their life savings.
Keep Reading →
April 7 - News
The big banks took a pounding this week, and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) was no exception: down 2.30% on the week.
Keep Reading →
April 6 - News
The "criticism is deserved," Ackman said on Friday of Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive who has been tasked with overhauling the staid retail chain and who has come under...
Keep Reading →
April 6 - Hedge Funds
As I write this, about midway through the final day of the trading week, Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) is down a whopping 4.34% for the week.
Keep Reading →
April 5 - News
The landscape of the banking industry has changed dramatically over the last 30 years.
Keep Reading →
April 5 - News
For 2012, Fannie Mae reported a $17 billion profit. The juxtaposition of "profit" and "Fannie Mae" probably seems a bit odd.
Keep Reading →
April 4 - News
Several sources have recently reported that since the 2008 economic crisis erupted, banks have been slammed with lawsuits filed by private investors and federal and state authorities...
Keep Reading →
April 3 - News
Even though unemployment is still brutal and mortgage delinquencies are high, credit card delinquencies are at the lowest rate in at least two decades, according to data from ...
Keep Reading →
April 3 - News
While catching up on what the billionaire hedge fund managers have been up to, I came across billionaire Louis Bacon's $15 billion hedge fund, Moore Capital.
Keep Reading →
April 3 - Hedge Funds
Peak oil theory has gained widespread recognition at various points over the past several decades, usually during times when fears about oil supply shortages have been at their...
Keep Reading →
April 3 - News
Here's something you don't see everyday: Apple Inc.
Keep Reading →
April 3 - News
Shares of the nation's second largest bank by assets, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), are trading higher today after the lending giant came to an agreement with the federal regulator...
Keep Reading →
April 2 - News
