July 16, 2022 | C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income |
Shares of Citigroup climbed by 13.23% on Friday, July 15, after the company reported earnings of $2.19 a share. Revenue came in at $19.6 billion. Wall Street had projected earnings of $1.689 a share and revenue of $18.4 billion. So it’s not surprising that the stock rose strongly after the report. Or that the gains dragged other bank stocks higher too. For example, Bank of America (BAC), which reports on Monday, July 18, gained 7.04%. Wells Fargo (WFC) climbed 6.17%. To which I say, Thank you, and I’m selling.
April 11, 2022 | C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, JPM, Jubak Picks, KBWB, Perfect Five-ETFs, USB, WFC |
Just want to make sure that no one missed the sell recommendations in yesterday’s Saturday Night Quarterback post. Big banks will kick off another earnings season beginning with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) on Wednesday, April 13. Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) follow on April 14. Bank of America (BAC) reports on April 18. Bank earnings forecasts present a complicated picture for the quarter–which is only appropriate since that’s true of Standard & Poor’s 500 earnings forecasts as a whole.
April 9, 2022 | C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, Jubak Picks, KBWB, Perfect Five-ETFs, Short Term, USB, WFC, You Might Have Missed |
Big banks will kick off another earnings season beginning with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) on Wednesday, April 13. Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) follow on April 14. Bank of America (BAC) reports on April 18. Bank earnings forecasts present a complicated picture for the quarter–which is only appropriate since that’s true of Standard & Poor’s 500 earnings forecasts as a whole.
April 5, 2022 | AMD, C, Daily JAM, KBWB, Long Term, NVDA, Special Reports, WFC |
I think these financial market curves will let you map out the longer stories of Federal Reserve interest rate increases and a potential recession–and then chart the shorter stories of war in the Ukraine, global oil and natural gas crunches, summer Pandemic relief, global food crisis, computer chip shortages (and whatever else you think might be important) under those longer curves. That will let you decide when to buy and sell (and what) in order to profit from short-term stories while preparing your portfolio for the longer arcs.
June 29, 2021 | C, Daily JAM, KBWB, Morning Briefing, USB |
That didn’t take long. On Thursday the Federal Reserve reported that all 23 big banks tested in its annual stress test, passed. Which means that the last remaining restrictions on dividend increases and share buybacks are now history. Yesterday big banks started to announce dividend increases
April 16, 2021 | BAC, C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, JPM, Jubak Picks, WFC |
Blow-out first quarter earnings results from the big banks didn’t produce huge gains this week–and that’s actually reassuring to me because it says a significant number of investors are still paying attention to fundamentals
March 25, 2021 | C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, KBWB, Perfect Five-ETFs, USB |
U.S. banks that pass their next stress tests will be allowed to raise their dividends after June 30, the Federal Reserve said today, March 25. The Fed will also lift any remaining restrictions on stock buybacks.
December 20, 2020 | C, Daily JAM |
On Friday the Federal Reserve rode to the aid of bank stocks. The sector had been looking a little pale around the PE in the last few days with the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) up only 0.11% for the last week. That comes after a strong performance in the last month–a 4.24% gain. For the year to date the financial ETF is down 5.48% The Federal Reserve, however, cleared the way for banks to boost capital distributions–dividends eventually and more immediately share buybacks
December 7, 2020 | C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, Stock Alerts |
I’m adding Citigroup, the most recent pick in my Dividend Stocks Special Report, to my Dividend Portfolio tomorrow
November 17, 2020 | AES, C, Daily JAM, Dividend Income, DUK, Jubak Picks, NEE, Special Reports |
I started off with utility stocks and I’ve now moved on to other dividend stocks within the general argument that dividend stocks–if you pick the right one–are perfect for the post-vaccine economy and stock market rally.
July 14, 2020 | C, Daily JAM, JPM, Morning Briefing, WFC |
“I don’t think anybody should leave any bank earnings call this quarter simply feeling like the worst is absolutely behind us and it’s a rosy path ahead,” Citigroup (C) CEO Michael Corbat said this morning as he announced the bank's second quarter earnings. “We don’t...
January 10, 2020 | BAC, C, Daily JAM |
What with everything going 0n, I wouldn't be surprised if the start of earnings season next week has slipped your mind. Reports of fourth quarter earnings are actually fairly important this year because stocks trade near all time highs and estimates say that fourth...