Bank of America earnings: Another big bank flags falling net interest income
This morning Bank of America (BAC) reported first quarter earnings of 70 cents a share, 4 cents a share above Wall Street projections. Earnings per share were up 13% from the first quarter of 2018 but flat with the fourth quarter of 2018. Revenue fell 0.4% year over...
Bank of America beats on earnings, confirms 25% dividend hike
Shares of Bank of America (BAC) closed 4.27% higher today after the company announced second quarter earnings of 63 cents a share, 6 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue fell 0.9% year over year but at $22.6 billion it still exceeded the $22.5...
Notes You Need for March 5: Bunge, euro, F, GM, ISM Service Index, Dodd-Frank, Bank of America, APRN, WMT, Treasury yield climbs, tariffs linked to NAFTA, Volcker Rule
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don’t justify a full post. I’ve decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I’m calling Notes You Need. A representative item resembles this from today: “10:20 a.m.: Shares of soybean giant Bunge (BG) are up 3.75% today on a Reuters report that agricultural investor Continental Grain plans to push Bunge to a deal to sell itself to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) or another buyer. Continental has increased its position in Bunge according to a filing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Archer Daniels reported approached Bunge about a takeover in January. Last year Bunge rejected an offer from commodity trader Glencore.”
My eighth stock pick of Christmas is Bank of America–and eight maids a-milking
I'm adding shares of Bank of America (BAC) to my Dividend Portfolio today. The stock yields only 1.2% on trailing 12-month dividend payouts so why am I adding it to a portfolio dedicated to beating the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond? Because Bank of America has...
Looking for the setup to a potential options trade on Bank of America after fourth quarter earnings
Will bank stocks in general–and shares of Bank of America (BAC) in particular–take a hit when they report huge fourth quarter “adjustments” and create an opening for a call options play on the 2018 earnings story? Bank stocks have been soaring on the belief, first, that the election of Donald Trump, would provide them with substantial relief from costly regulations and, second, on the belief that banks would be big winners from the tax bill that is now so close to passing Congress. But, to get to those golden days in 2018, banks first have to pass through a fourth quarter from hell. Adjustments to earnings–as result of provisions in the tax bill–will take billions out of bank earnings.
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
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Which banks will get dinged in next week’s Round 2 of the Fed’s stress test?
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Earnings for Bank of America and Citigroup show lots of work yet to be done
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To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...For the Fed it’s business as usual with interest rates on Tuesday, but big news on bank dividend increases on Thursday
The U.S. Federal Reserve will make big headlines this week—just not at tomorrow’s (March 13) meeting of its Open Market Committee. The Fed body that sets short-term interest rates is expected to leave rates just where they are at its meeting. Thursday, however, is the day the Fed is scheduled to announce which of the country’s big banks will be cleared to raise their dividend
Big U.S. banks take a new mortgage crisis hit
Bank stocks are reeling because the big U.S. mortgage lenders and mortgage packagers are reportedly facing a suit be filed next week from the Federal Home Finance Administration seeking to force these financial companies to repurchase bad mortgages.
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