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More big bank earnings today–and, fortunately, they were a mixed bag. Which made them markedly better than Friday’s results. Bank of America’s (BAC) ‘s second-quarter earnings per share rose 12% to 46 cents, beating by 3 cents a share. Revenue climbed 7% to $22.8 billion against the Wall Street consensus of $21.915 billion. Shares of Bank of America closed up 0.5% today, July 18.

Not a good way to start earnings season: Bank stocks fall after earnings beats
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Earnings season kicks off this week: Are expectations low enough? Bank stocks will tell on Friday
For all intents and purposes second quarter earnings season kicks off on Friday. Yes, PepsiCo (PEP) does report on Tuesday and Delta Air Lines speaks on Thursday, but the real bellwether earnings reports come from the big banks on Friday with earnings from Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).Â
Watch tomorrow’s market reaction to today’s IBM earnings for an important indicator on the direction of U.S. stocks
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Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
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This morning JPMorgan Chase reported earnings of $1.35 a share,down 6.7% from the first quarter of 205. Revenue dropped 3%. But both earnings per share and revenue beat Wall Street’s projections. Wall Street was looking for a 13.4% drop in earnings–so a decline of just 6.7% seemed remarkably positive. Shares closed up 4.24% today. Good news for earnings-challenged first quarter results across the market