Wells Fargo Fined $22 Million for Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation

Wells Fargo & Co. was fined more than $22 million by the U.S. Labor Department for allegedly firing a senior manager in its commercial banking unit after the employee reported concerns about misco...

Bank of America draws mixed reviews for zero-down-payment mortgages aimed at boosting Black and Hispanic home ownership

Bank of America Corp. is drawing a mixed reaction in social media to a zero-down-payment mortgage program aimed at bringing first-time home ownership within closer reach of more African American and H...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that are expected to raise payouts the most through 2024

There are different ways to select stocks based on dividends. An investor might look for companies paying high dividends, with the hope that payouts will keep rising. Or the investor might focus less ...

These dividend stocks can protect you as the Federal Reserve slows the economy

With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell set to deliver an important speech Friday, investors may finally begin to take him at his word: The central bank is going to maintain a hawkish stance to co...

Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year

Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...

Zoom Video Stock Dives. Citi Says Lowered Guidance May Be ‘Too Optimistic.’

Text size Zoom cited soft performance in its online business, a segment focused on smaller businesses and the consumer. Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Zoom Video Communications stock dived Tuesday ...

Bed Bath & Beyond Clinches Loan Deal

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has found a financing source to shore up its liquidity as it tries to weather recent missteps, according to people familiar with the matter. The company on Tuesday told pros...

Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp violated regul...

PNC Financial Services Has Big Ambitions—and a 3.4% Dividend Yield

With the acquisition of the U.S. banking operations of Spain’s BBVA, PNC now has a presence in all of the top 30 markets in the U.S., including St. Louis. Peter Newcomb/Great Forest Park Balloon Race ...

JP Morgan quant who called summer rally says there’s plenty of ammunition to drive stocks higher — and here’s why

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic wants clients to hang on, because he thinks the rally in stocks is far from over. In a note entitled “Setting the Record Straight and What We Expect Next,” K...

This contrarian investor gave a timely warning for the last big tech top. He now sees the biggest drop of this bear market dead ahead.

When can we truly say goodbye to this bear market? While Bank of America’s global fund managers are no longer “apocalyptically bearish,” some on Wall Street remain wary. Add our call of the day to tha...

20 bank stocks expected to benefit the most from rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

When companies report financial results, analysts tend to make comparisons to the year-earlier quarter. But there are times when sequential improvements can be telling. This is one of those times for ...

This rule with a perfect record says the market hasn’t bottomed, says Bank of America’s star analyst

Rules are there to be broken. That may be a standard mantra for anarchists. But for traders such thinking may prove to be dangerously dismissive. Investors therefore may like to consider the latest no...

Wells Fargo reportedly planning retreat in mortgage business

Wells Fargo is planning a retreat in its mortgage activities, according to a published report. Bloomberg News, citing unnamed sources, reported the number-one mortgage originator of commercial banks i...

Anshu Jain, former Deutsche Bank CEO in its trading heyday, dies at 59

Anshu Jain, Cantor Fitzgerald’s president and former CEO of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2015, died Saturday five years after being diagnosed with duodenal cancer, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. He was...

Don’t Trust This Stock Market Rally. Strategists See More Trouble Ahead.

Text size Only 30% of the indicators that typically light up before market bottoms are triggered today, according to Bank of America. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The S&P 500’s 15% summer bou...

Don’t Trust This Stock Rally. Strategists See More Trouble Ahead for S&P 500.

Text size Only 30% of the indicators that typically light up before market bottoms are triggered today, according to Bank of America. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The S&P 500’s 15% summer bou...

10 defensive stocks that can also provide you with growth and dividends over the long term

The S&P 500 Index has rallied 10% since June 22 from a deep decline, but there are different schools of thought about whether investors are out of the woods yet. Mark Hulbert has called the recent...

Avaya stock plunges toward record low after WSJ report that $600 million debt deal soured

A $600 million debt deal arranged for beleaguered business communication company Avaya Holdings Corp. quickly went bad, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported Tuesday that Goldman Sach...

Alphabet and 7 More Stocks Wall Street Loves That Aren’t Too Pricey

Ninety-four percent of the analysts who follow Alphabet, Google’s parent company, rate it at Buy. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Investors usually have to pay up to get high-quality stock...

Why Banks Are Paying Savers So Little, and What to Do About It

Online-only banks have yields of 1.5% and even 2% right now. That’s better than you’ll do at any brick-and-mortar bank. Dreamstime Text size The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates f...

Buy GE Stock as a Breakup Looms

So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...

Why GE Stock Is Worth More Than You Think

So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...

Roku stock bounces sharply in wake of record decline

Roku Inc. shares plunged a record 23.1% in Friday’s session following a downbeat earnings report, but were looking to take back at some of those losses Monday with a double-digit gain. The stock ROKU,...

Housing affordability plunges to lowest level since 2006. The property market’s ‘great slowdown’ is here, Bank of America says

A “great slowdown” is happening in the U.S. housing market, a new report from Bank of America says, as mortgage originations shrink and spending on household items softens. Amid weak home sales number...

U.S. Bank workers opened fake accounts to meet sales goals, feds say

NEW YORK — For more than a decade, U.S. Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’ names in order to meet unrealistic sales goals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

Buying stocks now could bring you pain over the next few weeks. But you’ll be thanking yourself a year from now, these analysts say.

How bad is the mood out there right now? Try max bearish. So said Bank of America’s latest fund manager survey on Tuesday that showed expectations for profits and growth at recessionary levels. Yet Wa...

Stock Investors, After Brutal Stretch, Have Rarely Been This Pessimistic

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JP Morgan, Other Banks Are Strong Financially. Why Earnings Don’t Reflect It.

Text size Wells Fargo added $8.4 billion to reserves in the second quarter of 2020, released $1.6 billion a year later, and added $580 million in the most recent quarter. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Ima...

The S&P 500 Has a New Price Target. The Market Is Getting Dicey.

Text size Bank of America’s strategists believe that earnings forecasts will fall, bringing stock prices down with them. Amir Hamja/Bloomberg Bank of America strategists lowered their price targ...

JPMorgan Earnings Are Coming. What to Expect.

Text size Analysts expect JPMorgan Chase’s earnings to drop nearly 25% year over year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Another bank earnings season is upon us. JPMorgan Chase will step up to the pla...

Big Banks Report Earnings This Week. Here’s What Wall Street is Watching.

Text size CEO Brian Moynihan says Bank of America is always prepared for a recession because it has no choice but to be ready, Davis Turner/Getty Images The big banks start to report their earnings th...