Banking Selloff Goes Global After SVB Trouble. HSBC, BNP Paribas, UBS Tumble.

The selloff in the banking sector spread across the globe on Friday after SVB Financial Group said it was forced to unload assets at a loss following a decline in deposits. HSBC (ticker: HSBA.UK), Eur...

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Stocks Tumble as SVB Woes Spark Contagion Fears

Small things can lead to big reactions, and that seems to be the case with bank stocks on Thursday, as a huge loss at SVB Financial (ticker: SIVB) has caused stocks like JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of ...

Sell your Bank of America shares now, says KBW

Shares of the largest U.S. banks have been performing well so far this year, but David Konrad of Keefe, Bruyette and Woods believes the party is over for Bank of America Corp. Konrad downgraded Bank o...

‘Timing Couldn’t Be Worse’: Inflation Is Easing, but More People Are Using Credit Cards for Unexpected Expenses Amid Climbing Interest Rates

A record number of people say they would need to pay for an unplanned $1,000 expense by using their credit card, according to a new survey showing the burden of high prices even as inflation rates ebb...

Wells Fargo, Disney, and 10 Other Stocks Value Investors Are Watching

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Here’s why Citigroup’s stock stands out among the biggest U.S. banks

The “big six” U.S. banks have all reported their fourth-quarter results, wrapping up a difficult 2022, when soaring interest rates forced a decline in several areas of business. Citigroup Inc. C, -1.7...

What JPMorgan and Other Banking Giants Are Saying About a Possible Recession

America’s banking giants are looking into their economic crystal balls, and not all of them like what they see. JPMorgan , Bank of America , and other top U.S. banks recently offered economic outlooks...

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi beat earnings expectations, but worries about headwinds remain

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. managed to beat Wall Street’s reduced expectations for their fourth-quarter profits as higher interest rates b...

Wells Fargo WFC Q4 earnings 2022

People walk past a Wells Fargo bank on 14th Street on December 20, 2022 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Wells Fargo shares came under pressure Friday after the bank reported shri...

The 2022 IPO Market: A Dearth of Volumes and Names

Investment bankers had a brutal year. One big reason: a dearth of initial public offerings. Thirty-seven companies went public in 2022 and raised a mere $7 billion, the lowest amount of IPO proceeds s...

Bank of America stock plunges, leading selloff in shares of largest U.S. banks

Shares of many of America’s largest banks are falling sharply this week after a period of outperformance that saw Goldman Sachs Group GS, -2.32% claw back practically all of its losses from earlier in...

6 Preferred Stocks That Offer Safety and High Yields

There still is plenty of yield in the depressed preferred-stock market—even after the recent half-point yield decline in the Treasury 10-year note to 3.7%. Many preferred issues yield 6% or more and o...

Stock market’s wild gyrations put earnings in focus as inflation crushes Fed ‘pivot’ hopes

Unrelenting inflation has dashed hopes for a quick pivot away from aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, which in turn is undermining the U.S. corporate earnings outlook for 2023 and ...

Why Zelle moves twice as much money as Venmo and the Cash App combined

Zelle may not have its own clothing line or suggest emojis when you pay your friend, but the peer-to-peer payment service is moving serious money, and that seems to be raising eyebrows these days. Sen...

Wells Fargo WFC Q3 2022 earnings

Pedestrians pass a Wells Fargo bank branch in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Friday that it is still seeing historically low loa...

Citigroup Reports Earnings Friday. What to Expect.

Wall Street will be looking for more signs of Citigroup turnaround when the bank posts third-quarter results Friday. Like all banks, Citigroup (ticker: C) has faced challenges this year as it has had ...

S&P 500 would be in an ‘earnings recession’ if not for this one booming sector — but that may not last long

Fears of an actual recession are weighing on investors near the end of 2022, but there is another type of recession also in sight: an earnings recession. The S&P 500 index would already be in an e...

Senators drill down on Zelle reimbursements, inflation and ‘uber-woke’ policies in bank CEO hearing

Democratic senators criticized banks for not serving consumers fairly while Republicans complained about liberal social agendas promoted by the same institutions, as chief executive officers of the co...

Citigroup Joins Industry Effort to Lend to People Without Credit Scores

Citigroup is joining a government-sponsored effort to expand access to credit in underserved communities. The bank is launching two pilot programs early next year under the Office of the Comptroller o...

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...

Morgan Stanley warns this corner of the credit market could be first to implode as interest rates rise

Now that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has made it abundantly clear that the Fed has no plans to slow the pace of interest-rate hikes, some bond-market experts are warning that the most specu...

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 ...

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...

China’s Retaliation to Pelosi’s Trip Keeps Chips Off the Menu for Now

China’s fresh blockade of food imports from Taiwan wasn’t enough to further destabilize markets nervous about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit to the island. Beijing’s four days of military...

There Are Signs Inflation May Have Peaked, but Can It Come Down Fast Enough?

Growing signs that price pressures are easing suggest that June’s distressingly high 9.1% increase in consumer prices will probably be the peak. But even if inflation indeed comes down, economists see...

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...

Wells Fargo (WFC) 2Q 2022 earnings

Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Friday that second-quarter profit declined 48% from a year earlier as the firm set aside funds for bad loans. Here are the numbers...

The Stock Market Had a Great Week. Can the Good Times Last?

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Is the Stock Market or Post Office Open Today? The Fourth of July Trading Hours.

Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Fourth of July Trading Hours.

Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Text size Investors are likely getting out their hamburger buns—and putting away their stock trading apps—on Monday for Independence Day. This year, the Fourth of July...

General Mills and Micron Raised Their Dividends. Banks Will Soon, Too.

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images General Mills and Micron Technology declared dividend increases this week, and various large banks announced plans for their disbursements. General Mills (ticker...

The Best Income Investments Now

Income-oriented investors, it’s time to celebrate. There are suddenly many more opportunities—in areas ranging from junk bonds to real estate investment trusts—after the bear markets in stocks and bon...