Banking

Strategists at Goldman Sachs (GS) project Netflix (NFLX), T-Mobile (TMUS), and Coca-Cola (KO) to be among the best stock picks for 2020.

Dish stock jumped after Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen mentioned financial support from SoftBank in the T-Mobile–Sprint merger trial. We’ll look at what this support means to Dish.

Retail giant Walmart (WMT) had applied for a digital coin patent. The news comes just as Facebook (FB) is pushing for its own cryptocurrency, Libra.

Credit is the most important part of the economy, leading to increased spending, increased income levels, higher GDP, and faster productivity growth.

The Dow Jones Index needs a Santa Claus rally this year. Instead, the Dow Jones might have to contend with the “Tariff Man.”

Berkshire Hathaway is a huge conglomerate with diverse operations. The company’s operations are complex, so let’s take an easy-to-understand approach.

The efficient market hypothesis maintains that the market prices everything correctly and so it isn’t possible to outperform the market in the long run.

Audited and verified annual figures at the end of 2013 indicate that total assets under management of US registered investment companies equalled nearly $17.1 trillion.

Citigroup’s exposure in emerging markets is mainly to investment-grade global multinationals through its institutional businesses.

The Dow Theory was developed by Charles Dow. It identifies and signals the change in the stock market trends. It’s useful for trading and investing. The Dow Theory has six components.

Adage Capital’s US long portfolio grew from $38.69 billion in 2Q14 to $40.2 billion in 3Q14. The portfolio comprised around 699 stocks.

We’ve talked about the dual mandate and factors constraining the Federal Reserve from achieving this mandate. Let’s now assess how close the Fed has come to achieving its macroeconomic objectives.

The Home Depot’s (HD) focus on the pro customer allows the retailer to compete in the installations market and the product demand the services create.

Bank of America operates through five major segments. Its Consumer and Business Banking segment contributes a third of the bank’s total revenues.

Bank of America Corporation’s (BAC) banking operations are the second-largest in the United States by assets.

Consumer and Business Banking is Bank of America Corporation’s (BAC) largest segment. It contributes about a third of the bank’s total revenues.

Credit card loans account for more than half of Bank of America’s total consumer loan portfolio.

In addition to assessing the credit profile of the borrower, Bank of America ensures that loans aren’t too concentrated by industry, geography, or customer.

Bank of America’s (BAC) Global Markets segment offers sales and trading services across asset classes to institutional clients.

We’ll provide an overview of U.S. Bank. It’s the fifth largest retail bank in the US—by deposits and assets. At the end of September 2014, it held $391 billion in assets.

You need to understand loan categories better in order to see some very interesting trends in U.S. Bank’s loan growth. Its loans are divided into five main categories.

Richard Fisher also discussed the impact of quantitative easing (or QE) on excess reserve balances held by depository institutions at his speech at the London School of Economics on Monday, March 24.

Last week’s Treasury auctions included $13 billion two-year Treasury FRNs auctioned on May 28. The FRNs were indexed to the May 19 13-week Treasury bill auction high rate,.

Major deals included debt issues by Wells Fargo (WFC), Baidu, AT&T, and Verizon (VZ).

We can understand the investment objectives of fixed income investors in terms of returns, risks, and constraints. There are two categories of investors.

The price-book value ratio is the ratio of the market value of equity to the book value of equity. Price stands for the current market price of a stock. Book value is the total assets minus liabilities, or net worth, which is the accounting measure of shareholders’ equity in the balance sheet.

The top risks that every bank faces are credit risk and liquidity risk. We’ll look at the banks that managed this risk safely, and those that didn’t.

Ford is set to unveil its “Mustang-inspired” crossover SUV, the Mach-E, on November 17. The company is positioning it against the Tesla Model Y.

Amazon (AMZN) shares are trading close to 4% in early-market today. The company announced its third-quarter results on Thursday. 

In today’s Get Real, we focused on Bill Ackman’s Berkshire Hathaway comments, Mexico’s major cannabis milestone, earnings season, and much more.

By 2020, Apple aims to double its Services revenue from 2016. Meanwhile, the iPhone is looking less and less important for the company.

In Q4 2018, legendary investor George Soros sold all his holding in Apple (AAPL). In Q3 2018, Apple represented around 0.2% of his total portfolio.

Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 11 preorders have been encouraging. Furthermore, demand for the iPhone 11, Pro, and Pro Max are exceeding supply chain expectations.

Verizon (VZ) and Wells Fargo (WFC) are taking steps to integrate blockchain technology into their business models. Here’s why.

Apple stock rose 2.6% last week. Its performance was a tad volatile, with its shares rising 4.6% in the first four days and falling 2% on Friday.

The banking sector plays a pivotal role in our daily lives. This series explores the sector, its driving factors, and its key indicators and latest trends.

In August, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) suggested that investors not buy just yet. Their opinions are now changing.

JPMorgan Chase suggests waiting until September before returning to stocks. The markets will likely make new all-time highs in the first half of 2020.

There weren’t any real surprises in Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F for the second quarter. In some ways, the 13F replicated the first quarter.

On Wednesday, Bank of America (BAC) reported mixed second-quarter results. The bank’s profitability beat analysts’ expectation.