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Bank of America (BAC) is currently trading at $25.26. Its 52-week high is $25.80 and 52-week low is $12.05.

In spite of a rather weak performance, Wells Fargo (WFC) commands the highest premium due to its strong franchise, mortgage concentration, and high net interest margins.

Travis Perkins was at the top of the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF on October 23, 2015, as analysts showed positivity toward the construction industry.

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The bank has always focused on its bread and butter revenue-earning stream: loans. Over the years, Wells Fargo slowly realized its goal of achieving a strong market share in lending.

In a Bloomberg survey of 37 analysts, 19 analysts (51%) have assigned a “buy” rating to Wells Fargo (WFC) while 13 (35%) have rated it as “hold.” The stock currently has five “sell” ratings.

JPMorgan’s latest 2Q14 results beat estimates. Meanwhile, net income was down to $6 billion from $6.5 billion in 2Q13. The earnings per share (or EPS) was $1.46, compared to $1.60 in 2Q13.

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During 4Q14, Citadel Advisors started a new position in Altera Corporation (ALTR).

Wells Fargo’s (WFC) broad operation level strategy over the long run can be described by two words—slow and steady. It doesn’t take many risks. It’s stable and boring.

Overall, $13 billion worth of floating-rate notes were auctioned, the same as in February’s auction.

Bond underwriting exposure could be risky for investment banking departments, as interest rates begin to rise and refinancing slows.

If a bank is able to keep its cost of deposits low, it will have a competitive advantage. Wells Fargo has the lowest cost of deposits among its peers—despite having a very high deposit base.

Wells Fargo wants to maintain a balance between its interest income from loans and non-interest income. Non-interest income accounts for nearly 49% of Wells Fargo’s revenues.

Wells Fargo’s (WFC) first, and possibly the most important, operational strategy is focusing on cross-selling. It’s the most important pillar of its operational strategy.

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Wells Fargo (WFC) believes that people are a competitive advantage source. Integrating sound human resource practices lies at the core of Wells Fargo’s strategy.

U.S. Bank does well in increasing its low-cost deposit base. In 4Q14, money market deposits grew the fastest at 19.7%—compared to 4Q13.

Since Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Wall Street analysts have raised their forecasts for the major banks’ (XLF) net interest margins as they anticipate rising interest rates and economic growth.

JPMorgan Chase will announce its first-quarter results before the markets open on April 14. Analysts expect the bank to post revenues of $29.7 billion.

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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.”

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

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.

Net interest income contributes about half of Bank of America’s total income. Investment and brokerage services contribute the most to noninterest income.

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.

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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.

Most of the analysts covering Bank of America stock recommend a “buy.” On Tuesday, Atlantic Equities upgraded the stock to “overweight” from “neutral.”

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

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.

You’ve likely heard about it in the financial press recently: this ominous, notorious thing called the “yield curve inversion.”

White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow doesn’t see a looming recession. However, recession fears grew as the yield curve inverted last week.

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.

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

Bank of America’s (BAC) credit quality across its consumer and commercial portfolios remained stable at the end of the first quarter.

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Bank of America (BAC) has impressed investors with its financial performance. We expect Bank of America to sustain the momentum in 2019.

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