Could A New Tax on Banks Destroy Your Dividends?
Jessica Alling, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 44 mins ago
With a new tax proposal spreading across Capitol Hill, Wall Street's banks, both big and small, are standing together in protest. But the impact of the tax would spread much further than the banks' financial statements -- all the way through Main...
1 Shocking Stat About AIG, Bank of America, and National Bank of Greece
Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 44 mins ago
In this segment of Monday's Where the Money Is , Motley Fool banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson do their worst to stump each other on this week's Stock Quiz. The questions focus on just how bad AIG 's combined ratio got in the...
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: KMX FINL INO BAC
at The Street - Sat Mar 29, 5:00AM CDT
Bank of America is the financial stock to own if next week's jobs number is better than expected while Finish Line is bucking the retail trend and deserves to be higher, Cramer says.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan
at The Street - Fri Mar 28, 7:21PM CDT
Cramer says the market needs both a China stimulus plan and positive U.S. employment numbers to sustain any gains.
3 Things That Went Bank of America’s Way This Week
Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 6:26PM CDT
Bank of America 's big dividend boost wasn't the only good thing to happen to the bank this week. Investors in Bank of America were understandably preoccupied over the past several days, as the news of the big bank's dividend hike, to $0.05 per...
Where the Money Is: March 28
Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 5:14PM CDT
A look a few "formal" Motley Fool recommendations. Join Motley Fool banking analyst David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer as they discuss the leadership teams at MasterCard and Berkshire Hathaway , how Zillow is a rule breaker, and why financial...
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks
AP - Fri Mar 28, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Banks companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top banks companies were mixed at the close of trading:
25 Banks Went to the Head of the Class This Week
Eric Volkman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 4:32PM CDT
In the banking sector, this week was dominated by Wednesday's release of the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR, for those who want to conserve their oxygen). This was the second part of the Federal Reserve's stress tests for this year,...
Will BofA Get Respite from Mortgage Suit? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 28, 1:20PM CDT
A day after BofA declared a $9.3 billion mortgage settlement deal with FFFA, there is something that the bank's investors can look forward to.
Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Stock Continues To Climb
at The Street - Fri Mar 28, 1:08PM CDT
Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) is up in trading Friday one day after it announced the pricing of a secondary offering
Midday Glance: Banks companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 12:32PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top banks companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Active Equities Watch List -- Research on Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase
PR Newswire - Fri Mar 28, 9:42AM CDT
The trading session on Thursday, March 27, 2014 ended on a negative note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,264.23, down 0.03% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,151.23, down 0.54%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.19% lower at 1,849.04. The losses were broad based as seven out of ten sectors ended the session in negative. During the session, Information Technology, Financials, and Consumer Discretionary sectors exerted a drag, while some positive momentum was observed in the Telecommunication Services, Energy, and Utilities sectors. Investor-Edge looks at some of the equities which attracted the most attention and traded the most shares during the session. These include Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Free technical research on BAC, WFC, C and JPM can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Early Glance: Banks companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 9:22AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top banks companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Stock Market News for March 28, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 28, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks ended lower on Thursday as investors feared sooner-than-expected rate hikes
Charlotte mayor's arrest taints city's image
By MITCH WEISS and TOM FOREMAN JR. - AP - Fri Mar 28, 8:55AM CDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Cannon's rise to mayor began with his election to City Council in 1993, at a time when Charlotte was emerging as a major banking center.
What to Make of the Very Eventful Week for Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc.
Patrick Morris, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 7:00AM CDT
This week the paths of Bank of America and Citigroup went in opposite directions. Investors -- like the banks -- are now asking, what comes next? Source: Flickr / Chris Parker2012. When the Federal Reserve announced the results of its...
Bank of America’s Dividend Boost Means More Than You Think
John Maxfield, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 6:00AM CDT
Shareholders of Bank of America can officially celebrate. On Wednesday, the Charlotte-based bank announced it gained approval from regulators to boost its quarterly dividend to $0.05 per share and repurchase $4 billion in common stock. In the...
Amazon Rumored to Launch a Free Video Streaming Service; Former Bank of America Chief Executive Banned
ACCESSWIRE - Thu Mar 27, 11:36PM CDT
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reported to be launching a free video streaming service. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the e-commerce giant will be launching a free, ad-supported service that'll allow its customers to stream television shows and music videos for free. It will be ad-supported however. The new service apparently will not require a Prime subscription and will offer original and licensed programming free of charge. The company declined to comment on the report. Amazon is set to debut its Chromecast competitor next week.