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5 Major Midterm Election ETF Winners for 2015 and Beyond
Change is in the air after the midterm elections have swung the balance of power back to the Republican party in Congress.
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ETFs Strategies for the Top Ten 2014 Predictions of Bob Doll
Jon OggBob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager of Nuveen Asset Management, is out with his ten predictions for 2014. His predictions are followed by many, and he scored a…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Catalysts Leading Major Financials Back to 52-Week and Multiyear Highs
ThinkstockBanks have been back as a flavor for investors for a while. After all, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was the best performing stock of all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
9:37am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Analyst Dick Bove Sees Major Bank Stocks Rising 30% in 2013 (BAC, C, JPM, GS, MS, PNC, STI, CMA, FRC, XLF)
ThinkstockWhen well-known analysts make a major price call, investors and Wall St. usually listen. Outspoken bank analyst Richard Bove has done just that. The former Ladenburg Thalman and Rochdale securities analyst recently landed at…
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Energy
Election Day Rally… Risk-On or Inflation Trade?
thinkstockOn the day that the Presidential election is happening, investors are throwing money into the inflation winners. The problem is that maybe this is not an inflation trade. Maybe it is a…
10:33am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Jamie Dimon Tries To Lead Banking Sector, But Trumped by BofA
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is leading the markets higher this morning ahead of the Jamie Dimon testimony. The problem is that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is trumping…
11:19am ET
Investing
Financials Up, JPMorgan Brushes Off Projected $4.2 Billion Trading Loss (JPM, C, BAC, MS, WFC, XLF)
In a rare bit of good news, the ISM non-manufacturing index came in higher than expected this morning, at 53.7%, up 0.2% from April and the same amount above the consensus estimate.…
12:13pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Bonds Sound Recession Warning, Of Sorts (TLT, JNK, AMJ, XLF, FAS)
Jon OggSo, just two weeks ago it looked as though “Sell in May and go away!” was not going to be as strong of a theme in 2012 compared to 2011 and…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
The 2012 Trade: Dump Utilities, Buy Banks… So Far (XLU, XLF, BAC, JPM, AEP, DUK)
The trade in 2011 was to go out and turn utility stocks into the new investment for retirees seeking income. They couldn’t exactly get any big yield in certificates of deposit, and…
10:20am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
BofA’s China Stake Sale Is Better For Holders Than Buffett (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett last week, and the bank announced this morning that more cash is on the way from a sale…
2:11pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
BofA Asset Sale in China, Better Than Buffett? (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)
Now that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett, it’s time to look around and see what assets the bank might have on the…
1:31pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
BofA and the Lesson of Assets Sales (BAC, AIG, XLF, FAS)
Shares in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) are up more than 5.5% today following reports that the bank selling some assets to raise cash. There is also some speculation that the…
7:27am ET
Investing
The Top ETFs to Watch for the Week of July 11-15 (IYG, XLF, VFH, KBE, FDN, IYW, XLK, QQQ, HHH, PBJ, XLY, GDX, GDXJ, IJR)
Earnings season hits the ground running later today when Alcoa Inc. reports second quarter earnings. We have already posted a preview of other top earnings coming this week. Now we’re watching several…
10:06am ET
Housing
Sizing Up Mortgage Exposure, Earnings, and Book Value for BofA and Peers (BAC, C, CMA, NYB, NTRS, RF, STT, USB, WFC, JPM, XLF, FAS)
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has found itself as the king of the mortgage mess after it decided to acquire Countrywide. By acquiring the company’s corpse rather than trying to just…
12:00pm ET
Investing
Fund Watch: Time To Search For Value (CVFYX, VASVX, FDVLX, IVE, IWN, XLF)
When investors get nervous, the one stock market segment that finds attention is “value funds” as investors look for protection but can still get upside of the stock market. Following the recent…