2012 is getting off to a great start for the equity markets. We recently looked at the performance of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), which is underperforming this year so…
For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The NYSE and…
Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you don’t have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed — the highest level since 1966,…
State and federal government officials are near a deal to settle improper foreclosure charges against a number of banks. The amount of the agreement will cause financial firms to pay about $25…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) are among the banks and lenders which could be…
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has stood by the equity financing for a 53.5 megawatt (MW) multi-site solar project in New Mexico. The 53.5MW solar project is called one of the largest…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was already the best performing DJIA stock with gains of more than 20% since the end fo 2011. Now it has even more legs after the…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), the second of the DJIA components in banking, is due to report its fourth quarter and 2011 year-end earnings on Thursday morning. The bank is currently…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) founder and former CEO Jerry Yang leaves the company’s board. (Reuters) The World Bank sharply cuts global growth forecasts. (Reuters) Greece and private creditors race to settle on a…
The markets opened higher this morning and all three major indexes have managed to hold onto most of their gains of the early morning. The S&P 500 index topped 1,300 for the…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) earnings are a bit different this morning. Today looks like a prime example of “the good bank versus the bad bank.”…
This shortened week is the first week full of many major companies reporting earnings season. We will have a clear direction for the financial leaders and many of the technology leaders after…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a bit of a disappointment on the surface as revenues came in under plan. Jamie Dimon and friends reported earnings of $3.7 billion, or…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is about to report earnings Friday morning as the first bank and second DJIA component kicking off earnings season. We wanted to make a preview…
Has J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) managed to help further turn banks around in 2012? The sector which had no friends in 2011 is now actually the top bill in…
