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Bank of America Is Buying Back Even More Stock -- Here's What It Means to You
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has been one of the best-performing stocks in an impressive financial sector over the past couple of years. The stock has risen by more than 38% over the past year and....
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BofI Holding: A Closer Look at This Online-Only Bank
Industry Focus: Financials edition host Michael Douglass and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel take a look at online-only bank BofI Holding (NASDAQ: BOFI), starting with an overview of the....
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Here's Why Bank of America's Stock Could Hit $30 This Week
Shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are surging yet again on Monday, after the Senate voted late last Friday in favor of cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% down to 20%.There's still work to....
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Why Eagle Bancorp Inc. Stock Jumped on Monday
Shares of Eagle Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: EGBN) are up about 10% as of 11:15 a.m. EST on Monday after losing 24% of their value in active trading on Friday. Over the weekend, Eagle Bancorp put out two....
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When This Happens, Bitcoin Could Be Doomed
What's more powerful than a speeding locomotive and can leap tall buildings in a single bound? No, it's not Superman – it's bitcoin. Seemingly nothing can stop the world's most valuable and....
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Why Warren Buffett Sold Some Wells Fargo Stock
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has fallen out of favor among investors. One of the "big four" incumbent U.S. banks, the company has recently been dogged by scandal and dinged by fundamental....
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Capital Gains Tax Changes Hurt Mom and Pop Investors
The GOP's tax bill would hit individual investors with next capital gains tax rules, while allowing mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to operate under the old rules. The proposed changes will....
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Why Eagle Bancorp Stock Plunged on Friday
Shares of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGBN) are down by more than 24% as of 4 p.m. EST after a short seller accused company insiders of treating Eagle "as their own private piggy bank." Aurelius....
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Will American Express Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
Turn the clock back 50 years, and American Express (NYSE: AXP) was one of the innovators of the financial industry. By helping to make the charge card a status symbol for success, AmEx set the....
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Oaktree Specialty Lending: Get Ready for a Dividend Cut
In October, Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE: OAK) took over the management of Fifth Street Finance, a troubled business development company. It renamed the company Oaktree Specialty Lending....
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Better Buy: Wells Fargo & Company vs. Bank of America
The banking sector has been one of the market's top performers over the past year or so, and there could be more good times ahead. If interest rates continue to rise, tax reform passes, and....
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Bitcoin Group – Hat die Zukunft bereits begonnen?
Noch sind sich die Experten nicht einig, ob es sich bei den sogenannten Kryptowährungen mit den phantasievollen Namen wie Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero oder DASH usw. „nur“ um einen....
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Why Bank of America’s Stock Is Climbing Again on Wednesday
For the second day in a row, shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are handily outperforming the broader market. Halfway through the trading day, Bank of America's stock is up 2.1%. Meanwhile, the....
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JPMorgan Chase Stock Soars Following Tax Bill Advance
It isn't often that shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) climb 3.5% in a single day, but that's what happened on Tuesday, after optimism grew that the Senate may soon pass its tax reform bill, a....
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Why Wells Fargo Stock Climbed on Tuesday
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) stock climbed 3% on Tuesday as the Senate inched closer to passing a tax bill that could cut the corporate tax rate from 35% down to 20%.Few companies would benefit as much....
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Why Bank of America Stock Soared on Tuesday
Shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) climbed 3.9% in regular trading on Tuesday as confidence seemed to grow over the fate of the tax bill making its way through the Senate.Earlier in the day,....
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Will Goldman Sachs Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
Wall Street has been on fire in 2017, but the financial industry's success hasn't translated into big gains for Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) shareholders. The investment banking giant is one of the....
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3 Bank Stocks That Are Safe to Buy Right Now
Investors should be wary of the stock market right now, given the low volatility and high valuations. If you're thinking about buying bank stocks in this environment, it would be smart to stick....
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5 "Choose Both" Stocks to Hold for the Next 3-Plus Years: CBOE Global Markets
In this Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner picks another set of five stocks he recommends putting in your portfolio, this time with the expectation that they'll be....
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The 6 Biggest Risks to Bitcoin
Image source: Getty Images.Historically speaking, few, if any, asset classes have outperformed the stock market over the long term. Including dividend reinvestment and inflation, the stock market....
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Better Buy: American Express Company vs. Square
Nearly two years have passed since I wrote my first article pitting credit card titan American Express (NYSE: AXP) against 21st-century payments processor Square (NYSE: SQ). I tagged AmEx for the....
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Will JPMorgan Chase Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
2017 was another solid year for JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), with the banking giant seeing its stock price climb 14% over the past 12 months. Fundamentally, JPMorgan's prospects have looked strong,....
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Is Bitcoin a Good Investment at Today's High Price?
People who invest in bitcoin would be excused for disliking Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), who called the crytocurrency a "fraud" earlier this year and intimated....
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Is Bank of America Stock a Buy Before the End of 2017?
If you have an interest in bank stocks, then you've probably thought a time or two about Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). The nation's second-biggest bank is one of the most widely held bank stocks in....
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Move Over, Bitcoin and Ethereum -- Make Way for Ripple
Traditionally, the stock market is the greatest creator of long-term wealth. Over time, stocks have returned an average of 7% annually, inclusive of dividend reinvestment and adjusted for....