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Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) is expected to post robust Q2 results with healthy ad growth and cloud upside

SoFi has quietly assembled every feature a major financial player would want to acquire, but owning a chartered bank changes the calculus for every name on the shortlist. Some of the biggest players in finance may find the prize just out of regulatory reach.

Warren Buffett is back on TV, and on CNBC, to be specific. As he left, he would be “going quiet.” As chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B), he added, “I enjoy the chance to keep in touch with you.” The person to “keep in touch” with is supposed to be the new CEO, Greg Abel. ... Why Is Buffett Back On TV As Berkshire Shares Fall?

Bank of America Chair and CEO Brian Moynihan discusses the continued strength of the US consumer and breaks down the firm's second-quarter earnings. Moynihan also talks about lending and mortgages, inflation, and the role of data and AI within the company on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Q2 earnings season kicked off with the big banks swinging for the fences, and Jefferies sees four dividend-paying giants still leaving serious upside on the table despite the rate uncertainty clouding the second half of 2026.

The healthcare giant posts better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and hikes its full-year guidance.

Micron's strong results and major bank earnings are driving a robust start to Q2, reinforcing positive corporate earnings momentum.

JPMorgan, Goldman and other big banks are raking in trading revenue this year as “the market is clearly extremely risk-on.”

While we are still in the opening stages of the Q2 reporting cycle, the early results strongly reinforce the robust corporate earnings trend we've been seeing, with the big banks starting off the Q2 earnings season with remarkable momentum.

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Bank of America stock has delivered a 110.6% total return over the past three years, and the current valuation checks suggest there may still be upside, with both the intrinsic value estimate from the Excess Returns model and earnings multiples pointing in the same direction while the broader scorecard remains only mixed. A 110.6% return over three years puts Bank of America firmly in the winner's circle. The key issue now is whether the current price already reflects that strength. Strong...

UnitedHealth Group’s stock fell hard in 2025. When the healthcare insurer reports second-quarter results Thursday, the company’s 2026 bounceback has investors eager for confirmation that medical spending trends are in hand. UnitedHealth has notched a series of wins heading into earnings season.

IBM's weak preliminary Q2 results erased $55 billion in market value. But Wall Street remains divided on whether Big Blue can stage a comeback.

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) drew a more cautious outlook from analysts after preliminary second quarter results missed expectations, with Bank of America and UBS citing weaker software and infrastructure demand, shifting customer capital spending priorities and delayed large...

“For CX professionals, the real risk here is complacency,” Watermark Consulting’s Jon Picoult said. “If you believe the spending and sentiment data, it points to a fragile state of affairs.”

Stock markets have taken investors on a wild ride so far this month. But money managers aren’t dialing back on risk. They have cut their cash holdings to an “uber-low” 3.6% and upped their allocations to U.

Consumer spending on travel, entertainment and gas remained resilient despite inflation and tighter monetary policy risks.

(Updates to specify revenue beat in the headline.) Morgan Stanley's (MS) second-quarter revenue s

Morgan Stanley's (MS) second-quarter revenue surpassed Wall Street's projections, with robust invest

U.S. stocks caught a break this week—and found a window in which to exploit it over the next two weeks—as inflation data suggest a taming of Federal Reserve rate-hike bets and the outlook from a key player in the market for artificial intelligence outpaced Wall Street’s forecasts. Tuesday’s inflation data got the ball rolling, with the softest monthly print since the Covid-19 pandemic and annual gains that fell shy of Wall Street estimates cratering bets on a July Fed rate hike.

BAC has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past month, and belongs to a strong industry as well.

The bank reported adjusted second-quarter earnings of $3.46 a share, blowing past Wall Street forecasts thanks to a surge in investment banking revenue.

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As long as the economy remains reasonably healthy, this is an ideal backdrop for companies in the money business.

Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.

Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.

BAC sees durable earnings growth from rising NII, loan and deposit gains, operating leverage and AI-enabled productivity.

A greater share of companies passed down to family members could be a sign of greater wealth concentration and the power of private markets.

Heads of the largest U.S. lenders say their bankers have more deals lined up—even after their latest earnings results showed strong growth, thanks to clients’ confidence in carrying out big-ticket transactions. Goldman Sachs ’ investment-banking fees jumped 55% from a year ago to $3.4 billion in the second quarter. Strategic mergers and acquisitions have been the largest driver of that work, he said, while management teams look to seize on a more relaxed regulatory environment around dealmaking.