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The firm sees a steep bill ahead, and still thinks the stock is worth buying.

Nvidia will step back into the earnings spotlight after the market closes on Wednesday, August 26, when the AI chip leader reports its much-anticipated Q2 results.

Walmart stock keeps falling Friday but some on Wall Street believe it’s an opportunity to buy shares on the cheap.

Bank of America sees Zoom’s post-pandemic reset nearing an end as new products, stronger retention, and an overlooked asset reshape the bull case.

Even before Nvidia Corp.’s splashy $500 billion financing partnership this week, investors were starting to fret over the roughly $70 billion in phantom liabilities that don’t appear on major AI companies’ balance sheets, but could materialize at the worst possible time.

Picture three students turning in exams on the same day, covering the same material. Two walk away with high marks. The third has been raising his grades all semester, yet still gets flagged for summer school. That is roughly the dynamic inside the BofA research note on biotech I received on the ...

Success in the midterm elections for the Republicans and the Texas gubernatorial contest would set up stocks for a further rally, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists.

Oil snapped its run of recent gains, as limited progress over a deal to end the Iran war left traders parsing how much oil is crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Francisco Blanch, Head: Commodities & Derivatives Research at Bank of America, discusses the global energy crunch and commodity outlook.

There’s an elegant simplicity to one of the central tenets in gauging the health of the stock market and the companies that comprise its benchmark indexes: figuring out what’s in the till at the end of the day. Profit remains the most important measure of stock market health—and Corporate America is raking it in. “The greatest force behind stock markets right now is earnings, which is helping to overshadow concerns about Iran, inflation and AI [capital expenditure] spending viability,” said Dennis Follmer, chief investment officer, at Montis Financial in Waltham, Mass., to Barron’s. “Earnings have been an absolute freight train driving this market higher.”

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Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) is set to report second-quarter earnings after the market closes on August 26 and Bank of America thinks the chipmaker is about to do what it usually does: beat expectations and raise its outlook, only this time with an extra catalyst behind it. In a note...

Roughly 80% of S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings showed positive year-on-year EPS growth.

Post-earnings momentum accelerated today as analyst enthusiasm fueled a 10% rally, signaling investor confidence in commercial AI demand, today, Aug. 7, 2026.

Three bank stocks, Bank of America, U.S. Bancorp and PNC Financial are hitting new highs while they also hover near buy points.

Financial stocks like XLF, JPMorgan, and Bank of America hit new highs on strong Q2 earnings as investors rotate out of technology, though bank shares pulled back ahead of the Fed meeting.

JPMorgan and Barclays raised their Amazon targets to $365 after AWS delivered its fastest growth in 18 quarters.

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Bank of America said on Thursday it plans to acquire ‌information security firm MDSec Consulting Ltd, ‌as it bolsters its capabilities against cyber attacks. The ​deal is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2026 following regulatory approval, the second-biggest U.S. lender said in a ‌statement. Companies worldwide are grappling with a surge in ⁠AI-driven cyberattacks and ransomware that steal sensitive data and disrupt operations.

Chevron is benefiting from higher oil prices while pursuing new growth opportunities in Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina, and power generation for AI data centers.

Investing.com -- Shares of L’Oréal SA jumped over 4% on Thursday, a day after the world’s largest beauty group reported second-quarter organic sales growth that beat both consensus and BofA Securities’ estimates, alongside a record first-half operating margin.

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Most reporting banks in the US have beaten earnings forecasts for the second quarter, driven by favo

Federal AI contracts are pouring into enterprise software order books, and two of the sector's most beaten-down stocks are suddenly surging. Whether today's rally marks a genuine turning point or a fleeting squeeze depends on details buried inside fresh earnings reports and a blockbuster government deal.

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Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from Neutral by Bank of America, which also raised its price objective to $230 from $200 after the company's better-than-expected fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results and fiscal 2027 guidance came in above Wall Street expectations. The...

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

Bank of America comfortably beat Wall Street's expectations. But does that make the stock a buy?

BAC stock hit a record high over $61 after its second-quarter revenue and earnings beat Wall Street estimates.