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Bank of America has announced senior appointments to ‌drive AI adoption and implementation across its ‌global markets group, according to an internal memo seen ​by Reuters on Friday. The bank named Kevin Milsom as head of platforms AI transformation, according to the memo by Ashok Krishnan, head of ‌platforms within ⁠the global markets group. Krishnan leads efforts to modernize technology and increase automation, ⁠including the rollout of generative AI tools and other new technologies.

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Bank of America watches about 38.7 million checking accounts. That's not a marketing number. It's the size of the window the bank has into how ordinary Americans are actually spending their money, week by week. When Brian Moynihan speaks about the consumer, that's the data he's pulling from, and ...

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Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC) reports second quarter earnings tonight, and two major brokerages are sticking with their bullish calls even as the stock has struggled this year. Shares were little changed Thursday at $73.50, but that stability masks a rough 2026 for Netflix investors:...

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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Nvidia (NVDA) stock investors have been fed a familiar playbook. More robust accelerators, higher rack prices, and another wave of hyperscaler spending were expected to propel Nvidia stock's valuation to even more stratospheric levels. Bank of America's latest semiconductor outlook, shared with me, ...

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Bank of America Corp (BAC) reports strong financial performance with significant revenue and net income growth, while navigating economic challenges and leveraging AI for operational efficiency.

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Investors are looking for signs that the company’s investment banking pipeline is strong and the wealth management unit can continue to rake in more clients and assets.

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC) remains well positioned for long-term growth despite a roughly 20% decline in its shares this year, according to Bank of America, which reiterated its ‘Buy’ rating and $125 price objective ahead of the company's second quarter earnings report due on...

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39% That is how much the combined earnings of five big banks jumped in the most recent quarter from a year ago, with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo collectively earning more than $49 billion.

US benchmark equity indexes were mostly higher intraday as traders assessed the latest inflation dat

Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan today: “Right now, we see very strong performance this quarter and we expect it to continue based on the market conditions. But the Iran war is anfractuous and we can't predict what will happen next in it, and that could affect the market's perception, IPOs, et cetera.

Mike Santomassimo, the bank’s CFO, attributed the positive credit trends to the U.S. economy and consumers remaining resilient even in the face of stickier-than-expected inflation. Santomassimo attributed that sturdiness to a relatively stable jobs environment. “We are not seeing cracks,” Santomassimo said on a call with reporters.

CPI fell More Than Expected