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U. S. stock futures traded little changed on Friday as investors paused after Thursday’s technology-led rally, shifting their attention toward next week’s corporate earnings reports and key inflation releases.
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Q2 earnings season begins with major banks reporting July 14 as S&P 500 profit forecasts stay strong and Finance sector growth remains in focus.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and other big banks including Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) are likely to
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Big Bank stocks should see investment banking and trading revenues exceed prior guidance, JPMorgan said Monday ahead of the group's earnings next week. The firm also raised price targets for major bank stocks like Citigroup.
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Wall Street spent most of 2025 convinced that Federal Reserve rate cuts were the unlock for the next leg of the stock market rally. That thesis did not play out the way most strategists expected. On June 30, Wells Fargo put a number on what the market has actually been running on instead. Wells ...
The overall revisions trend heading into the start of the Q2 cycle remains positive, with expectations steadily increasing over recent months. JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo will help start the June-quarter reporting cycle for the Finance sector on July 14th.
The overall revisions trend heading into the start of the Q2 cycle remains positive, with expectations steadily increasing over recent months. JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo will help start the June-quarter reporting cycle for the Finance sector on July 14th.
The concerns for Wells Fargo starts with its failure to reach elite returns on equity—analysts see 15.3% this year versus a range of 17% to over 22% for Morgan Stanley JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Wells has seen falling net interest margins (the percent of the interest it earned on longer-term assets after subtracting the cost of interest-bearing accounts). Given that net interest margins are expected to drop 24 basis points year over year, net interest income growth would result from higher volumes.
Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup all passed the Fed's 2026 stress tests and plan dividend increases of up to 12%, with yields ranging from roughly 1.9% to 2.4%.
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Banks have been going on a dividend spree after sailing through the Federal Reserve’s latest stress test. Major banks rushed to announce increased dividends and buyback programs after acing the Fed’s latest test of their financial health. JPMorgan Chase Morgan Stanley Citigroup and Goldman Sachs all announced divided increases, while JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley also detailed new buyback initiatives.
Wells Fargo is all set to announce its fiscal second-quarter earnings next month, and analysts project a modest double-digit profit growth.
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Would rising rates change the calculus for the big banks?
Here's a butterfly spread, a neutral, income-oriented options play designed for minimal price movement on Wells Fargo stock.
Bank of America has predicted that the Federal Reserve will be forced to raise interest rates by 75 basis points this year, with the first 25-basis-point hike in September. They also see additional 25-basis-point hikes in October and December. The energy shock from the war with Iran drove inflation higher, with the CPI rising in ... Bank of America Sees Interest Rates Exploding Higher Soon: Play It Safe With 4 Dividend Giants
Investors were preparing for a far more cautious Wall Street, with sticky inflation figures and a Fed that refused to give markets the rate-cut signal they wanted. Wells Fargo just switched up that setup. The bank just revamped its S&P 500 view for the rest of 2026, TheFly noted, citing ...
Stocks are already up more than 10% this year. Most strategists would call that a good run and leave it alone. Wells Fargo looked at the same market and decided it wasn't done yet. The bank raised its year-end 2026 target for the S&P 500 to 7,950, up from 7,300, implying roughly 5.2% more ...
The Federal Reserve's pivot to soften Basel III capital requirements marks a fundamental shift, loosening the regulatory noose that has constrained U.S. banks since 2008.
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