The four largest U.S. banks and Goldman Sachs are poised to report higher profits from a year ago thanks to buoyant equity markets, a solid economy, and merger and IPO activity. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Goldman are due to release their second-quarter earnings results on Tuesday in an unusually packed morning for bank investors.
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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks dropped on Monday as investors assessed a tense situation in the Middle East, with President Donald Trump reinstating the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Trump Restarts Iran Blockade as US Plans 20% Hormuz ChargeTrump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkOpenAI Engineer’s ‘LOL’ Moment Set Stage for Legal Fight With AppleHormuz Route Open Despite
US banks could deliver broad earnings beats as strong capital markets activity, resilient economic conditions and improving wealth management flows support second-half 2026 and fiscal 2027 earnings revisions, Bank of America analysts wrote in a note ahead of the sector’s upcoming earnings...
Evercore recently said the overall landscape for big banks remains promising, creating an environment ripe for continued investment.
(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street’s trading bonanza is poised to keep rolling. Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Group SaysTrump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkOpenAI Engineer’s ‘LOL’ Moment Set Stage for Legal Fight With AppleUS Renews Iran Strikes as Both Sides Dispute Hormuz StatusThe biggest US banks — set to kick off a marathon Tuesday with five of those firms reporting se
(Bloomberg) -- For years, banks largely watched stablecoins evolve from a niche cryptocurrency product into a payments network moving tens of trillions of dollars annually. Now they’re dusting off the same collaborative playbook that produced Zelle, betting shared infrastructure is the best way to stop digital dollars from encroaching further on their business.Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Gro

Big banks are kicking off second quarter earnings season on Tuesday, Jul. 14, with reports from JPMorgan (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), and Citigroup (C). Morgan Stanley (MS) posts its results on Wednesday. RBC Capital Markets analyst Gerard Cassidy shares which banks he thinks could surprise markets and investors.
Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are back in focus this week, thanks to rising inflation concerns following another surge in crude-oil prices. The U.S. and Iran traded fresh strikes over the weekend, and continued to dispute control of oil and energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, after the breakdown of peace talks aimed at ending a conflict that has simmered for more than 4½ months. U.S. Central Command said around 140 Iranian targets were hit, while military officials from Tehran launched strikes on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, as well as a Kuwait-owned drilling installation.
Bank earnings set to reflect Wall Street’s boom, SK Hynix stock tumbles, tariff inflation is waning, and more news to start your day.
(Bloomberg) -- Investors are flocking back to Apple Inc. as nervousness about artificial intelligence spending weighs on the stocks of chipmakers and cloud-computing giants. Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Group SaysOpenAI Engineer’s ‘LOL’ Moment Set Stage for Legal Fight With AppleTrump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry FinkUS Renews Iran Strikes as Both Sides Dispute Hormuz
(Bloomberg) -- In his zeal to avoid signaling where interest rates are headed, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has obscured something else that’s crucial to investors, analysts and other policymakers: How he would react when challenged by the economy.Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Group SaysOpenAI Engineer’s ‘LOL’ Moment Set Stage for Legal Fight With AppleTrump Embraces Australian Retirem
(Bloomberg) -- Oil jumped and US equity futures fell after the US launched another round of strikes against Iran, while conflicting claims over the status of the Strait of Hormuz heightened uncertainty.Most Read from BloombergLindsey Graham, Senate Hawk Turned Trump Ally, Dies at 71Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Group SaysOpenAI Engineer’s ‘LOL’ Moment Set Stage for Legal Fight With AppleUS Launches Fresh Iran Strikes as Tehran Declares Hormuz ClosedGraham Death Sets Up Suc
J.P. Morgan just outlined why a SpaceX-Tesla merger could make strategic sense on paper. It also got into why investors shouldn't mistake that for a likely deal.

Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma takes a closer look at the top stories for investors to watch this week, including the latest CPI reading and quarterly earnings reports from Netflix (NFLX), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), JPMorgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), and Morgan Stanley (MS).

Few examples better capture the resurgence of big banks than Jamie Dimon's special retention award, which has climbed in value from roughly $53 million five years ago to $280 million today.
Financial stocks will dominate the upcoming earnings calendar. Also, earnings from semiconductor makers ASML and Taiwan Semiconductor are due.
FEATURE Earnings seasons has started with a whimper, but the next three weeks could determine whether the market can build on its first-half gains, or end the year with a thud. Early reporters have disappointed the market—even when they beat earnings expectations.
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.
(Bloomberg) -- Retail traders, some of the staunchest supporters of the stock market this decade, are showing signs of waning conviction.Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameNvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsZuckerberg Pledges ‘Aggressive’ Pricing With Meta’s First Pay-to-Use AIPrabowo’s Clampdown on Indonesian Tycoons Fuels Capital FlightSK Hynix Raises $26.5 Billion in Biggest Foreign Debut in USThe crowd is