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Financial firms serve as the backbone of the economy, providing essential services from lending and investment management to risk management and payment processing. Market leaders have certainly capitalized on a favorable backdrop to boost profitability, helping fuel a 7.5% gain for the industry over the past six months. This performance has closely followed the S&P 500.

Wall Street analysts are reshuffling their bets heading into August, and some of the calls on Monday target names that range from a crypto giant to a coffee behemoth to a semiconductor darling. Find out which stocks just got slapped with new downgrades and which ones earned fresh upgrades.

Style Box ETF report for SCHK

LPLA's Q2 results benefit from strong revenue and advisory asset growth while boosting its buyback authorization. Yet, higher expenses partly offset the gains.

HOOD's record revenues show non-crypto trading can offset crypto weakness, but rising costs and a premium valuation cloud the outlook. Is the stock a buy?

The market backdrop has become far more challenging than it was during the AI-led rally of the past few years. While the broader bull market remains intact, volatility has picked up as investors contend with elevated valuations, geopolitical uncertainty, questions surrounding the Federal Reserve’s policy path, and growing questions about whether the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in AI infrastructure will generate sufficient returns. As a result, earnings reports have become far

Robinhood's Q2 earnings and revenues beat estimates as trading and platform assets climbed, but crypto weakness and higher costs weighed on shares.

As the Nasdaq wallows below its 50-day line, Schwab stock triggers the sweet sounds a breakout. Time to jump in?

Charles Schwab (SCHW) just combined three shareholder friendly moves: a higher second quarter earnings print, fresh buyback progress, and confirmed common and preferred dividends, giving investors new information on both growth and income potential. See our latest analysis for Charles Schwab. At a share price of $104.47, Charles Schwab’s recent 30 day share price return of 15.37% and 90 day share price return of 14.00% sit alongside a 1 year total shareholder return of 7.33%, while the 3 year...

Robinhood earnings are due late Wednesday, with Coinbase earnings following on Thursday, as brokerage industry rivalries intensify. Coinbase is on deck late Thursday. Robinhood, which has offered cryptocurrency trading since 2018, continues to expand in that market, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Schwab renamed its crypto ETF around AI stock-picking software. Trump Media ranked second on the list that day.

A CNBC analysis of Trump's 2025 financial disclosure linked the 4 firms to at least 4 of his 8 numbered investment accounts

Loans backed by public securities are popular among the rich, but those with illiquid, hard-to-value assets often turn to specialty lenders.

Charles Schwab has been treading water for the past six months, holding steady at $103.82. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 6.3% gain during that period.

Viking Global just filed its 13F, handing retail investors a five-stock shortlist that spans AI chips, streaming turnarounds, and a rate-cycle trade, and four of them are flashing buy signals before the next earnings window closes.

Robinhood may partner with Crypto.com to expand prediction markets, improve reliability and capture more economics despite regulatory risks.

HOOD heads into Q2 earnings with strong trading growth, but weak crypto activity, rising costs and a premium valuation cloud the outlook.

SCHQ's $42.5B rival TLT dominates in liquidity and assets, but the Schwab fund's lower fees and superior five-year performance may appeal to buy-and-hold investors.

Northrop Grumman, D.R. Horton, Capital One and Charles Schwab reported Q2 earnings beats on July 21, revealing diverging trends in defense, housing and financials sectors.

Most retirees taking RMDs have no idea a single distribution can silently trigger hundreds of dollars in Medicare surcharges, and the window to stop it closes on December 31 with no appeal available afterward.

Figuring out when to claim Social Security is no simple task, and it’s one of the most important decisions financial advisors can help clients with. Optimal timing depends on personal circumstances, savings goals, and the needs of one’s spouse, retirement expert Mike Lynch writes.

Most parents hand their teenager a debit card and call it a financial lesson, but there is a move hiding inside a summer job that almost nobody makes, and the window to make it closes faster than you think.

SEC-approved rule accelerates delistings for Nasdaq companies valued below $5 million for 30 consecutive days.

Charles Schwab just delivered one of its strongest quarters on record, and the stock still dropped. That disconnect caught Morgan Stanley's attention, prompting the firm to double down on its bullish stance. Schwab reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.62 per share on record revenue of ...

RJF's fiscal Q3 profit beat estimates as record revenues and a $26 million credit-loss benefit offset higher expenses.

PLGO, APLE and SCHW made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on July 23, 2026.

Executives said the firm’s 21% year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter was partly due to RIAs’ continued interest in long-short strategies.

A billionaire turned a $2,000 retirement account into a tax-free fortune using a legal provision that sits inside millions of ordinary brokerage logins right now, and the IRS has confirmed it is allowed.

SCHW adds 1.4M brokerage accounts and raises its 2026 outlook as client growth, AI investments and trading activity fuel momentum.

The brokerage beat analyst estimates on profit and revenue, then raised its full-year guidance, but Schwab stock ended the day down 2.5%