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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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A Bilt spokesman said that roughly 1,850 cardholders were affected and that it moved quickly to correct the errors.

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The bank is the latest to embrace blockchain to make payments and transfers faster and more efficient.

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In their wake, the bank’s wealth management unit suffered an exodus of financial advisors. Wedding-related spending has increased 8.5% year over year so far in 2026, according to Bank of America payments data. Inflation is playing a role, but so is social media: A majority of respondents to a BofA survey said the era of digital connections and scrolling has introduced additional expenses, such as hiring content creators to capture and share the special day.

There is a pattern that keeps repeating in this AI earnings cycle. A company spends heavily on infrastructure. Analysts get nervous about whether the spending will ever pay off. Targets get trimmed. Then the results come in and the conversation shifts. July 29 was Microsoft's turn to go through ...

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Robust rail fleet utilization and a surging secondary market propel earnings, with the Wells Fargo acquisition delivering double the expected EPS benefit.

Wall Street does not usually turn on a stock this fast. Earlier this year, Snowflake (SNOW) was one of the names investors turned away from when they decided artificial intelligence might break the software business. SNOW stock fell hard, and the story around it was almost entirely about what ...

Goldman’s stock, which fell 4.6%, was on track for its worst performance in two months. Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Bank of America—all of which hit records this month, too—dropped 3.4%, 2.3%, and 1.2%, respectively on Wednesday. Citi was down 3.3%, and Wells Fargo dropped 2%.

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Tejpaul Bhatia, the CEO of Nebex, said that his company, which is aimed at building a financial operating system for the space industry, saw an economic gap in the growth of space travel as more money is put into the growth of the commercial space industry. Bhatia compared the potential of a space economy to the role of American Express and Wells Fargo at the beginning of the railroad industry.

Paze faces an uphill battle to get people to use its online checkout button over Apple Pay and Google Pay.

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

If big bank earnings are any indication, consumers are doing fine despite the headwinds.

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Wells Fargo announced plans to raise its dividend by 11% to $0.50 per share from $0.45 after the Federal Reserve’s stress test showed its CET1 ratio remaining well above requirements.

EPS surged 25% as revenue growth and efficiency gains accelerated across all segments.

Capital One is due to report after Tuesday’s close. The bank’s vast card business is crucial for the bank and offers a broad look at how consumers are doing.

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Marc Chaikin of Chaikin Analytics breaks down bank earnings, mega-cap tech divergence, oversold chip stocks, SpaceX's post-IPO slide and mid-cap names like Avnet this earnings season.

Wells Fargo & Company on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results as higher fee income, investment banking activity and net interest income lifted revenue. The bank reported adjusted earnings of $1.96 per share, beating the Wall Street consensus estimate of $1.72....

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