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Higher consumer interest rates continued to hurt profitability in the US banking sector, as Bank of America said on Tuesday that its Q2 profit decreased 6.8% from the same period last year. Nonetheless, as total earnings exceeded analysts’ projections, the stock surged more than 4%, surpassing the S&P 500’s 0.2% …

As the latest major lender to suffer the pinch of higher for longer interest rates, Bank of America reported an 18% decline in first-quarter profit. With the exception of a one-time charge, the results exceeded expectations, mostly due to the bank’s Wall Street and wealth-management units demonstrating good performance. The …

A drop in producer prices caused Treasury two-year yields to drop to their lowest level since May, suggesting that the Fed may cut rates this year. This comes after a higher-than-expected figure on consumer prices, which highlights how difficult it is to meet inflation targets.Wall Street analyzed bank results and …

After five straight record closing, US stocks saw a slight decline; however, all three major US indexes ended the day down. Wall Street was expecting the Santa Rally to push markets to new heights as they finish 2023 on a high note. With a 24% increase so far this year, …

According to Wall Street analysts, there is a chance that oil prices could possibly rebound in the upcoming year, though probably not much. Five major banks have projected that the global benchmark Brent will average roughly $85 per barrel in 2024, down from its current level of $77.Goldman Sachs Group …

Morgan Stanley’s Q3 profits fell 9% from a year ago due to a decline in investment banking and trading revenue, indicating that Wall Street is still struggling to recover from a prolonged slump. The bank’s stock fell by 8%, marking its largest single-day drop in over three years. Morgan Stanley’s …

US stocks are falling as Wall Street waits for updates on the economy and major tech firms. At lunchtime, the S&P 500 was down 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 51 points, or 0.1%, to 34,612. After largely declining for a year, oil prices have begun rising …

US equities increased dramatically as a result of investors focusing on this week’s deluge of earnings reports and financial results rather than indications that China’s economic recovery is still far off.The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 0.2% and the S&P 500 increased by 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite increased …

Wall Street stocks rallied and stayed strong throughout the US trading session. UK political developments in addition to Monday’s softer US dollar and global yields helped to boost risk appetite amid strong corporate earnings. The US dollar slid into support on the daily chart, as illustrated below, while the 10-year …

Several gold investors were frustrated with gold’s price action so far in 2022 as the prices declined nearly 5%. However, commodity analysts at Bank of America have a slightly more optimistic view of the precious metal.In a report Monday, the analysts said that in the current environment, gold prices are …