Bank of America is now paying its U.S. workforce at least $21 an hour; nearly three times the federal minimum wage of $7.25, which has not moved in 10 years even though a majority of Americans support an increase.The pay hike announced by the nation’s second-biggest bank on Wednesday follows …
Read More »Bitcoin rebounds to $50,000 over BofA’s positive recommendations
Crypto prices are still climbing despite tougher regulatory scrutiny round the world. The rally brings prices to the highest since early September. Bitcoin has jumped to around $50,000 as Bank of America Corp. strategists threw their weight behind cryptocurrencies as a new asset class. Bitcoin price has shifted into a …
Read More »BofA: May Set a Target at $100 Per Barrel if Winter Comes Cold
Bank of America said it may advance its $100 oil target to the next six months from mid-2022 if the winter comes colder than usual, potentially driving a rise in demand and a widening supply deficit. The bank said in a note dated September 10 that the colder winter than …
Read More »BofA: Equity Funds Attract $23.9 Billion in a Week
Bank of America said in a weekly note that investors dumped cash into stock and bond funds in the week ending Wednesday as equity funds saw their biggest inflows in nine weeks. Based on EPFR data, Bank of America concluded that equity funds attracted $23.9 billion, while bond funds attracted …
Read More »BofA: Liquidity Continues to Flow Into Stocks And Bonds
The latest statistics from Bank of America fund flows showed that investors continued to pour more liquidity into bonds and stocks, as Wall Street hit a new record high and US government bond yields remained below 1.5%. The US investment bank said, based on data from IBFR, that fixed income …
Read More »As Demand Accelerates, BofA Expects Oil to Reach $100/bbl Next Year
Bank of America Global Research raised expectations for the price of Brent crude for the current and next year, saying that an increase in the balance between supply and demand in 2022 may raise the price of oil to one hundred dollars a barrel for a short period. The bank …
Read More »BofA: Stocks Attracted $18.5B This Week
Bank Of America’s analysis of weekly fund flow statistics showed that investors bought a lot of global stocks in the week ending Wednesday, as companies reported huge profits and major central banks downplayed concerns related to a return to monetary stimulus. Equity funds attracted $18.5 billion, which was mainly driven …
Read More »BofA: Bank of America: Investors Pumping Money Into Stocks And Bond Funds, Dumb Cash
Bank of America’s flows data revealed on Friday that investors pumped a whopping $25.6 billion into equity funds in the week ending Wednesday and $17.9 billion into bond funds, the largest inflow of inflows in ten weeks. In contrast, $47.3 billion was displaced from cash funds, the largest in four …
Read More »BofA: Investors Are Pouring More Money Into Stocks
Investors have poured more money into stocks over the past five months than the market has received in the past twelve years, bank of America’s weekly flow data revealed on Friday (April 9th), as ultra-easy monetary policies and unprecedented stimulus sparked a massive shift toward equities. Bank of America said …
Read More »BofA: Investors Rushing to Cash at The Fastest Pace Since April 2020
Inflows data from Bank of America showed that investors pumped $45.6 billion into monetary funds in the week ending March 24, in the largest inflows since April 2020, and intensified their exposure to US financial instruments shielded from inflation. Bank of America said that inflation-protected securities funds saw inflows of …
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