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If I Could Buy Only 3 Stocks in 2024, I'd Pick These

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For most of the market's more active investors, however, picking stocks can be a lot of fun. In the meantime, investment banking fees were up 18% year over year and 20% higher than Q4's tally, in step with a slight worldwide rebound from last year's lull in M&A and IPO activity.

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Bank of America Stock vs. JPMorgan Chase Stock: Wall Street Sees Limited Upside in One But Rates the Other a Strong Buy

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Bank mergers and acquisitions will likely get approved faster, and a Trump presidency and lower interest rates could usher in more deal-making and initial public offering activity, boosting investment banking revenues. More active investors may want to take profits and wait for a pullback.

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Is Goldman Sachs Stock a Buy Now?

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Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has faced its share of challenges in recent years, primarily stemming from a slowdown in capital market activities like mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings and the winding down of its consumer banking franchise. Is it a buy?