The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

It's a member acquisition business, it's a content business, and it's an expense cost structure business and you can be unprofitable for a long time until you get all three of those things correct. So within a month or so they think they're going to be finally done integrating the merger. Pretty, impressive.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2024

We've got updates on the state of investment banking, some curious snacks in foot long form, and of course stocks on our radar. trillion with 80 trillion sitting in money market funds, CDs and other variants of cash. I think a lot of people may be look at investing in sort of this monolith.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jason Moser: I think it's with Goldman Sachs, Goldman is not the first bank I think that comes to people's minds when we think about consumer banking. Goldman, it's an investment bank. Jason Moser: Well, like I said, Goldman is an investment bank. Mergers and acquisitions are becoming a bit more challenging.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

NII ex-markets was up $274 million or 1%, driven by the impact of balance sheet mix and securities reinvestment, higher revolving balances in card, and higher wholesale deposit balances, predominantly offset by lower deposit balances in banking and wealth management and deposit margin compression. NIR ex-markets was up $1.8

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that was very important because when this was the dawning of what is now a big analyst program across the country in all banks and investment banks. And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. There was no m and a departments in any investment bank really until the very late seventies.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

Why bank earnings were a bit of a mixed bag, and Delta 's results show the pain may continue for airlines. A small acquisition from AMD that could be a big deal in the AI race. Two stocks worth watching: e.l.f. Merger activity is somewhat robust, that helped them as well. Beauty and Charles Schwab.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

The S&P 500 hit 20% above its October lows, which if you're a technician there that says, hey, we're in a new bull market whether you believe that or not. I think what's fascinating about the stock market lately and it's just been a relentless rise for the market is traders will often call this a lack of breadth in the market.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was between corporate law and investment banking. And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. So I joined Goldman and their merger department, but said, I’d like to be your LBO guy. I did work on the very first principal investment that Goldman ever did. RITHOLTZ: Oh, really?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2025

The stock market was down big on Monday. Bank stocks were doing even worse than these major benchmarks. And it wasn't just big banks: Across the financial-services industry, stocks were taking a big hit. Where to invest $1,000 right now? As of 3:10 p.m.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

Net revenue surged by 14% year over year, with management citing the operating momentum across the bank's platform. Investment banking was a bright spot, as recovery in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) boosted fee-based income. The bank gained market share in equity and fixed-income trading activities.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Assuming this bull market continues in 2025, there are a few more companies that could reach a $1 trillion market cap -- including these three. JPMorgan Chase No banks have yet reached the $1 trillion market cap level, but JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) could become the first. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) , the largest bank in the U.S. Shares of investment banks and asset managers Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) also fell 3.9% Banks are cyclical, so it's not a surprise to see them selling off on concerns over weakened spending. by assets, fell 4.5%.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

One of my big predictions under a Trump presidency is that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will see a notable uptick. In addition, I'll outline why Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) is an obvious acquisition candidate. Valuation: Despite a tough macroeconomic environment, the stock market has remained resilient.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 21, 2025

In recent weeks, we've seen quite a sell-off in the stock market, with the S&P 500 index briefly entering correction territory on March 13. This downturn has some investors heading to the exits, but it also creates intriguing buying opportunities as some stocks are now trading at discounted levels. Data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A new era for bank stocks? Republicans tend to be perceived as friendlier to big businesses, and a looser regulatory climate could encourage more IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, which will help investment banks, including the one JPMorgan Chase operates.

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