Wells Fargo has branches all over the country. And yet, the nation’s fourth-largest bank is barely making a dent in the credit card market compared to its larger rivals JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup . A yearslong effort at Wells, aided by the removal this summer of the Federal Reserve’s punitive …
When you start looking at premium credit cards, the high annual fees can be off-putting. Instead of paying a hundred dollars or more for a credit card, consider a card that will waive your first annual fee. This can be a great way to experience the card firsthand without any …
The conundrum of the stock market going down ahead of Jackson Hole confounded me. With a market that had been headed down every day, except for deep cyclicals and housing-related stocks, the setup seemed extreme. By the end of the week, the bet was one way: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome …
It was a dizzying week on Wall Street. The S & P 500 closed this past Monday at a record high and then went on a four-session losing streak. Friday was particularly unsettling as terrible jobs data slammed the market and triggered President Donald Trump . Trump started the day …
Capital One shares rose on Tuesday evening despite the company reporting an extremely noisy second-quarter result due to the Discover integration. Still, we like where the company is headed with this game-changing acquisition. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 increased 31% year over year to $12.5 billion, missing …
When the tyranny of the “Magnificent Seven” ended, I always figured the money would go to the rest of tech. I also didn’t think that there would be anything left of the Mag 7 to invest in. They would all be obliterated as part of a source-of-funds move. Club name …
Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis, ran through all 30 holdings in the portfolio during the June Monthly Meeting on Wednesday. Here’s a rapid fire update on each stock, starting with those that Jim and Jeff said investors should consider trimming — or that the …
Wall Street is heading into a holiday-shortened week of trading — but there’s unlikely to be a shortage of news for investors to process thanks to heightened geopolitical tensions and a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting. Here are the four big things we’re watching in the week ahead. 1. Geopolitics. The …
President Donald Trump last week increased the pressure on Apple over foreign-made iPhones in a scathing social media post that also intensified the overall stock market sell-off. In the week ahead, another great American tech giant — Club name Nvidia — will be in the spotlight. Following trade optimism the …
The stock market has been on a tear over the past month as Wall Street celebrated signs of progress in U.S. tariff negotiations and easing trade tensions with China. Since our last Monthly Meeting on April 16 through Tuesday’s close, the S & P 500 jumped 12.6%, while the tech-heavy …