State Street

The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Here's a quick look at some of the top performing Nasdaq stocks in February. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and they all pay a dividend. Aixtron (NASDAQ: AIXG) is up about 29% year to date, including a 19% rise in the past month. This $1.7 billion market cap machinery...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

“Our 2QE EPS is $0.97, slightly above the Street, helped by the month-end equity rally (STT books mgmt fees on month-end avg values),” Goldman Sachs wrote in a report focusing on State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). “The firm's NIM guidance of 160-165 bps seems intact. Fee waivers should not be a big...

Jefferies reduced its price target on Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) and State Street (NYSE: STT). The new price targets were placed at $51 and $61, down from $52 and $62 respectively. At the same time, Jefferies left its rating on the companies' stock unchanged at Hold on Northern Trust and Buy on...

In times of uncertainty, investors look to high-dividend paying stocks for some sort of normalcy. Every investor looks for dividends to juice yields and returns, as dividends are an important source of income for many, especially retirees. We also want to be playing the same game the "smart money...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on State Street (NYSE: STT), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "Trust banks remain growth-constrained, as, despite a +4% increase in 1Q AUC/A, the group's core pre-tax income was down -0.9%, pushing the overall yield on AUC/A...

According to J.P. Morgan, State Street (NYSE: STT) saw a moderate 1Q. J.P. Morgan said that STT posted moderate 1Q operating EPS of $0.88, a penny above its estimate and was cleaner than recent quarters with fewer non-recurring items. “Results were marked by better than expected, flattish core net...