Huntington Bancshares

Fourth-quarter results from the big banks have been unimpressive so far. Analysts are looking for some earnings growth from Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) this week. Wall Street expectations are lower for Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Citgroup, JPMorgan and Wells...

The new earnings season kicks into high gear this shortened week. Highlights will include quarterly reports from Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, from Intel and IBM, and from Coca-Cola, which are all expected to post earnings declines, as well as from Google and Johnson & Johnson...

A research report this past week from Credit Suisse analysts featured financials Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), as well as energy plays Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), as picks for the remainder of 2014. The momentous rise in the stock...

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC), Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) and Sun Trust Banks (NYSE: STI) were among the bank stocks featured in a Deutsche Bank research report this week. While the analysts did see improved credit profiles, a decrease in consumer...

Thursday was a good morning for those who recently went in on Camco Financial (NASDAQ: CAFI). Huntington Bank (NASDAQ: HBAN) announced its acquisition of Camco for a value at approximately $97 million, including outstanding options and warrants. Tim Melvin is one of those who bought in just...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- 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...

Last Friday, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) started off the most recent round of quarterly reports from the big U.S. banks by posting a record profit for the quarter. The company also reported that the number of mortgage loans and lending margins declined from the previous quarter. Results from many more...

Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing financial sector stocks in the past month. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are more than 15 percent higher than 30 days ago. Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE: FBC) shares are up more than 220 percent...

Here is a quick look at four financial stocks that have seen their share prices more than double in the past six months: Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE: FBC), Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN), Radian Group (NYSE: RDN) and Walter Investment Management (NYSE: WAC). Note that all four of them are mortgage-related...

The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...