U.S. stocks lacked direction after 10-year Treasury bond yield inched up to 2.86%, crude oil added a dollar to $107.90 a barrel, and gold inched up 0.3%. Investors focused on a busy week of earnings ahead and are looking for clues how corporations are facing rising costs. Several leading companies including American Express, Travelers, J&J and Verizon are scheduled to release earnings. American Airlines, United Airlines, Alaska Air, CSX, and Union Pacific will provide deeper insights in freight and passenger travel costs.
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The company returned $1.1 billion in capital to shareholders, including $967 million of share repurchases and $114 million of common stock dividends.
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Core Net New Assets Total $120.5 Billion.
Total Client Assets Finish at $7.86 Trillion, up 11% Year-over-Year.
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Bank of New York Mellon said quarterly revenues was flat at $3.9 billion and net income declined 19% to $699 million. Earnings per share in the quarter fell 11% to 86 cents from 97 cents a year ago. Net interest revenues increased 7% and assets under management increased 2% to $2.3 trillion. Revenues were flat in Securities Services and Market Wealth Services but declined 3% in Investment and Wealth Management.
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Average Loan Balances up $70 Billion to $978 Billion; Average Deposits up $240 Billion to $2.0 Trillion, Third Consecutive Quarter of Operating Leverage
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U.S. stock futures point to a mixed opening after a 3-day holiday as the U.S. Treasury yields continue to climb. The 10-year bond yield is trading above 2.87%. The yield has jumped from 1.71% about 45 days ago. Investors remained worried that the rising inflation and elevated crude oil prices are exacerbating consumer price increase and overwhelming corporate earnings growth. About 300 companies are scheduled to release earnings this week.
Grew loans; controlled expenses; maintained strong credit quality
Raised quarterly common stock dividend 20% to $1.50 per share on April 1, 2022.
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Tech stocks led the losers after inflation worries dominated trading and investors reviewed a barrage of earnings from large banks. Though there were signs of hope, all major banks reported a sharp decline in earnings. Crude oil price spiked up again and surpassed $105 a barrel in New York and $110 in international trading. 10-year Treasury yield inches to a new 3-year high of 2.83%.
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Morgan Stanley said March quarter revenues declined 6% to $14.8 billion and net income fell 11% to $3.5 billion from a year ago. Earnings per share fell 8% to $2.02 on 6% decline in outstanding shares. Wealth management revenues were flat at $5.9 billion and institutional Securities unit revenues fell 10% to $7.7 billion but were supported by higher trading revenues and advisory fees.
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Ally Financial said first quarter revenues rose 23% to $1.69 billion and net income fell 18% to $627 million from a year ago. Earnings per share declined 11% to $1.86 from $2.11. Net interest margin in the quarter increased 77 basis points to 3.93% Credit loss provision increased to $180 million from $167 million in the prior year period. Retail banking customer base increased to 2.5 million.
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Goldman Sachs said total revenues in the March quarter declined 27% to $12.9 billion and net income fell 42% to $3.9 billion from a year ago. Earnings per share fell 42% to $10.87 a share in the period. Investment banking unit fees decreased 36% to $2.4 billion and global markets trading revenues including fixed-income trading rose 4% to $7.8 billion. Asset management unit revenues plunged 88%.
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Citigroup Inc said first quart revenues declined 2% to $19.2 billion from $19.7 billion, net income dropped 46% to $4.3 billion from $7.9 billion. Earnings per share fell 44% to $2.02 from $3.67 in the year ago quarter. The global bank repurchased $4 billion of its share in the quarter and now has 6% fewer outstanding shares. Investment banking and corporate lending revenues declined 32%.
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Wells Fargo said total revenues in March quarter fell 5% from a year ago to $9.2 billion and net income dropped 21% to $3.67 billion and earnings per share fell 14% t0 88 cents from $1.02. Total deposits rose 5% to $1.464 trillion and net interest margin increased to 2.16% from 2.05%. The bank also repurchased 110.1 million shares for $6 billion in the quarter. Consumer lending fell 8%.
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UnitedHealth Group reported 14% increase in revenues to $80.1 billion from a year ago and earnings rose slightly to $5.0 billion from $4.8 billion. Earnings per share increased to $5.27 from $5.08. The insurance company added 1.5 million new customers driven by a sustained growth in its Medicare and Medicare plans. UnitedHealth lifted its full-year earnings per share outlook to $20.30 to $20.80.
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In a non-binding letter to the SEC, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO offered to buy remaining shares of Twitter Inc for $54.20 a share in cash. The offer values the company at $43 billion. Musk added that the company has extraordinary potential but it can only be realized as a private company. Twitter jumped 4% in trading after the social media platform operator said it will carefully review the offer.
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