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Bank Stocks To Follow Today - March 18th

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Key Points

  • JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and Citigroup (C) are the three bank stocks MarketBeat flags to watch today, selected because they had the highest dollar trading volume among bank stocks in recent days.
  • Bank stocks are primarily driven by interest-rate spreads, loan credit quality, regulatory capital, and economic cycles, meaning they can offer dividends but also carry credit, interest-rate, and regulatory risks.
  • Each company is a diversified banking franchise: JPMorgan focuses on investment banking, consumer/community banking, commercial banking, and asset & wealth management; Bank of America covers consumer banking, wealth & investment management, global banking and markets; Citigroup provides broad services including treasury & trade solutions and securities services.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, and Citigroup are the three Bank stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Bank stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is banking—such as commercial, retail, and investment banks—and represent ownership in those institutions. For investors, bank stocks are driven by factors like interest-rate spreads, loan credit quality, regulatory capital and economic cycles, often paying dividends but exposing holders to credit, interest-rate and regulatory risk. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Bank stocks within the last several days.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company, which engages in the provision of financial and investment banking services. It focuses on investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. It operates through the following segments: Consumer and Community Banking (CCB), Commercial and Investment Bank (CIB), Asset and Wealth Management (AWM), and Corporate.

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Bank of America (BAC)

Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services for individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, large corporations, and governments worldwide. It operates in four segments: Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM), Global Banking, and Global Markets.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BAC

Citigroup (C)

Citigroup Inc., a diversified financial service holding company, provides various financial product and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through five segments: Services, Markets, Banking, U.S. Personal Banking, and Wealth. The Services segment includes Treasury and Trade Solutions, which provides cash management, trade, and working capital solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and public sector organizations; and Securities Services, such as cross-border support for clients, local market expertise, post-trade technologies, data solutions, and various securities services solutions.

Read Our Latest Research Report on C

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