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Bank of America is a Bank Holding Company

BAC as a MARKET VALUE of 163.88Bn$

The TURNOVER in 2014 was 97.8Bn$.

The NET INCOME in 2014 was 4.8Bn$.

His NET FINANCIAL POSITION is NEGATIVE with 337Bn$ in Debt.

Company RISK BETA is HIGH = 1.2

In terms of technical analysis, this is a DISTRIBUTION LEVEL.

Comparing with the sector average, at this levels it IS NOT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY for long term INVESTMENT.

 

The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) is an American brokerage and banking company, based in San Francisco.

The company started offering discount brokerage on May 1, 1975, and became one of the world's largest discount brokers.

CHARLES SCHWAB provides securities brokerage and other financial services and as a MARKET VALUE of 38.22Bn$.

The company core business is based in investor services.

In terms of technical analysis, this is a DISTRIBUTION LEVEL.

The labor force includes 14600 EMPLOYEES.

The TURNOVER in 2014 was 6.1Bn$.

The NET INCOME in 2014 was 1.3Bn$.

His NET FINANCIAL POSITION is POSITIVE with 20059Mn$ in Cash.

Company RISK BETA is HIGH = 1.4

 

BARCLAYS BANK Plc (LON: BARC)operates as a bank holding company that engages business of providing retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management services.

The company core business is personal and corporate banking.

In terms of technical analysis, this is a DISTRIBUTION LEVEL.

BARCLAYS as a MARKET VALUE of 66.26Bn$

The labor force includes 132300 EMPLOYEES.

The TURNOVER in 2014 was 53.4Bn$.

The NET INCOME in 2014 was -0.2Bn$.

His NET FINANCIAL POSITION is NEGATIVE with 395.4Bn$ in Debt.

Company RISK BETA is HIGH = 1.4

 

MORGAN STANLEY (MS) provides diversified financial services including brokerage, investment management and venture capital services.

In terms of technical analysis, this is a BEARISH LEVEL.

The company core business is institutional securities.

MORGAN STANLEY as a MARKET VALUE of 65.13Bn$

The labor force includes 55802 EMPLOYEES.

The TURNOVER in 2014 was 39.1Bn$.

The NET INCOME in 2014 was 3.5Bn$.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK (DBK) provides corporate banking and investment services

The company core business is corporate banking and securities.

In terms of technical analysis, this is a BEARISH LEVEL.

DEUTSCHE BANK as a MARKET VALUE of 39.3Bn$

The labor force includes 98138 EMPLOYEES.

The TURNOVER in 2014 was 62.7Bn$.

The NET INCOME in 2014 was 2.2Bn$.

His NET FINANCIAL POSITION is NEGATIVE with 227.5Bn$ in Debt.

 

Alcoa Inc. (AA) reported a profit in the quarter that disappointed analysts.

In terms of technical analysis the title ended last week in recovering

With the price of aluminum to fall for the fourth quarter and at a time when the company announced that it will protect the volatility of raw material prices.

Revenues for the quarter totaled USD 5570 mn (vs. USD 5640 mn estimated).

The quarterly earnings per share were $ 0.07, well below the estimates of $ 0.13, the company reiterated projections for aluminum demand in 2015.

Alcoa just announced that it will split into two companies in the second half of 2016.

 

Facebook is testing a new feature, called “Reactions,” which will let you respond to any post with your choice of six emojis, as opposed to just a “like.”

These emojis will sit next to the traditional thumbs-up icon, and represent love, haha, yay, wow, sad, and angry.

Now we know what that feature actually looks like and are already in operation / test in two markets Spain and Ireland.

Emoji reactions give us some of that functionality, and are have been employed by companies from BuzzFeed to office-communication powerhouse Slack.

In terms of technical analysis the title ended last week bullish.

 

Johnson & Johnson includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in over 57 countries and products sold in over 175 countries.

Revenue and net income aren’t everything, but they’re where you should begin.

(FY2012: Revenue=$67,2B. // Net Income=$10,8B.) (FY2013: Revenue=$71,3B. // Net Income=$13,8B.) (FY2014: Revenue=$74,3B. // Net Income=$16,3B.)

The stock has appreciated 8,654% since its IPO.

Therefore, when you see that the stock has depreciated 10.64% over the past year, it’s not time to panic, especially if it’s an investment for retirement.

Additionally, a 3.21% dividend yield is good.

On top of all the aforementioned impressive numbers, JNJ sports a very low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. And it has generated $17.09 billion in operational cash flow over the past 12 months.

In terms of technical analysis the title ended last week in recovering

 
 

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) said its results improved over the previous year, due to lower costs and despite falling revenues.

This was the 1st quarter in which the company presented its financial performance based on three operating divisions, since its purpose is to enhance the mobile business and based on the concept of cloud (cloud), despite the fall in demand for personal computers.

The EPS reached the 0.57 USD, compared with 0.54 USD in 2014, but below the 0.59 USD.

Revenues also stood short of estimates.

Microsoft touched a new 15-year high after announcing surprising results.It was actually a more moderate 2% drop after accounting for exchange rate swings.

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