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2010 Q4 Earnings: Piper Jaffray Tops Estimates on Strong Sales
By Janet LevauxNet revenues for the investment bank’s capital-markets unit rose 18% in the quarter to $151 million.
January 21, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: BofA Misses Estimates; Merrill Adds AdvisorsWealth-management sales rise; Merrill Lynch's FA headcount increases to nearly 15,500.
January 21, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings, Week One: Banks May See 30% EPS Growth, Says AnalystLarge banks performed better than expected in week one of Q4 earnings season, says Raymond James equity analyst Anthony Polini and other finance-sector observers.
January 20, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: BNY Mellon Misses Expectations; Pershing Fees RiseBank of New York Mellon reported Q4 profits of $0.55 per share, missing analysts’ expectations for earnings of $0.57. The bank’s Pershing unit said revenues rose though profits fell.
January 20, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: Morgan Stanley’s Net Income Makes Big Jump on Strong SalesAdvisors with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney had $14.1 billion in net new client assets in the fourth quarter
January 19, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: Wells Fargo Reports Strong Jump in ProfitsAlong with a rise in profits, the number of financial advisors at Wells Fargo in the fourth quarter was up 100 to nearly 15,200.
January 18, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: Schwab Income Falls on Yield-Plus ChargesNet new assets in Advisor Services, though, rise 27% to $16.4 billion in the last quarter of 2010.
January 14, 2011
2010 Q4 Earnings: JPMorgan Profits Surge 47%, Beating ForecastsJPMorgan Chase kicked off the finance sector's Q4 2010 earnings season with a report showing the bank’s quarterly profits rose 47% to $4.8 billion.