Company: Bank of America Corp

Bank of America bulls are feeling brilliant, as their bank is up 47 percent. They should be congratulated, assuming they didn't buy the shares on Sept. 8, 2008, when Charlie Peabody, analyst at Portales Partners, told them to buy.    Read More

It took more than a year to strike a deal, but here it is, the biggest government-industry settlement in history, surpassing even big tobacco.   Read More

Barely two weeks into a new government program that allows severely underwater borrowers with loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to refinance their loans to lower rates, the numbers are surging.   Read More

We always love hearing from you. Following are answers to some of the latest questions you sent our traders about Starbucks, Norfolk Southern and more.   Read More

Compared to the same period a year ago, industrial and technology companies have taken the lead, showing EPS growth of 17 percent and 16 percent, respectively.    Read More

You might be wondering why Bank of America puts are so active today, especially in the May expiry. Do options traders doubt the rally in the banks? Do they view BofA’s prospects as less than rosy? Plausible explanations for sure, but perhaps a simpler reason exists: Friday’s Options Action.    Read More

Within the Dow, McDonald's is the top performing stock since May 2008, up 65 percent, followed by Home Depot, up 56.5 percent. Bank of America is the worst performing stock, down 78 percent.   Read More

These strategists aren't ruling out another credit-rating cut for U.S. debt.   Read More

TheStreet.com analyzes five of the best performing Dow stocks in 2012.   Read More

Since the beginning of the year, buying the losers and selling the winners seems to have paid off.     Read More