JPMorgan Beats Big, Firing On All Cylinders; Wells Fargo Down

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Mark Melin
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JPMorgan came out of the earnings gate strong, with its most significant earnings beat since the second quarter of 2014.  The bank beat earnings estimates in most every category and did so by improving revenues, not just cutting costs. Big bank JPMorgan beats other bank’s performance estimates In reporting earnings of $1.45 per share, JPMorgan beat the $1.40 per share that Goldman Sachs had forecast for the bank and the $1.42 Morgan Stanley predicted. The bank appears to be firing on all cylinders, as most revenue categories beat expectations and the stock was trading up near 2 percent after the…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.