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So far in the Q2 cycle, several companies, including Micron and Citigroup, have been standouts, whereas preliminary results from IBM have been disappointing.

The banking giant just showed off its profit engine, but now it has to prove this new power is permanent.

Microsoft has not been an easy stock to own in 2026. It's down more than 20% year to date and nearly 23% over the past year, a run that's frustrated a lot of investors who expected the company's AI push to show up in the share price by now. The spending has been enormous, Azure has kept growing, ...

Q2 earnings season kicked off with the big banks swinging for the fences, and Jefferies sees four dividend-paying giants still leaving serious upside on the table despite the rate uncertainty clouding the second half of 2026.

JPMorgan, Goldman and other big banks are raking in trading revenue this year as “the market is clearly extremely risk-on.”

While we are still in the opening stages of the Q2 reporting cycle, the early results strongly reinforce the robust corporate earnings trend we've been seeing, with the big banks starting off the Q2 earnings season with remarkable momentum.

Wall Street cleared this earnings season’s first major hurdle with room to spare, as the nation’s biggest banks pummeled profit forecasts. “Bank earnings are often described as a scoreboard for the financial sector,” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank. “They are more useful as an economic medical examination, and the early numbers suggest the patient remains active, and dealmaking appears healthier.”

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Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.

Virtually everything worked in big banks’ favor in the second quarter, but there’s no shortage of things that could go wrong.

Citi says its strong Q2 reflects a stronger franchise and is using the momentum to accelerate investments aimed at supporting more durable returns.

Citigroup Inc (C) reports a decade-high quarterly revenue of $24.8 billion, driven by robust performance across all segments and strategic investments for future growth.

Five of the nation’s largest lenders—including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs—reported a 39% jump in combined earnings to over $49 billion, driven by surging Wall Street fees from a widespread “risk-on” environment, the recent SpaceX IPO, and the AI boom.

Lenders’ results contrast with measures that show the highest credit card delinquency rates in 15 years.

Second-quarter earnings and June consumer inflation data offset continuing uncertainty about the Strait of Hormuz.

Find insight on Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

Moby summary of Citigroup Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call

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Shares of Citigroup fell 5% on Tuesday after the bank reported second-quarter earnings that underwhelmed investors, diverging from rival lenders whose shares rose in afternoon trading. The move was the largest decline since April 4, 2025, when Citi’s stock fell 7.8% following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan announcement. Citi reiterated its earlier full-year target of 10%-11% for return on tangible common equity, or RoTCE.

39% That is how much the combined earnings of five big banks jumped in the most recent quarter from a year ago, with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo collectively earning more than $49 billion.

US benchmark equity indexes were mostly higher intraday as traders assessed the latest inflation dat

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reported a stronger second quarter of 2026, with management pointing to broad-based revenue growth, improved returns and continued capital returns, while cautioning that second-half results could be affected by normal seasonality and a deliberate increase in investment spending.

Mike Santomassimo, the bank’s CFO, attributed the positive credit trends to the U.S. economy and consumers remaining resilient even in the face of stickier-than-expected inflation. Santomassimo attributed that sturdiness to a relatively stable jobs environment. “We are not seeing cracks,” Santomassimo said on a call with reporters.

CPI fell More Than Expected

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Bank stocks were rising Tuesday morning after the nation’s largest banks reported strong second-quarter earnings due to powerhouse results from investment banking units which have reaped the benefits of a surge in dealmaking activity. “We thought the 2Q earnings were going to be very good, but they turned out to be extraordinary,” Macrae Sykes, portfolio manager of the GABF ETF at Gabelli Funds, said in a statement. The KBW Bank Index was up 1.75%, while the benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.28%.

Citigroup (C) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +15.81% and +4.59%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Citigroup says revenue from equities trading surged 45% to $2.3 billion in the second quarter from a year earlier. That's 11% higher than the record set in this year's opening months. Earnings per share came in at $3.15, beating all estimates. This is coverage from "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Investing.com -- Citigroup reported second-quarter earnings and revenue ahead of Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, as robust trading activity and stronger investment banking fees drove a 45% jump in profit.

Big banks so far are reporting better-than-expected results for the second quarter: Citigroup: Profit rose 45%, with revenue up 14%. Goldman Sachs: Profit jumped 78%, and revenue surged 39%. JPMorgan: Profit soared 41%, with revenue up 28% (results were boosted by a big one-time gain on its Visa stake).