Bank of America’s latest earnings results offer insight into the sentiment of U.S. businesses on M&A in the coming year. “The consumers are still spending, and our business clients are profitable and increasingly optimistic,

The outlook sweetened the bank’s stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings of 82 cents a share, ahead of the analyst estimate of 77 cents a share. Bank of America’s stock

Bank of America's Wall Street businesses drove a surge in profit last quarter, in common with peers. Here are the highlights: BofA's profit more than doubled to $6.67 billion. That amounted to $0.82 a

CNBC's Becky Quick speaks with Brian Moynihan, Bank of America chair and CEO, to discuss the bank's most recent earnings, when increased optimism about business under the new administration will yield results,

Bank of America made $6.7 billion of profit in the fourth quarter of 2024, more than doubling earnings from a year earlier and beating analysts’ estimates of $6 billion. The second-largest U.S. lender by assets posted per-share earnings of 82 cents,