CEOs from left, Charles Scharf, Wells Fargo, Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, and Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, testify during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled "Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms," in Hart Building on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.Earnings: 83 cents a share vs. 80 cents a share LSEG estimateThe bank said profit slipped 6.9% from the year earlier period to $6.
The firm was helped by a 29% increase in investment banking fees to $1.56 billion, edging out the $1.51 billion StreetAccount estimate. Asset management fees rose 14% to $3.37 billion, buoyed by higher stock market values, helping the firm's wealth management division post a 6.3% increase in revenue to $5.57 billion, essentially matching the estimate.But new guidance on the measure, known as NII, gave investors confidence that a turnaround is in the making.
The measure, which is the difference between what the bank earns on loans and what it pays depositors for their savings, will rise to about $14.5 billion in the fourth quarter of this year, Bank of America said in a slide