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Jan 2025
31m 36s

Big Bank Energy

The Motley Fool
About this episode

2024 was a good – very good – year to be a bank. Wall Street thinks 2025 may be even better.


(00:14) Matt Frankel and Mary Long break down big bank earnings. They also discuss:

- Why comparisons to 2023 give banks more credit than they may deserve.

- The split between JP Morgan’s investment banking and consumer businesses.

- Growing interest in private credit markets.


Then, (18:10), Kirsten Guerra joins to spotlight a data storage company that, while boring, is worth investors’ attention.


Companies mentioned: JPM, MS, GS, WFC, PSTG, NVDA

Host: Mary Long

Guests: Matt Frankel, Kirsten Guerra

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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