American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) UBS Financial Services Conference February 26, 2024 11:20 AM ET Company Participants Christophe Le Caillec - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Erika Najarian - UBS Erika Najarian All right. Good morning everybody. Welcome back to the main stage. So, extraordinarily pleased to have with us Christophe Le Caillec. He has been with American Express since 1997. And as most of you know he became CFO in August of 2023. So welcome. Christophe Le Caillec Thank y ...

Loading...Loading...The finance sector commands just over 24% of Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway BRK BRK portfolio. That’s an increase from 21.75% from the previous quarter. As for other sector allocations:Technology is down from 51.46% in Q3 to 51% in Q4.Consumer staples is down from 11.37% in Q3 to 10.92% in Q4.Energy sector is down from 10.58% to 9.60% in Q4.Healthcare allocation maintained at 1.09%Consumer discretionary 0.77% to 0.62%Communications 2.61% in Q3 to 2.37% in Q4Also Read: ‘Hallelujah’ F ...

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The big news in banking this week is that Capital One Financial (COF 0.71%) is acquiring Discover Financial Services (DFS 1.37%). Capital One is the ninth-largest U.S. bank by assets, and Discover is a credit card network like Visa or Mastercard. Its model is more similar to American Express, just a lot smaller. Is that where Capital One is going?What does this do for Capital One?Capital One has revamped its credit card program over the past few years, leaning heavily on the American Express example of a la ...

In the latest trading session, American Express (AXP) closed at $214.56, marking a +0.27% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.04%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.16%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.28%.The credit card issuer and global payments company's shares have seen an increase of 13.78% over the last month, surpassing the Finance sector's gain of 3.66% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.01%.The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Americ ...

Given Warren Buffett's impressive track record as an investor, Berkshire Hathaway's $368 billion public equities portfolio is a valuable source of potential investment ideas, especially the larger holdings. Near the top of that list, investors will notice that Bank of America (BAC 0.92%) and American Express (AXP 0.27%) make up a combined 18.1% of the portfolio.Buffett and Berkshire have owned both of these financial stocks for quite some time -- but are either of them worth your investment dollars right no ...

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American Express (AXP 1.47%) stock has been a rocket. During the past 90 days, the shares have risen by more than 30%.With the stock trading at all-time highs, it's reasonable to question whether the valuation has gotten out of hand. The stock is no longer the bargain it was a couple of months ago, but there are many reasons American Express remains a wonderful buy-and-hold investment.These numbers tell a promising storyIf a certain investment rises considerably in value, that doesn't always mean it's becom ...

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