New York, Feb 14, 2026, 15:25 EST — Market closed
- Bank of America finished Friday little changed at $52.55, following a steep decline the previous session.
- Headlines churned with stories on CEO compensation, developments in bank-capital regulations, and a lawsuit tied to Epstein.
- Markets will be closed Monday for the U.S. holiday, with investors eyeing Fed minutes and inflation data later in the week.
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) ended Friday at $52.55, a slight uptick of 0.06%. This followed Thursday’s 2.47% slide, market data showed. Trading ranged from $51.44 to $52.82, with roughly 31.4 million shares moving.
Wall Street stays shut until Tuesday for Washington’s Birthday, giving investors in major U.S. banks like Bank of America a rare breather. The timing matters—rate speculation and policy jitters have been yanking the sector all over the place lately.
Plenty on tap this week. The Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes drop Wednesday, while Friday brings both core PCE inflation and an initial read on fourth-quarter GDP out of the U.S.—data with the potential to shake up Treasury yields and bank earnings outlooks.
Stocks managed to steady on Friday, with January’s consumer-price report landing annual inflation at 2.4%—just under the 2.5% economists had penciled in, according to a Reuters poll. That dip nudged the 10-year Treasury yield to roughly 4.05%. “It is a bit of good news as we head into the long holiday weekend,” said Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion. Reuters
Bank of America bumped CEO Brian Moynihan’s total 2025 compensation to $41 million, a more than 17% increase from last year, a filing showed. That figure breaks down to $1.5 million in salary, with the bulk coming from equity awards. Compensation for top bosses at JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo also topped $40 million, Reuters noted.
Regulation is back in focus. U.S. bank regulators seem to be inching forward on a new draft of the “Basel endgame” capital rules, with both the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency sending proposals to the White House budget office, according to regulatory filings. There’s still no clarity on the specifics or when action might come—details and a timetable were missing from the filings, and the Federal Reserve hasn’t released its own version yet. Reuters
Legal risk hasn’t faded. This day, a federal judge ruled that claims Bank of America “recklessly disregarded” red flags about Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking are sufficient to move a proposed class action forward. Trial’s on the calendar for May 11. The bank said it expects a thorough review of the facts. Reuters
BAC holders are watching closely: was Friday’s flat finish just a short break after the week’s steep declines, or the start of something steadier? The stock usually moves with the yield curve — that spread between long and short rates — since it directly affects how much banks like BAC make from loans versus what they pay on deposits.
Yet those dynamics can reverse quickly. Should inflation stall or the Fed tamp down expectations for rate cuts, yields might jump, dragging financial stocks up too. Stricter capital requirements, though, would probably limit how much cash the largest banks return to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
Investors will get a fresh look at Bank of America shares when trading resumes Tuesday. The Fed minutes drop Feb. 18, and then the core PCE inflation data arrives on Feb. 20—both key dates for the calendar.
