Reuters Bank of America Corp (BoA) reported a near-50-percent jump in fourth-quarter profit due to cost cuts and higher trading revenue, and its finance chief forecast sturdy income growth ahead thanks to rising interest rates. The Charlotte, N.C.-based lender’s earnings surged 47 percent in the quarter through Dec. 31 to $4.34 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $2.95 …

  Bloomberg Against the most ‘Trumpian’ of odds, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is defying bearish bets and predicting Mexico’s peso will make a comeback this year. The worst performer among the world’s 16 major currencies so far in 2017 will rally 13 percent to 19 per dollar over the next 12 months on the view that the protectionist impact of …

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. said fourth-quarter profit rose 24 percent as the biggest U.S. bank set aside less money for bad loans and bond-trading revenue increased more than analysts estimated. Earnings benefited from better credit quality among U.S. consumers and corporations, allowing the bank to pull about $400 million from bad-loan reserves in the mortgage, energy and metals …