Goldman Sachs

GS

Market cap $309B

With U.S. stock futures trading mixed this morning on Tuesday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:

Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase all report second-quarter earnings on Tuesday.

UBS Group AG analyst Erika Najarian says Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may have the tallest order when it comes to demonstrating earnings prowess this week, while investors may be focused on more on succession at JPMorgan Chase & Co. She previews Wall Street bank earnings on "Bloomberg Surveillance." -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?

US banks could deliver broad earnings beats as strong capital markets activity, resilient economic conditions and improving wealth management flows support second-half 2026 and fiscal 2027 earnings revisions, Bank of America analysts wrote in a note ahead of the sector's upcoming earnings reports. The firm wrote that it expects all eight major banks it covers, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM, XETRA:CMC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC, XETRA:NWT), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS, XETRA:GOS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK, XETRA:BN9), State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) and Northern Trust Corp (NASDAQ:NTRS), to exceed both Bank of America and consensus earnings-per-share estimates.

Goldman Sachs sees AI fueling the next inflation wave. Here's how ETFs can help position portfolios.

Pre-market futures are down at this hour, led by the tech sector on the Nasdaq, which has shed -372 points at this hour, -1.24%. The Dow is -97 points, -0.18%, the S&P 500 -33, -0.43%.

Earnings season ramps up in full gear this week kicked off by quarterly financial results from some of the biggest publicly traded U.S. banks Tuesday and Wednesday.

The biggest US banks — set to kick off a marathon Tuesday with five of those firms reporting second-quarter earnings — are reaping the benefits of a volatile past few months that's spurred more action from clients wanting to trade. Chris McGratty, Head of US Bank Research at KBW, previews what to expect from bank earnings.

KBW CEO Tom Michaud joins CNBC's Squawk on the Street to discuss his expectations for bank earnings as major banks begin reporting second-quarter results on Tuesday, the outlook for regional banks, and more.

Big banks report earnings, and CPI brings us the latest Inflation Rate, Tuesday morning.