Here's What the Wells Fargo Earnings Report Means for Investors and Homebuilders

By David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer – Jul 12, 2013 at 5:45PM

NYSE: WFC

Wells Fargo

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$216B

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$60.42

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What should you be looking at in Wells Fargo's earnings today?

In this segment of The Motley Fool's everything-financials show, Where the Money Is, banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss Wells Fargo's second-quarter earnings.

Matt and David highlight a slice of optimism for Wells Fargo's mortgage business, and also tell investors what that means for some homebuilders.

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