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several positive trends, including an increase in deposits, mortgage originalation and small business lending. as well, kayla, i know you were on the reporter calls. the analyst calls beginning shortly, i guess. >> it began at 8:30. i think there's still unprepared remarks, as well. it was interesting to see the stock up, even if it was just slightly in the premarket because on the face of it, the numbers aren't great. but there's two things at play here. one is the fact that in the third quarter, we saw bank of america settle some legacy litigation regarding merrill lynch and what i...

johnston coming up at 7:10 eastern time. and michael ward, that's at 7:30 eastern time. but before we get to all of that let's get you up to speed on this morning's top headlines. andrew, i will send it over the you. welcome back. >> thank you, becky. stocks turned in their biggest gains in a month yesterday, driven in large part by earnings. three stocks rose for every one that fell on the new york stock exchange. take a look right now. dow looks like it would open about 16 points lower. s&p 500 would be up, but just marginally, and the nasdaq would be off about six and a half point...

is now really a question of timing. >> reporter: the fed was not willing to give markets an immediate monetary fix, but the latest readings from its policy making committee show a couple more lukewarm reports on the labor market might change that. >> and if these employment reports are still weak like this last one, i think a strong case could be made for the fed to expand its balance sheet and try to support the economy more. so, at that point it will be clear that the recovery has stalled like they said in the minutes would be a condition for them to do more. >> reporter: minutes f...

is now really a question of timing. >> reporter: the fed was not willing to give markets an immediate monetary fix, but the latest readings from its policy making committee show a couple more lukewarm reports on the labor market might change that. >> and if these employment reports are still weak like this last one, i think a strong case could be made for the fed to expand its balance sheet and try to support the economy more. so, at that point it will be clear that the recovery has stalled like they said in the minutes would be a condition for them to do more. >> reporter: minutes f...

but as darren gersh reports this is now really a question of timing. >> reporter: the fed was not willing to give markets an immediate monetary fix, but the latest readings from its policy making committee show a couple more lukewarm reports on the labor market might change that. >> and if these employment reports are still weak like this last one, i think a strong case could be made for the fed to expand its balance sheet and try to support the economy more. so, at that point it will be clear that the recovery has stalled like they said in the minutes would be a condition for them t...