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Investors are expecting banks to announce large returns of capital to shareholders after the Fed today publishes the first set of quantitative results from its annual stress tests on 38 of the largest U.S. financial institutions. Higher profits on the back of tax cuts and rising net interest income will likely boost dividends and share buybacks. A second round next week will say whether any firm failed based