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New Bank Stress Tests Coming, Generated Under Self-Direction

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 3:17 pm

Dodd-Frank, the Volcker Rule, and other bank regulations have been ongoing and increasing in the years after the great recession. Now we have a new communication from the Federal Reserve ...
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Fed Stress Test Trips Up Some Big Banks’ Plans

Posted: March 15, 2013 at 8:35 am

The annual stress tests on the biggest U.S. banks produced a few surprises when the results were announced last night. The capital plans submitted by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ...
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Big Banks Could Go Higher as UBS Upgrades Citigroup to Buy (C, BAC, WFC, STI, KEY, RF)

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 8:40 am

The financial sector took a beating during the mortgage and housing market meltdown that threw the nation into recession in 2008. After five years of bailouts and rebuilding, the banking ...
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Media Digest (3/6/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 6:20 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Beats Electronics discuss a content partnership. (Reuters) The European Union will fine Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for violating agreements about use of its browser. (Reuters) ...
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Bank Stress Tests Countdown Begins, Dividends and Buyback Approvals Await

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 3:49 pm

We are now within ten days of the release of the Federal Reserve's new round of stress tests on how the nation's largest banks will do if (or when) the ...
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Banks Hopeful for Dividend Hikes and Stocks Buybacks

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 12:10 pm

In the coming weeks, the financial sector may move from worrying about the spending sequestration to the coming stress tests of the 19 major banks in the United States. We ...
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Time to Stress Test the Big Banks Again

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 7:25 am

The time has come to "stress test" America's largest banks again. Nineteen financial firms will take part. The Federal Reserve has released guidelines for the tests. Some could make bank ...
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More Key Banks At Risk Of Failing Stress Tests

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Stern Agee has decided to "stress test" the new Stress Tests under the Dodd Frank regulation.  The current rate calls for banks with $10 billion or more in assets to ...
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Dallas Fed President Repeats Call for Smaller Banks (JPM)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 11:03 am

At a speech to a group of Texas bankers, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher was asked to comment on the news of the $2 billion trading loss reported by ...
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Fed Bank Stress Tests Out–Assume An Apocalypse

Posted: March 12, 2012 at 6:03 pm

The new Federal Reserve bank stress tests will be hard to pass--if not impossible. The Fed released the guidelines: The supervisory stress scenario for CCAR (Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review) 2012, ...
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After Bank Stress Tests: Dividend & Buyback Predictions… A Double? (JPM, WFC, BK, STT, BAC, C, GS, MS)

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 12:35 pm

The next wave of stress tests on the U.S banks is due in the coming week.  While many of the banks have reportedly been asking regulators to be less transparent, there ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/23/2011) Bank Stress Tests, Walmart’s 10,000th Store

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 6:25 am

The purchasing managers indices of China, German and France all signaled slow growth or contraction in November. It is a sign that demand for exports and consumer expenditures are in free fall. ...
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The Fed’s Stress Tests: Too Little, Too Late

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 6:07 am

The Federal Reserve has set the rules for its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review for 2012. The stress test will be based on extremely harsh economic conditions. For America’s largest ...
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EU’s Rigged Stress Tests Spare the Public PIIGS (NBG, AIB, IRE, STD, DB, BCS)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 1:04 pm

After watching and looking through the EU Stress Test that was due today, we are so far seeing a rally in all the banks we had mentioned earlier as banks ...
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