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AmEx Vs. Capital One: Credit Card Sector Woes Prevailing (COF, AXP)

Posted: January 23, 2012 at 10:45 am

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) is a very different company from credit card rival Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF).  At this point in time, both are suffering as the ...
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Many More Banks Report Earnings This Week (GS, STT, BK, USB, NTRS, AXP, BAC, MS, COF)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 11:20 am

We have already seen the first wave of bank earnings, but the rest of the week is full of bank and financial earnings.  In fact, the real bank earnings season ...
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J.P. Morgan Preview, Huge Bank Sector Book Value Discounts On Deck (JPM, WFC, BAC, C, STT, BK, MS, GS, AXP, COF, FAS)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 10:30 am

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is about to report earnings Friday morning as the first bank and second DJIA component kicking off earnings season.  We wanted to make ...
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US Credit Card Debt Rises 150% in Third Quarter (V, MA, AXP, COF)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 11:33 am

Americans have started using their credit cards again -- and in a big way. Credit card debt jumped 154% in the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period ...
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Beyond Stress Tests: Banks Reach Ridiculous Discounts To Book Value (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, GS, MS, JEF, PNC, STI)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 8:29 am

The new proposed stress tests are just one more thorn in the side for the banking sector, but analysts from Dick Bove to Meredith Whitney, as well as value and bargain ...
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Whale Watching: Paulson & Co. Speared By Banks & Gold (BAC, COF, C, JPM, WFC, XL, NYX, GLD, TEVA, FDO, MGM, HPQ, AMCX, CEPH, COV, CVS, MYL)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:37 pm

Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson's billions... The current 13F ...
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Rising Credit Card Use May Be Mixed Blessing (MA, V, AXP, COF, DFS, BAC, JPM, C)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 10:39 am

MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) absolutely crushed estimates this morning, reporting third-quarter EPS of of $5.63 on revenue of $1.82 billion. Consensus estimates were aiming for EPS of $4.81 on $1.7 ...
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Top 9 Earnings Previews for the Rest of the Week (T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ, COF, CMG, PM)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm

We have already seen waves and waves of earnings reports this week, yet we have many more Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting earnings and several other key companies that ...
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Credit Cards, Partial Havens After J.P. Morgan Credit Comments (JPM, AXP, COF, V, MA, PAY)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 1:36 pm

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report.  The most noticeable area ...
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Earnings Hat Trick: Ignore Bank Book Values (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, GS, MS, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, PNC, STI)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:09 pm

You hear it all the time... "This bank is so cheap against book value that it cannot go lower."  Book value, and even tangible book value, has become a pre-recession ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, AEM, AXP, AMR, BHP, COF, CMG, SNP, CEO, JNY, ERIC, PTR, RVBD, SODA, SON, SWC, WRB)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 8:27 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.  Despite the weakness, there are still upgrades taking place. ...
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Credit Card Debt Is Rising… Or Is It? (C, JPM, MS, BAC, AXP, V, MC, COF)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 11:02 am

This morning's report that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has downgraded its fellow banks' earnings was based on fears that the European banking system is facing severe pressure from economic weakness ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABAX, BUD, AMAT, BX, COF, CECO, DOV, GS, HUM, JDSU, LVS, NDAQ, RFMD, SWKS, THI, TQNT, WYN)

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 8:04 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) maintained Underperform as Bear of ...
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John Paulson’s Big Stock Changes (BAC, C, AEM, AU, COF, GFI, GRFS, JPM, LIFE, NYX, RAH, THC, WFC, GLD, NWSA)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 6:08 pm

Billionaire and hedge fund manager John Paulson of Paulson & Co. and of Paulson Management is a widely followed equity hedge fund manager for whale watchers.  He has made ...
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BofA Sheds More Credit Card Business… Changing the Credit Sector (BAC, TD, COF, WFC, RF, C, BK, AXP, V, MA)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 9:40 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is selling more assets as it raises capital in an effort to stem the drop in the company's share price related to its purchase ...
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