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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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2012 Starts Out As Year of the Banks (JPM, BAC, FAS, WFC, CIT)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:03 am

Has J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) managed to help further turn banks around in 2012?  The sector which had no friends in 2011 is now actually the top ...
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Top ETFs for the Market (FAS, RSX, RUSL, JNK, GLD)

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 11:49 am

The market is surging on European hopes of the beginning of the end to the financial crisis, despite credit rating bantering out of credit ratings agencies.  Now we just have ...
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J.P. Morgan Earnings Confusion, Huge Discount To Book Value (JPM, BAC, WFC, C, FAS)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:04 am

Whether or not you like the earnings report from J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) probably depends upon which news outlet you read.  The earnings are lower, but by less ...
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BofA’s China Stake Sale Is Better For Holders Than Buffett (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 10:20 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett last week, and the bank announced this morning that more cash is on the way from ...
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BofA Asset Sale in China, Better Than Buffett? (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 2:11 pm

Now that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett, it's time to look around and see what assets the bank might have ...
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When J.P. Morgan Defends Bank of America… And Addressing Multiple Rumors (JPM, BAC, C, FAS)

Posted: August 23, 2011 at 12:46 pm

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is the highest credit quality of the money center banks in America.  Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is not.  Far from it.  ...
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BofA and the Lesson of Assets Sales (BAC, AIG, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Shares in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) are up more than 5.5% today following reports that the bank selling some assets to raise cash. There is also some speculation ...
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Leveraged ETFs Trumpet The Next Recession (TBT, UPRO, FAS, GLD, SLV)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 11:20 am

The media keeps pointing to a double-dip recession.  It is such a commonly used term that no one even cares that this is technically just the starting point of the ...
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Long Live Swipe Fees and Interchange Fees (JPM, BAC, COF, C, V, MA, FAS)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 4:10 pm

Banks were already having a good day, but a new ruling has come out from the Federal Reserve on interchange fees.  Maybe the proper description would be "less bad" of ...
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BofA Mortgage Settlement Has Bank-Sector Ramifications (BAC, C, WFC, FAS)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 8:57 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is showing investors this morning that its book value may actually be more relevant than what it had been given credit for.  The largest ...
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Sizing Up Mortgage Exposure, Earnings, and Book Value for BofA and Peers (BAC, C, CMA, NYB, NTRS, RF, STT, USB, WFC, JPM, XLF, FAS)

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 10:06 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has found itself as the king of the mortgage mess after it decided to acquire Countrywide.  By acquiring the company's corpse rather than trying ...
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Moody’s Reviews U.S. Banks, Effectively A Downgrade Without Formality (BAC, C, WFC, BK, FAS, FAZ)

Posted: June 2, 2011 at 10:38 am

Moody's is not without question over how it rated (and still rates) many issues after the credit crisis.  The problem with that caveat is that ratings agencies are still considered ...
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Earnings Preview for JPMorgan (JPM, BAC, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 4:29 pm

On Wednesday morning will come the highly anticipated news regarding the first quarter earnings announcement from none other than Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM).  This single ...
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Daily Dividend: Triple-Leverage ETFs Versus Dividends and S&P (SPY, FAZ, FAS, BAC, C, WFC, JPM)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

Investors are still trying to key off of which banks can and cannot hike their dividends under Federal Reserve approval.  In short, it is the healthy versus the unhealthy.  We ...
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