ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn filed documents with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) late Friday announcing that he had acquired a 9.4% stake in Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) through Icahn Enterprises L.P.…
ThinkstockSaying that she has begun moving forward on enhancing the U.S. equity market structure, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White told a New York audience on Thursday that she has directed…
Wells Fargo has many things going for it. For instance, it has had the most successful stock buyback plan of all major banks, according to am obscure research report from Nomura's Bill Carcache.
National Bank of Greece was featured positively on Tuesday by the Nomura analyst team covering the European banking sector. The call actually has a bit of mixed data in it.
Nomura has issued a research report on the banking sector that is far from the norm: how successful a series of stock buyback programs has been for the major regional banks.
ThinkstockNomura has issued a very different sort of research report on the U.S. regional and large banks. The firm’s Bill Carcache has a Neutral rating on the sector, but he has identified which banks…
ThinkstockW.L. Ross Holding Corp. is coming public. This is a newly formed blank check company that is under Wilbur Ross, a very well-known private equity investor. The initial public offering (IPO) filing with the…
What if First Internet Bancorp decides to take the next major plunge -- into Bitcoin? The bank holding company already provides online commercial and retail banking products and services.
Wikimedia CommonsCitigroup Inc. (C) shares may still be up on the day, but shares have handily pulled back from their peak on Tuesday. Citi’s Chief Financial Officer is John Gerspach, and he has been…
Now that Bank of America has resubmitted its capital plan to the Federal Reserve, the bank's SEC filing showed an almost non-event from the third party review on any of its key financial ratios.
Bank of America has decided to resubmit its requested capital actions and certain 2014 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review schedules to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ThinkstockLow fees and free tools are no longer enough to satisfy self-directed investors who make their own investment decisions and use a brokerage firm primarily to execute their trades. The online investment tools that…
ThinkstockAlly Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) had two things working it for shares to rally on Tuesday. The first was that not all of the underwriting group was bullish as Ally’s quiet period was in…
Wells Fargo has become the safest of the large banks in America. That can always change in the years ahead, particularly if another mortgage or housing crisis arises. But for now it is the…
A new report from Deutsche Bank points out a pullback in monetary policy is a near-term negative. The firm does however, have five top bank stocks to buy now that it remains very positive…