BofA: Beyond the Dividend (BAC, JPM, WFC, STT, BK)
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is performing rather well when you consider that the bank’s dividend is not likely to rise as fast as some of the more healthy banks. The banking giant…
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Newest first · Page 184Pegging HCA IPO Pricing (HCA, BAC)
HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA) is coming public this week in what is expected to be roughly a $3.5 billion IPO. The sale is for about 124 million shares in a price range of…
Mergers Meet Valuation Concerns in Exchanges (NYX, NDAQ, ICE, CBOE, CME)
The recently announced merger between the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse has created a conundrum in the sector of exchanges. Now there is a need to consolidate, but the valuations may…
Value Trap or Value… Family Dollar Conundrum (FDO, WMT, DG)
Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) now has a serious issue for its shareholders to consider this weekend. The dollar store chain has rejected a $7.6 billion buyout offer from Nelson Peltz. While investors…
As S&P Warns About Portugal and Greece… (PT, NBG)
Are the credit ratings agencies still viable? If you can believe it, there is a new round of warnings for credit rating downgrades in the lands of the PIIGS. As if you didn’t know…
J. Crew’s Surprise Vote in Favor (JCG)
J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) is perhaps one of the more strange mergers out there involving retail and private equity. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners offered $43.50 to acquire the company…
Buffett’s Annual Report: Big M&A, Promise, Concern (BRK-A, BRK-B, GE, GS, BAC, WFC)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) has released its 2010 annual report. While there are plenty of Buffett-isms in there for some mild financial entertainment, there are some clues that investors need to be aware…
10 Hidden Gems in the Regions Financial Annual Report (RF)
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF) is one of the many widely held companies which filed its annual report under form 10-K with the SEC. Investors rarely look through these annual reports due to the…
E*TRADE’s Secondary Drop Is Actually Good For Holders (ETFC, SCHW, AMTD, MS, GS)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting hit hard today on news that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group has sold shares in the stock in a registered offering. Don’t be fooled by this initial…
10 Hidden Gems in E*TRADE’s Annual Report (ETFC)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is one of the many companies which have filed their annual reports under form 10-K with the SEC in recent days. These reports often contain many hidden data points…
National Bank of Greece, Healthy Enough for M&A (NBG)
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is doing something odd. It is trying to make an acquisition. It was not that long ago that there were serious worries about NBG’s future. Now, NBG…
Insider Sells $305 Million in Molycorp Stock (MCP)
You already knew about the insider sale secondary offering from the Molycorp. Inc. (NYSE: MCP) in last week’s key sale. This has hit the stock in recent trading days, but an SEC filing showed…
Real Banks With Real Dividends! (JPM, MTB, VLY, NYB, HCBK, PBCT, FNFG, AF, NWBI, CFR, UBSI, FMER, PRK, TRMK, HBHC, FNB, BOH, RY, BNS, BMO, CM)
Most investors today believe that none of the banks are paying high-yielding dividends any longer. While it is true that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is going to reinstate its dividend as…
Value in Dollar Stores After Family Dollar Buyout Offer (FDO, DG, DLTR, NDN, BIG)
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) soared last night after announcing that it has received an unsolicited conditional buyout proposal from Nelson Peltz’ Trian Group to acquire Family Dollar in a price range of…
The Big Dividend News From JPMorgan (JPM)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is holding its Investor Day presentation this morning. While everyone wants to hear about the continued wave of lower write-downs and charge-offs, the big news everyone is…