The equity strategy team and the market analysts at Deutsche Bank are starting to feel pretty comfortable that the rest of this year and beyond could really start to show some positive…
ThinkstockWhile the talking heads in the financial media argue back and forth about economic strategy on interest rates, there are two inescapable facts. First, interest rates had been at all-time lows for…
ThinkstockThe sharp rise in mortgage interest rates over the past six months are going to do some serious damage to the nation’s largest mortgage lenders. Just last week, Wells Fargo & Co.…
ThinkstockThe big banks have gone to considerable lengths to mend the weaknesses that they were in before, during and after the recession. The public perception of the big banks is not very…
Wikimedia CommonsBeing an executive at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) can be no easy job at the moment. This is one of only a few large institutions that could have…
David Tepper’s Appaloosa hedge fund is one of the most respected and closely watched funds on Wall Street. Tepper makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and often his comments alone…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Companies can return capital to shareholders in many ways. Dividends are one of the favored methods. So is retiring outstanding debt, as it decreases the amount of capital…
ThinkstockThe housing collapse and the banking collapse nearly brought on a total meltdown of the financial markets. Ever since, we have heard shrill cries of not having any financial institution that is too…
ThinkstockThe recession turned the banks into whipping boys of Main Street, and finding many who feel sorry for the banks is no easy task. The issue that matters for your mutual funds…
ThinkstockAlmost every major bank has released earnings for the second quarter. Unfortunately, despite the fact that most beat expectations, none has rallied much beyond the improvement in the S&P — at least…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. They include Baidu, Citigroup, GM, Ford and Yum! Brands.
July 15, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning but the report on U.S. retail sales pushed shares into the red early. A later report on business inventories helped pull stocks out…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) reported fiscal second quarter results before markets opened this morning. The bank reported adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.254 on revenues of $20.5 billion. In…
Paul Ausick July 12, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning as European industrial production was below expectations and U.S. PPI was a bit higher than expected. The other major U.S. data…
ThinkstockSeeing a U.S., Canadian or European bank file to raise cash in a debt offering is generally nothing unusual. But when a bank files for a debt offering this large, it stands…
