Many analysts said that the Moody’s downgrade of banks reflected circumstances that the capital markers already realized. The downgrades, therefore, were largely useless. But the reaction to the rating changes by Moody’s…
Add one more piece of pessimistic news to that coming from economic research firms in Europe. The Ifo Institute issued its latest data on Germany: The Ifo Business Climate Index for industry and trade…
The heads of Germany, France, Spain and Italy meet to seek a solution to the financial crisis in the eurozone. (Reuters) A “bug” interrupts Twitter service twice. (Reuters) Moody’s downgrades 15 banks,…
We had been informed that Moody’s was going to finally release its massive downgrade of the banking system today. The Moody’s warning came back in February that the downgrade was coming, so this…
Flickr, Images of MoneyAs part of the $26 billion mortgage foreclosure settlement reached between the federal and state governments with a number of mortgage lenders, borrowers who believe that their homes were…
Shares of Bank of American Corp. (NYSE: BAC) are up about 5% today on two bits of news. First there’s the story that the bank is negotiating a sale of its wealth…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is leading the markets higher this morning ahead of the Jamie Dimon testimony. The problem is that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is trumping…
Two things happened today in the Jamie Dimon hearing in front of Congress over the $2 billion loss (or is it $4 billion yet) for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). …
If Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), is really going to be grilled hard in Congressional hearings on Wednesday, then why is it that shares of J.P.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated as Outperform with $675 price target at…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will challenge Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own map service. (Reuters) A Manpower Group survey shows that companies in most parts of the world do not want to add…
As new regulations have eaten into their profits, banks have looked for new ways to increase revenue from their customers. Many banks tried, unsuccessfully, to implement debit card fees. More successful for…
Fitch has already warned today that if the United States dos not get a credible fiscal plan after the elections that it would likely downgrade the United States’ sovereign credit rating. Now…
SNL Financial has released its list of largest banks by assets and deposits. The list is as you might expect with the large money center banks being ranked, but where some of the…
The country’s largest financial institutions are having another good day today, despite the announcement by the European Central Bank (ECB) early this morning that it would not be lowering interest rates. Shares…
