ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) reported earnings for the third quarter that just missed expectations on the bottom line and missed handily on revenues on the surface. The money center bank posted $1.02 in…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors Thursday morning released the public portions of the so-called annual resolution plans for 11 of the country’s largest banks. The…
ThinkstockAfter the market implosion of 2007 and 2008, the major U.S. banks were all reeling from the same disease. The housing bust and the slew of horrible mortgage backed securities deals that…
Often the leading Wall Street firms put out their lists of top stocks to buy or highest conviction lists near the end of the year or right at the beginning of the…
Now that volatility is back in stocks and now that a government shutdown is taking hold, investors and traders alike have to be wondering whether they should be buying stocks. It turns…
ThinkstockBetween the sharp back-up in long-term rates that will penalize mortgage and trading results, and the ongoing political bloodlust that reflects itself in fines and litigation accruals, the banking analysts at Oppenheimer…
ThinkstockSterne Agee has issued a different take on its weekly coverage of bank stocks and is issuing its new list of top picks as banking stocks to buy. While the favorites are…
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…
