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S&P Cuts Bank Of Ireland's Rating While Goldman Says Buy

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:22:19 GMT

After going bullish on bank stocks in April, two months ago I said most of the upside in bank shares was priced in. Since that time, shares have traded sideways to down. I expect this trend to continue as headwinds like another wave of writedowns in the housing sector is felt. Credit Suisse came to similar conclusions at just the same time, cutting estimates for the sector across the board.[More...]

Winners And Losers Among International Banks

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:58 GMT

We think the significant divergence among international banks during the last two years will extend into the recovery.[More...]

Bullish Stocks To Watch For The Week Of August 31, 2009

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:55:14 GMT

In this post is a list of 13 stocks that I'll be keeping an eye on for the week ahead. All of the stocks mentioned in this post are stocks which have broken out to the upside on unusually large volume. The table below shows the company, ticker, Friday's per share % increase, and Friday's volume increase (% increased compared to 50 day average).[More...]

Non-U.S. Banks - May 13 2009 9:38AM

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:40:00 GMT

In general, we believe it is still a bit early to get involved with non-US bank stocks as the fundamental outlook remains weak -- asset quality will continue to deteriorate as individuals and companies default on loans, and revenues should continue to fall as loan growth falters and investment banking faces a dearth of new business in the face of economic slowing. Consumer job losses and sluggish business conditions are increasing worldwide, which will tend to dampen demand for credit, even assuming banks are capable of lending more. Moreover, these factors will also hurt asset quality and increase losses on the existing "good" loan portfolios, even apart from considerations of toxic assets. Combined with top-line pressure due to weakening economic conditions, non-US banks face a daunting outlook. That said, we believe that banks in stable emerging economies, such as Chile, Brazil or India, may be more attractive investments, similar to what we[More...]

Two Stocks And An ETF Fom The Blogosphere

Tue, 12 May 2009 13:24:23 GMT

Running through my various blogger feeds and picked out a few stocks receiving attention. (1) NABI Biopharmaceuticals ($NABI) from X3 ETF Hell. CPL says: Anycase, since they revised their quarterly results it's appearently in worse shape than previously thought. I'm expecting tha it's going to challenge it's 52 week low. If the market is switching into back to basics investing. Poorly recieved results will be punished and with nothing really holding this market up except hope and faith if enough bad quarters are reported, the bottom should drop out again. Until then, keep an eye on this one. [More...]

Warren Buffetts Letter And The Magic Formula, 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:26:00 GMT

A look at Warren Buffett's 2009 letter to shareholders to find wisdom we can apply to the Magic Formula and investing in general. Read More...[More...]

Obama Day

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:51:00 GMT

Good morning. Premarket futures are indicating a lower open following weakness in overseas markets and more trouble in Europe's banking sector. The British government has announced a second bailout plan and the Royal Bank of Scotland warned that it may lose about $42 billion in 2008. This has put pressure on financials in the U.S. and around the world this[More...]

Barclays (BCS) Crushed

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:15:00 GMT

Sometimes it is a wonder the S&P is not trading at 400 instead of 800. Barclays (BCS) - for American readers - is one of the largest UK banks. The UK as you know, decided to follow the US model of light regulation and massive "financial innovation" - you can see it's gotten them in the same pickle we are. It looks like every major bank in the two most "innovative" (i.e. thinking of ways guys with MBAs can act like the snake oil salesmen they are) countries is going to be in the hands of the government. Britain's Barclays PLC was the worst hit stock.... as dismal fourth quarter earnings from Bank of America and Citigroup Inc. and the nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank PLC (AIB)

The Minister also predicted a "clean-out at the executive level" within the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, an institution whose restructuring plan was submitted to the commission on Monday.

Speaking in Brussels a day after AIB suspended paying interest on the Government's preference shares in the bank on foot of an instruction from commission's competition division, Mr Lenihan reiterated that the Government will provide new capital to the bank if it fails to raise fresh capital from private sources.

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S&P Cuts Bank Of Ireland's Rating While Goldman Says Buy

Winners And Losers Among International Banks

Bullish Stocks To Watch For The Week Of August 31, 2009

Non-U.S. Banks - May 13 2009 9:38AM

Two Stocks And An ETF Fom The Blogosphere

Warren Buffetts Letter And The Magic Formula, 2009

Obama Day

Barclays (BCS) Crushed

Ruling poses dilemma for bank and State

Government 'struggling' to keep banks in private hands

Moody's Corrects Junior Subordinated Mtn Rating of Allied Irish Banks Plc

Doherty choice followed global hunt for bank director, says AIB

A look at economic developments around the globe

Ryan Predicts Increased State Ownership of Banks

Nama to Pay [Euro]54bn for Bank Loans of [Euro]77bn in Rescue Plan

What It Means for the Banks

Banks' Exposure of 5% on [Euro]54bn Bond Issue Too Low, Say Critics

Kamakura Reports First Deterioration in Corporate Credit Quality in 8 Months

Allied Irish Banks p.l.c.: AIB UK 1 LP Corrected Information Not New Information

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Rex Energy Corporation Announces Borrowing Base Reaffirmation

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Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. - Exchange of Outstanding Securities by Exchange Offers

Allied Irish Banks P.L.C. Pricing Announcement

Allied Irish Banks, P.L.C. And Aib Capital Exchange Offering 2009 Limited

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