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Hillbent Sevens Focus List (08-17-2009)

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:01:43 GMT

Hillbent Sevens Focus List (August-17-2009) Property & Casualty Insurance: American International Group (AIG) @ 23.42 was down -3.90% on volume 67% below its average daily volume. Internet Information Providers: Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) @ 17.67 was down -1.89% on volume 62% below its average daily volume Oil Gas & Equipment Services: Baker Hughers ...[More...]

Bloomberg’s Weil: Banks Accounting Is Troubling

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:43:50 GMT

In an commentary piece on Bloomberg.com called Next Bubble to Burst Is Banks’ Big Loan Values, Johnathan Weil exposes some distressing nuggets of information that are buried in the footnotes of banks’ quarterly reports. We encourage every investor to read the entire commentary, but a key portion is reprinted below. “It’s amazing what a little sunshine can accomplish. Check out the footnotes to Regions Financial Corp.’s latest quarterly report, and you’ll see a remarkable disclosure. There, in an easy-to-read chart, the company divulged that the loans on its books as of June 30 were worth $22.8 billion less than what its balance sheet said. The Birmingham,[More...]

Banking Turnarounds: Rebound In Regionals?

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:03:12 GMT

Even among the broad-based market carnage of the past year, regional banks with heavy real estate exposure have been notably poor performers," notes turnaround expert George Putnam. In The Turnaround Letter, he explains, "While investors are still wary of this group, there are cases where the market has overreacted and the stocks will eventually rebound dramatically." Here, he looks at four favorite regionals. "Many regional banking stocks are now trading at a small fraction of their[More...]

U.S. Banks - Industry Outlook

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:25:21 GMT

We think that the worst of the credit crisis is now probably behind us, but the banking system is not yet out of the woods -- there are still many significant challenges ahead. The banks are now able to tap the debt markets without the FDIC’s support, and also access the equity markets as the investor confidence returns in the stronger banks. Many banks have already repaid the TARP funds to the Treasury. ? While the bigger banks benefited greatly from the various programs launched by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC and are now in much better shape, many smaller banks are still in a very weak financial state and the FDIC’s list of problem banks continues to grow. Further, government efforts have not succeeded in restoring the lending activity at the banks.?Lower lending activity will continue to hurt margins, though the low interest rate environment should be beneficial to the banks with a liability-sensitive balance sheet.[More...]

Closing Update: Sharp Stock Sell-Off as Stimulus, Earnings Uncertainties Loom

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stock averages end down 2%, at or near the bottom of the day's trading range.[More...]

S&P Ratings Revision – A Pointer To Difficult Banking Environment In The U.S.

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:08:07 GMT

On a day when companies repay their debt in advance, their stocks on bourses should advance, but Wednesday (June 18) was not any other normal day.[More...]

U.S. Banks Overview

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:48:00 GMT

The worst of the credit crisis is now probably behind us, but the banking system is not yet out of the woods, as there are still many significant challenges ahead. Ten of the nation's largest banks have received the Treasury approval for TARP repayment, as they are now able to tap the debt markets without FDIC's support and also access the equity markets as the investor confidence returns in the stronger banks. While the bigger banks have benefited a lot from the various programs launched by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, and are now in a much better shape, many smaller banks are still in a very weak financial state, and the FDIC's list of problem banks continues to grow. Further, government efforts have not succeeded in restoring the lending activity at the banks. Lower lending activity will continue to hurt the margins, though the low interest rate environment should be beneficial to the banks with a liability sensitive balance[More...]

TARP Repayment: Positives And Negatives

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:45:07 GMT

US Treasury's announcement that 10 of the 19 largest U.S. banks will be allowed to repay (about $68 billion) Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds ($700 billion) led to a rally in these stocks.[More...]

Rush To Repay TARP Money – Is It A Step In The Right Direction?

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:32:00 GMT

The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which allowed the United States Department of the Treasury to purchase or insure up to $700 billion of "troubled" assets, is now in the eye of the storm.[More...]

Big Surge In Secondary Stock Offerings Will Lead To A Major Uptick In IPO Profit Plays

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:41:00 GMT

In an odd bit of capitalist irony, the U.S. banking crisis could end up as the catalyst that finally jump-starts the long-moribund market for initial public stock offerings (IPOs).[More...]

Citizens' Bank Deposits Surge -- but How?: KeyCorp Displaced As Market-Share King, but Explanation Isn't Clear

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Oct. 27--KeyCorp is no longer king in the Capital Region, at least by one measure.
The banking company, based in Albany until 1994, has been displaced by Citizens Bank on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s annual market-share report.
The Rhode Island-based bank, owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, didn't answer a request for comment.

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Hillbent Sevens Focus List (08-17-2009)

Bloomberg’s Weil: Banks Accounting Is Troubling

Banking Turnarounds: Rebound In Regionals?

U.S. Banks - Industry Outlook

Closing Update: Sharp Stock Sell-Off as Stimulus, Earnings Uncertainties Loom

S&P Ratings Revision – A Pointer To Difficult Banking Environment In The U.S.

U.S. Banks Overview

TARP Repayment: Positives And Negatives

Rush To Repay TARP Money – Is It A Step In The Right Direction?

Big Surge In Secondary Stock Offerings Will Lead To A Major Uptick In IPO Profit Plays

Citizens' Bank Deposits Surge -- but How?: KeyCorp Displaced As Market-Share King, but Explanation Isn't Clear

KeyCorp Q3 Loss Widens

State Treasury Lost $19.5M to Madoff

KeyCorp posts wider 3Q loss on loan loss provision

Bank earnings depict industry of haves, have nots

State Treasury Lost $19.5M to Madoff

KeyCorp posts wider 3Q loss on loan loss provision

KeyCorp posts wider 3Q loss

Stocks Claw Past 10,000

Banks Expand Branches in Avon, Ind.

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PicksThatMove Announces Investment Opinion on Bull Market and Bear Market

Key Private Bank Hires Director of Sales and Strategy and Chief Investment Officer

Key Private Bank Hires Director of Sales and Strategy and Chief Investment Officer

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for CIT, IGT, KEY, UNP, AZO and CMA

KeyCorp Announces Revised Record Date For Series A Preferred Stock Dividend

KeyCorp Announces Final Exchange Ratios for Retail Trust Preferred Securities Exchange Offer

KeyCorp Announces Amendment to Its Retail Trust Preferred Exchange Offer

KeyCorp Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Form 4 Hancock Peter D. For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 30 Filed by: WEEDEN JEFFREY B (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 30 Filed by: STEVENS THOMAS G (10K)

Form 4 MOONEY BETH E For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 MEYER HENRY L III For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 16 Filed by: WEEDEN JEFFREY B (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 16 Filed by: STEVENS THOMAS G (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 16 Filed by: MOONEY BETH E (10K)

Form 4 KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 16 Filed by: MEYER HENRY L III (10K)

Form 4/A KEYCORP /NEW/ For: Oct 02 Filed by: WEEDEN JEFFREY B (10K)