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Our Outlook for Bank Stocks - BAC,JPM,WFC,C,CYN,EWBC,MTB,VLY

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:29:55 GMT

After a quick banking sector rebound from March lows, a few regional bank names still stand out as values.[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...]

Short Interest Update

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:27:00 GMT

If you are an avid short seller, the financial sector is of particular interest. I did some research on short interest levels for various financial-related industries and, as a whole, the sector's short interest level was down 3% (as of Jan 15th). The industries researched are the 1) broker-dealers, large banks, 2) securities processors, 3) regional banks, 4) online brokers, 5) specialty/mortgage finance, 6) life insurance, 7) asset management, 8) p&c insurance, and 9) reinsurance. The largest increase in short interest came from the securities processors, up +42% (partially thanks to STT: +86%). The runners up were the broker-dealers and large banks, up 8%. Next came asset management with a +4% increase. Life insurance saw a 0% increase, and all other sub-sectors saw a decrease in short interest[More...]

Best Perfomers Over Last Quarter

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:14:00 GMT

It is a moot point looking at weekly winners this week; just a handful of stocks moving up led by such growers as Campbell Soup (CPB) aka "people will still need to eat soup if nothing else" trade. So instead I am going to look at the best and worst performers the past 3 months. In this post we have every stock over $1.25B in market cap returning 15%+ (115 stocks) Now keep in mind the data is a bit misleading because 3 months ago at this time we were in the throes of another painful correction, in a series of step ladders down. About 90 days ago Fannie and Freddie and Lehman were falling off a cliff, and we were just over a week away from Hank Paulson going to Congress to create a plan to backup Fannie/Freddie. So this was a "bottom" and the financials rallied hard for the next 6-7 weeks - Fannie/Freddie of course were officially taken over within 2 months from that point.[More...]

The Dominoes keep Falling

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:50:00 GMT

Fannie and Freddie were thrown a government lifeline over the weekend but several regional banks with sizeable equity stakes in the two firms won’t be so lucky.[More...]

September 11, 2008: Bank Exposure To FNM/FRE Securities

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:11:00 GMT

Much has been made of bank exposure to FNM and/or FRE securities exposure. This is to be expected given the current state of affairs. The following examples of financial institutions and their exposure, as disclosed on or about July 20,2008 should be noted and applied towards any financial security considered for investment.1.$Exposure 2.Pref. 3.Debt. 4.% of tangible equityWells Fargo (WFC) 480m 480m 0 n/aFifth Third (FITB) 68m 68m n/a 1.2U.S. Bancorp (USB) 97m 97m 0 0.9BB&T (BBT) 310m 0 310m 4.4Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) 823m n/a 623m 14.5M&T Bank (MTB) 352m 162m 190m 11.3Synovus Financial (SNV)100m 100m 0 3.4Huntington (HBAN) 350m 0 350m 14.8WestAmerica (WABC) 45m 0 45m 16.4%Valley National (VLY) 70m 70m 0 9.2%EastWest Bancorp (EWBC)45m 0 45m 6.3%Wilmington Trust (WL) 42m 0 42m 6.2%[More...]

35 Stocks Financial Sector Mutual Funds are Mocking Us With

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT

I usually post a "best of" list each week in terms of best returns. I thought it would be instructive to show the top 35 stocks (over $2 billion market cap) of the past week. The numbers are staggering... not just in the % return but I am including the market capitalization in the far left column. For those who are newer to the market, market capitalization is simply the # of shares X the stock price and it signifies "size". The scale below is billions so 13.2 = 13.2 Billion. When you cross reference the percentage moves against the market caps you can see you many "billions" have been created on paper in the last 5-6 days. Again, we've seen this action before, and you just have to shake your head when stodgy financials trade like small cap Chinese stocks or dot coms from the late 90s, falling 60%... popping 50%. $100 Billion market cap companies at that. Obviously it represents a[More...]

Companies Reporting After Close (07/18/2007)- Part 3

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:12:15 GMT

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Our Outlook for Bank Stocks - BAC,JPM,WFC,C,CYN,EWBC,MTB,VLY

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

Short Interest Update

Best Perfomers Over Last Quarter

The Dominoes keep Falling

September 11, 2008: Bank Exposure To FNM/FRE Securities

35 Stocks Financial Sector Mutual Funds are Mocking Us With

Companies Reporting After Close (07/18/2007)- Part 3

N.J. Stocks Swoop Lower

Valley Posts $31.6M in Earnings

N.J. Banks Brace for Impact

N.J. Banks Brace for Impact ; FDIC Seeks Early Payment of Fees

Vonage Plan Helps N.J. Stock Index

N.J. Stock Index Finishes Flat

Toms River Bank's Income Declines 13.4 Percent in 2Q

Stock Market's Performance is a Mixed Bag

Standard & Poor's cuts ratings on 18 banks

Area Banks Make Provision for Loan Losses

Valley National Bancorp Sets Record and Payment Date for Common Stock Cash Dividend

Valley National Bancorp Announces Completion of 5,670,000 Share Common Stock Offering

Valley National Bancorp Reports Second Quarter Earnings, Increased Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin Growth

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on CYT, R, VLY, BPZ, GPC and MLM

Valley National Bancorp Announces the Promotions of Peter Crocitto and Alan D. Eskow to Senior Executive Vice President

Valley National Bancorp to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Earnings

Valley National Bancorp Receives Approval From U.S. Treasury to Repurchase a Portion of Its Preferred Stock

Valley National Bancorp Sets Record and Payment Date for Common Stock Cash Dividend - May 21 2009 4:52PM

Valley National Bancorp Sets Record and Payment Date for Common Stock Cash Dividend

Valley National Bancorp Reports First Quarter Earnings of $37.4 Million

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