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S&P Makes Good On Most of Bank Downgrade Promise

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:27:00 GMT

Standard & Poor’s cut the credit ratings of 18 banks, citing further weakening in the financial sector, after it said last month that 23 banks have a 50% chance of being downgraded within 90 days.[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...]

Bill Miller And Meredith Whitney: The Bull And The Bear

Thu, 14 May 2009 14:28:26 GMT

The Bear here is Meredith Whitney, who says that bank stocks will return to negative earnings in the second quarter. That’s a big and very specific call that is very much out of line with the consensus. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Whitney says she did foresee the recent rally in financials, but that it has been overdone and is not supported by fundamentals. On the other side of the coin, you have Bill Miller who believes that financials will be a good place to be over the next decade. You may remember that Miller had a disastrous 2008[More...]

Low-Debt Dividend Stocks

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:43:00 GMT

With the dramatic market declines over the last 18 months, most dividend stocks appear to be fairly priced on a historic basis. However, when you consider the record number of dividend cuts and near-term prospects, many of the lower valuations are justified. So how do you sort through the massive [More...]

Credit Where It’s Due

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Despite all of the problems surrounding consumer credit, the credit card industry is in a position to benefit over the long run, as the public continues to make the transition from paper to plastic. Additionally, consumer spending, although it has hit a speed bump, will rise over time. Indeed, late payments on credit cards hit a record high in January and defaults are likely to worsen until the economy makes a turn around. Although the commercial banks, such as J.P Morgan (JPM: 27.40, -1.70 (-5.84%)) and Bank of America (BAC: 7.34, -0.24 [More...]

The TARP Debate

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:29:00 GMT

We plan to cover this more extensively, since it is at the forefront of market concerns. To get started, here is a summary of the situation. Monday's Bernanke speech at the London School of Economics raised the key point-- the need to address troubled assets at banks, the original TARP concept. We are all getting an object lesson in what happens when valuation of financial assets becomes nearly impossible. Despite evidence to the contrary, including the initial Bear Stearns assets, media coverage labels anything related to mortgage holdings as toxic waste and nearly worthless. There is[More...]

Refining Risk Measurement Of Dividend Stocks

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:30:00 GMT

Earlier we looked at the RQ[More...]

Five Stocks For Any Economic Situation

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:16:00 GMT

As I wade through the mainstream financial news, two story lines are forming regarding the recent financial turmoil in the markets. The articles are trying to predict the near-term[More...]

S&P Set for 50%+ Gains? Not So Fast, UBS

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:27:00 GMT

The headline is fairly self-explanatory, but it’s true: UBS strategist David Bianco has a 2009 target on the S&P 500 of 1,300 – more than 50% above where it sits now. Talk about a V-shaped recovery. As far-fetched as that might seem, I find these kinds of calls to be thought-provoking because it forces some comparative judgments between where the “market gurus” are, and where I’m at. The last time I did this was in mid-September in the days of S&P 1,250, and it made me realize just how bad the macro environment was becoming, and how little was being priced in to equities. Looking at past history, it seems to me[More...]

December Begins With A Stock Market “Reality Check”

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:13:00 GMT

An overabundance of negative economic news and three market moving speakers created an avalanche that drove the stock market’s rapid retreat down the mountain, with the major indices erasing most of last week’s gains. Describing the market’s action in terms of a mountain avalanche is befitting since the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter were aligned in Capricorn yesterday. Capricorn’s symbol is the mountain goat who seeks to ascend to the top of the mountain (representing the top of one’s profession and social[More...]

S&P Downgrates Ratings on Webster, 17 Other Banks

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Jun. 18--WATERBURY, Conn. -- Webster Financial Corp. was one of 18 regional and national banks to have its credit rating cut Wednesday by Standard & Poor's, due in part to concerns about the severity of the recession
In all, the independent ratings agency either reduced its credit ratings or revised its outlooks on 22 U.S. banks.
The action pushed the ratings of five of the banks -- Carolina First Bank, Citizens Republic Bancorp, Huntington Bancshares, Synovus Financial and Whitney Holding -- from investment-grade levels into junk territory.

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S&P Makes Good On Most of Bank Downgrade Promise

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

Bill Miller And Meredith Whitney: The Bull And The Bear

Low-Debt Dividend Stocks

Credit Where It’s Due

The TARP Debate

Refining Risk Measurement Of Dividend Stocks

Five Stocks For Any Economic Situation

S&P Set for 50%+ Gains? Not So Fast, UBS

December Begins With A Stock Market “Reality Check”

S&P Downgrates Ratings on Webster, 17 Other Banks

Bank's Rating Lowered to 'Junk'

Standard & Poor's cuts ratings on 18 banks

Area Banks on Negative Watch: S&P Conducting Ratings Review

Hudson Named Whitney Bank President

Iberiabank returns money intended for loaning

Whitney Bank Operations Center to Bring 60 Jobs to Prattville, Ala.

Whitney Announces Closing of Common Stock Offering

Whitney Reports 2009 Third Quarter Results

Whitney Announces Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for MXIM, SNDA, WTNY, CTXS, TLAB and NWSA

Whitney to Present At Howe Barnes Bank Conference

Whitney Reports 2009 Second Quarter Results

Whitney to Present At Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Community Bank Investor Conference

R. Timothy Watson Joins Whitney as Director of Corporate Treasury

Whitney Holding Corporation to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Earnings and Host Conference Call July 23

Whitney Hires David Frady to Head Commercial Banking Division

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