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Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Greg MacSweeney |
The Fallout From CDOs Will Last Through 2008 Banks' inability to price and measure risk on complex financial products is alarming and needs to be improved to avoid another market meltdown. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
The Award for Worst Bank Stock Goes to ... There has been much debate about whether we are through the worst of the credit crunch. In that spirit, let's choose the worst banking stock to own. Picking just one was no easy task. |
U.S. Banker February 2002 |
Citigroup Thrives, While Chase Shrivels Citigroup is king -- of just about everything financial. For one thing, it has unseated Merrill Lynch & Co. from its 11-year reign as the nation's lead underwriter... |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
A Big Gulp for Big Banks? Is it possible that some big banks are writing off more than they need so that results in future periods can look better? |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Banks: The Problem That Won't Go Die Quietly Massive loan losses still remain on bank balance sheets. |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill |
Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results. |
Wall Street & Technology February 20, 2008 Greg MacSweeney |
Wall Street Changes Are Visible Wall Street firms' IT budgets are another measuring stick that seems to be in flux, and with financial products becoming more exotic, any cutting of IT spending likely will be a very risky move for any firm competing in the technology-intensive markets during this year of change. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Citigroup: The Master of Low Expectations Everything except an asteroid hitting Earth appears to be baked into the stock price this quarter. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Goldstein & Henry |
On the Subprime Endangered List Which CEO will be catching subprime heat next now that Citigroup's Chuck Prince is out? Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne may be vulnerable. |
U.S. Banker April 2007 Holly Sraeel |
Tough Lessons for the Subprime Market...Again That New Century finds itself in this predicament should come as no surprise. The burning question? When will the other shoe(s) drop, and how painful will that be for the industry and investors? |
Registered Rep. September 27, 2007 John Churchill |
Merrill Earnings Forecast Dismal, Congress Investigating Rating Agencies With many peers already having taken it on the chin, analysts expect significant pain for Merrill too. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
Ghosts of Lessons Past Memories are short indeed, lasting little more than a decade if Citi's experience is any guide. The capital markets need tougher oversight from Washington, to save the markets from themselves -- and to save us from the market excesses that always seem to reoccur. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Jeff Joseph |
The Second Dropped Shoe? Credit-Market Losses May Hit $1.6 Trillion The $400 billion or so of credit market-related losses posted thus far is only the beginning, according to a research report from Bridgewater Associates Inc. |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
UBS Strikes Up a Familiar Band Overall, UBS finished the quarter with a loss of $624 million, due in great part to the $3.6 billion in losses it reported in its fixed income currencies and commodities trading business. |
FDIC FYI April 11, 2002 |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The report describes recent signs of a consumer-led recovery in the U.S. economy that may have begun in the first quarter... |
Registered Rep. May 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen |
High-End Investment Advice Grows Globally The private banking industry is growing at a level not seen since the late 1990s, reflecting not only an increase in the market but also an influx of new money into these firms. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Subprime Numbers in Perspective It's time to stop and appreciate the enormity of the numbers that we encounter every day. How massive is our economy? How huge is the subprime crisis? |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Ilan Moscovitz |
What Will Happen on Wall Street Today? A recap of today's biggest moves in the banking sector. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn |
Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Many are speculating whether it's time to get back into financial stocks. |
InternetNews November 1, 2007 Paul Shread |
Stocks Plunge on Banking Woes Microsoft was the Dow's only winner on a day that saw financial stocks suffer their steepest decline in five years... Garmin fell on a Merrill Lynch downgrade... Plexus, and TTM Technologies surged on their earnings reports... etc. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu |
Roundtable: The Biggest Threat to Banking Is the biggest threat to banking commercial real estate? Credit card losses? Falling housing prices? Derivatives? Government regulation? Something else? |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Christopher Barker |
Bucking ze Trend, non? French bank BNP Paribas shows the world how it's done. Despite crisis-related losses of $872 million for the quarter, the bank managed to post a $1.48 billion profit. |
Insurance & Technology November 10, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell |
In the Crisis's Wake, the Financial Services Industries Assess the Damage and Look to the Future Looking forward, financial services IT organizations will bear much of the burden of restructuring and implementing new, more-effective governance and risk assessment processes. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Moore & Mildenberg |
In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Kristen French |
The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Is There a $10 Billion Hole in Citi's Balance Sheet? Will the accountants come home to roost? |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley's Traders Score Big Morgan Stanley became the latest of the major investment banks to report better-than-expected earnings this week, sweetening some of the market's viciously sour mood. |
Wall Street & Technology March 14, 2008 |
Credit Crisis Places IT Budgets in Question (Again) The subprime mortgage mess and credit crunch are impacting financial firms' IT budgets in different ways. But if the multi-billion dollar write-downs continue, one thing is for sure: technology budgets will be in flux for the remainder of the year. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Bank Losses: Are We Just Getting Started? Bank losses have spooked the market. They could yet quadruple. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley and the Art of Coming Up Short The quarterly loss that really wasn't. |
CFO January 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year. |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
HBC Makes a Courtesy Flush All of those subprime loans from the last few years are getting ready to wreak havoc. How this story continues to play out for HSBC and other banks will be very interesting to watch. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Is UBS Calling the End of Universal Banks? UBS is reversing its "one bank" strategy by giving increased autonomy to its three businesses: Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Asset Management. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Party On, Merrill! For investors in the brokerage industry, it would appear that the party still isn't over. Merrill Lynch delivered knockout first-quarter results. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Keki Fatakia |
For Banks, Pink-Slip Showers Continue After a long string of job cuts at banks, UBS is the latest to slash 3,500 jobs in an attempt to save $2.5 billion annually. |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
JPMorgan Chase Is Singing in the Rain For the fourth quarter, the company's bottom line was solidly in the black, to the tune of $3 billion. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Andrew Bond |
As Trading Slows, So Do Investment Banks Slowdown in trading volumes is slowing bank profits. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2009 Morgan Housel |
With Lewis Gone, Is Pandit Next? Citigroup's current CEO, Vikram Pandit, replaced Chuck Prince in 2007, so he can't be blamed for many of Citi's problems. But you can still argue that he should be replaced. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 21, 2008 Katherine Burger |
Will the Citi Layoffs Signify an Industry Turning Point? Will Nov. 17, 2008 - the day that Citi announced it would eliminate more than 50,000 jobs - be remembered as a landmark day in the history of financial services? |
Bank Systems & Technology December 15, 2007 Nancy Feig |
Mortgage Losses Lead to Bank Layoffs Several banks are planning massive layoffs in the wake of the mortgage crisis, and technology professionals in the lending arena probably will not be spared. |
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk. |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Credit Suisse Drops a Bomb The details are confusing as the company unexpectedly announces huge writedowns just a week after reporting fourth-quarter earnings. |
Registered Rep. January 9, 2009 |
Citi: What Sandy Built, Pandit Will Dismantle? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Citigroup has put Smith Barney up for sale -- or a joint venture. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Tom Taulli |
JPMorgan Chase: Discounted at Retail JPMorgan had a strong quarter, but it was diluted by weakness in its retail business. Despite JPMorgan's diversified model, there is certainly risk for investors. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are These Numbers Real? Citigroup's fourth-quarter writedowns are expected to be staggering. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Emil Lee |
Not Pretty in the Citi Citi needs to regroup. The company should be fine, but a combined effort to restore order in the financial markets is likely the next step. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Smashing Numbers for Goldman Sachs Amid difficult market conditions and every reasonable expectation that the firm would hit some bumps, Goldman Sachs has an incredible quarter, reporting earnings per share 41% above the consensus estimates of Wall Street analysts. |
Registered Rep. January 13, 2009 David Geracioti |
Citi, Morgan Stanley Agree To Form Joint Venture; Reps Will Receive Retention Bonus--Gorman Says: "We're Not Stupid" The combined retail brokerage units will become the largest financial services firm in the world and be a "force to be reckoned with." The combined entity will have more than 20,000 Financial advisors and an estimated $1.7 trillion in client assets. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bank Stock Rebound in 2008? 2007 marked one of the worst years for financial stocks in recent memory. |