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The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely.   |
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In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
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Wells Fargo Is Ready to Roll Careful mortgage lending practices helped the San Francisco bank avoid the problems plaguing large rivals such as Bank of America and Citigroup. |
U.S. Banker
January 2008
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All-Star Banking Team 2008 Richard Davis, new CEO of U.S. Bancorp, won plaudits from shareholders for his transparent handling of the bank's subprime situation, and landed him and the bank on U.S. Banker's annual All-Star Banking Team. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2008
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Wheels Stay on the Stagecoach at Wells Fargo All things considered, all's well at Wells. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
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Toughing It Out in 2009 The results of the Bank Director/Grant Thornton LLP 16th Bank Executive Survey show that bankers are determined to shore up their foundations and capitalize on strengths to survive the year ahead. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Joseph Rosta |
2007: The Year Of the Silent Scream The banking-sector recession showed up clearly in an annual ranking of the top 100 institutions by three-year average return on equity. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Thomas P. Vartanian |
Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate. |
CFO
November 1, 2010
Vincent Ryan |
Making Sense of Bank Reform The Dodd-Frank Act is arguably as inscrutable as the institutions and instruments it is supposed to fix. |
U.S. Banker
October 2008
John Engen |
Got Deposits? The implications of the present shakeout won't be fully understood for years, but it seems clear that the competition for deposits will be more intense in the years ahead. |
FDIC FYI
November 4, 2003
Puwalski & Williams |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside. |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Now What? As banks tend to their balance sheets and seek higher returns on capital, corporate lines of credit are becoming more expensive and tougher to keep. |
CFO
April 1, 2011
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The Big Fail Despite the reach of Dodd-Frank, the "too-big-to-fail" bank dilemma lives on. |
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December 1, 2011
Vincent Ryan |
Post-Occupied Tepid demand, thin margins, new regulations, investor caution - and a lingering public-relations problem. No wonder banks are nervous. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
John R. Engen |
The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer. |
U.S. Banker
August 2008
John Engen |
The Other Shoe... A commercial real estate fallout promises to be far more devastating than the subprime crisis, because this market is so much more pervasive - a linchpin business for so many institutions, including most community banks. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
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Outlook for M&A: 2009 Interestingly, for some banks, M&A will be a viable -- even attractive -- strategic option. |
FDIC FYI
September 17, 2003
Susan Burhouse |
Evaluating the Consumer Lending Revolution Consumer balance sheets have become stretched by large amounts of new consumer and mortgage debt. This rapid increase in consumer spending and borrowing raises important questions about the sustainability of current debt loads and the vulnerability of the consumer sector to economic shocks. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Banks Are Repaying Bailout Money. Hooray? Banks are starting to pay it back. Surprisingly, some aren't happy about it. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Jack Millligan |
A Short Leash on Risk Bankers all across the country are beginning to tighten up their lending practices as a response to the regulatory pressure they are under to keep lending plain, conservative, and firmly under control. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
SEC Fears Banks Are Putting Lipstick on Piggish Loans Are overvalued real estate loans inflating the book value of your bank? |
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July 2010 |
Why We Don't Need Any More Bank Charters Unless bank organizers can make a compelling case that consumers and business owners aren't being served by existing banks, regulators should continue to clamp down on new charters. |
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4th Quarter 2009
Jim Freer |
Capital Management: Banking's Trickiest Juggling Act More than ever, directors are keeping their eyes fixed on the balance sheet, in an effort to reach perfect harmony between regulatory soundness and profitability. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Emil Lee |
Wachovia: Buy, Sell, or Hold? Are shares of this bank really bargain-priced? |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Wells Fargo Proves No Bank Is Immune Wells is one of the strongest banks around, if not the strongest, but in the fourth quarter they didn't even come close to meeting expectations. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Jonathan Joseph |
Return of the Fortress Balance Sheet Since traditional noncumulative perpetual preferred stock is treated as Tier 1 capital, it should be considered to improve capital strength. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2011
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Small Banks Are Still Having a Financial Crisis Yet to recover from losses, smaller banks are adopting desperate measures to pay back federal debt. |
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April 17, 2008
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Wells Fargo Dodges the Housing Bullet San Francisco-based Wells Fargo has performed remarkably well amid one of the nuttiest banking markets in decades. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Wells Fargo: Doing Well So Far? Despite a very slight earnings miss, this is a top-notch bank and there's definitely a credible argument that it's currently undervalued. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Banks You Ought to Fear Focusing on big institutions may obscure banking's real, ongoing problems. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
John Rosevear |
Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history. |
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Andrew Dubinsky |
Electronic Lending Could Help Avert Another Crisis If regulators had the tools in place to effectively view complex debt instruments and the links between the financial institutions that securitize, hold, and insure them this crisis may not have happened. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Banks Never Had It So Good! But let's examine three reasons not ready to go bonkers over bank stocks quite yet. |
U.S. Banker
November 2006
John Engen |
Reality Check The banking industry has never been more profitable, but with the yield curve inverted and consumer lending stalled, and an economic slowdown in the works, the winning streak looks to be in jeopardy. Are banks ready - and will more CEOs opt to sell out? |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
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September 22, 2006
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A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector. |
U.S. Banker
October 2007 |
The 2007 Honorees A look at 13 of the top women in the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Is All Well at Wells Fargo? Mortgages have weakened, but Wells Fargo still looks strong. Investors, take note. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 29, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
The Best Financial Stock for 2007: Wells Fargo A solid history of sales and earnings growth put this company in the running. Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker
February 2010
Rob Garver |
What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all. |
BusinessWeek
December 3, 2009
Francis & Silver-Greenberg |
What Lurks on the Books of Banks Their profits have rebounded, but shaky home-equity and credit-card debt -- for starters -- could change that |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Fool on the Street: Rock-Solid Wells Fargo Wells Fargo is peerless in terms of its expansion track record, and if it can keep cross-selling its way to similar levels of growth, it may turn out to be one of the best financial stocks for 2007 -- and beyond. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
John R. Engen |
Fear of the Unknown Receiving government funding right now is a little akin to the devil you don't know. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2011
Jack Millligan |
Is the Community Bank Business Model Broken? The concept of community banking is still viable, but the model that many small institutions employ has to change. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2010
Jason Moser |
One of These Banks Is Worth Watching Searching for the best of the battered bank sector. |
