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The Motley Fool
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Bank Investors Beware Some big banks in the U.S. are reporting record earnings. But are these earnings all they're chalked up to be?   |
U.S. Banker
February 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Designer-Made Earning Reports It has become popular for companies to dream up their own methods of accounting. The greatest danger is fooling oneself... |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 26, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers Holds Tough Despite a wretched week, Lehman battles back liquidity rumors. |
U.S. Banker
August 2006 |
Mid Tiers' Performance Proves Size Matters Little While the industry may be at odds over what accurately defines a community bank versus a mid-tier one, strong financial performance isn't at issue. Mid tiers have made that point this year. |
U.S. Banker
April 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
We've Learned Nothing Despite the Enron-Andersen scandal, little has changed, at least so far... |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004 |
How Expensive Will Expensing Options Be? A talk with accounting expert Pat McConnell on the impact of stock options on earnings |
U.S. Banker
May 2002 |
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan clearly believes that business should be big and should be run in a clubby atmosphere. Or else he chooses not to hear, see or speak of evil... |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The Delicate Art of Misleading Your Shareholders What you see isn't what you get in the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
Economics of Offshoring A study provides a clearer picture of what offshoring means to financial companies. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2004
Nathan Parmelee |
Commerce: Bargain or Trap? Despite the fall in price due to the bond sales scandal, Commerce Bancorp is not yet a bargain. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2003
Jim Heskett |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? The collapse of companies like Enron and WorldCom cost investors tens of billions of dollars. But that amount may be dwarfed by the cost of conforming to new laws driven by those corporate scandals -- laws that are intended to protect investors. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Reporting: See-Through Finance The market's distaste for complex financing could raise your company's cost of capital, even if you comply with new reporting rules. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2006
Vitaliy Katsenelson |
Why Are Bank P/Es So Low? Slow growth potential or high leverage? Here are some causes of the financial industry's low ratios. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2006
Michael Mancini |
Lehman: Size Doesn't Matter In what is shaping up to be a record year for most securities firms, Lehman Brothers today announced its fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results to less fanfare than its investment-banking brethren had earned. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Investment Banking Wrap-Up A look back at an eventful week in the investment banking segment: Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bear Sterns all report; the results are mixed. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2011
Jared Cummans |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: Regional Banks Fund (IAT) In light of the major earnings announcement from U.S. Bancorp, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund should be active in Wednesday trading. |
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
June 30, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
The Supreme Court Spares Sarbanes-Oxley Fortunately, the Court appears to have upheld the spirit of accounting transparency for the good of investors. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002
Mark Bruno |
Not All Bad Yes, banks are firing thousands of employees. And yes, we're in a recession. But not all is bad. Some banks see this as the time to do some hiring... |
U.S. Banker
May 2002 |
Sumitomo Settlement Could Be An Ill Omen Considering the size of the fraud on Sumitomo Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. seems to have gotten off cheap... |
U.S. Banker
November 2001 |
Warner Cashes In Last year, Douglas A. (Sandy) Warner III earned a $700,000 salary, and received a $13.7 million bonus. This for undoing perhaps the proudest name in American banking, J. P. Morgan & Co... |
Fast Company
March 2002
John Ellis |
Life After Enron's Death Preventing another Enron means understanding what really went wrong. That means understanding transparency, opportunity, and speed... |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
US Bancorp Sees the Light As the credit cycle bottoms out, is US Bancorp attractive? |
Registered Rep.
May 19, 2008 |
Dimon Kicks It Old Skool JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has personally embarked on a letter-writing campaign to find employment for the "5,000-plus Bear employees who will not have a job after the takeover closes next month." |
U.S. Banker
March 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Paying the Price Ethics in banking have taken a dive, and it is in the best interest of those who have been engaging in questionable practices to clean up their act... |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The I-Banks Ain't Done Yet: Lehman's Earnings Lehman Brothers reported standout second-quarter earnings. For those concerned about the way the major investment banks are financing themselves, the report from Lehman provided little comfort. Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker
October 2009 |
Regroup, Rebuild, Grow Sure it was painful, but the tumult of the last 12 months hasn t slowed down these 25 women. Whether in new positions or old ones, they are poised to play leading roles in the industry s recovery. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Stress Test: Who Are the Shorts Targeting? Aggregate short sales in the shares of the 18 publicly traded financials subject to the government's stress tests were twice as high on April 15 as they were at their peak last year in July, two months before Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Playing the World Through Citigroup Though not a hyper-growth story, Citigroup remains an attractive option for investors. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
U.S. Bancorp Rides Fees to Growth Interest income performance isn't great, but U.S. Bancorp's strong fee structure does its part. Though the stock may not be quite as cheap as banks like Wachovia or SunTrust, it's still a very well-run bank. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Earnings Season Preview: What to Expect From Banks The banks are heading into reporting season. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Leapin' Lehman! The brokerage reports a fabulous first quarter. Things are looking good for brokerage companies, and their stocks reflect that. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
As Loans Shrink, Which Banks Are Winning? Which of the "majors" is coming out on top? |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2011 |
Valley National Bancorp Earnings Preview Valley National Bancorp will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 28. Analysts think investors should stand pat. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Commerce and Its Bank "Stores" If growth is important in your portfolio and you're also looking for some banking exposure, Commerce could be a good bet if it continues to grow at its historically impressive rates. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2007
Emil Lee |
Fifth Third Hopes to Turn the Corner Fifth Third Bancorp's relatively neutral quarter seems like a moral victory for new CEO Kevin Kabat in that there was no major bad news. But can this former champion make a comeback? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block. |
U.S. Banker
October 2002
Holly Sraeel |
Banking Gets Its Break. Will Players Capitalize on It? In the wake of scandals involving corporations and Wall Street, banks with solid reputations have an opportunity to get a leg up on nonbank rivals. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002 |
Beware the Syndicators Citigroup and J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., which syndicated billions of dollars of loans to Enron, should have known the truth about Enron�'s condition, and should not have had to depend on outside accountants or on the various rating agencies... |
U.S. Banker
May 2003
Michael Dumiak |
Performance Built One Mortgage at a Time Flagstar. Hudson United. Doral. USB's annual performance ranking proves being biggest doesn't make you best. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Feeling Burned by Accounting Scams in the U.S.? Just Look Overseas Self-dealing and the misappropriation of profits at the expense of minority shareholders is much more common in other countries due to the weaker legal measures protecting such stockholders. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2004
Rich Smith |
DoubleClick's Pinched Penny Rounding earnings per share can lay traps for unwary investors. Online advertiser DoubleClick becomes a good lesson in why it is best to think of those little ticker symbols scrolling by as pieces of companies rather than little ticker symbols. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
Tall in the Saddle at Zions A regional bank out West, Zions Bancorp, has left most rivals in the dust. The stock, trading at 34 in October, 2002, took a leap, soaring to 54.53 by July 23. Part of the reason is solid earnings growth. Another: buyout chatter. |
FDIC FYI
June 3, 2002 |
Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Lehman Caps Off a Solid Year Strong results in mergers, underwriting, trading, and asset management led to a great year for the investment bank, but is the momentum slowing? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Another Ouster in Puerto Rico First Bancorp cans its CEO and CFO, becoming the island's third major bank to change management. Investors, this sector is not for the weak at heart. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
William D. Sanders |
Working Toward Improved Disclosure Every publicly traded real estate company shares the responsibility to provide clear, transparent financial information to investors... |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Keeping Tabs on KeyCorp KeyCorp has some appeal, but is there better out there for investors? |
