Bank Results Season: GS falls behind in relevance with $34 Bln and Profits of $ 8 Bln in 2013
Earnings have actually improved to $15.46 for the year but that means the quarterly average EPS is still under $ 4. The firm however took a 31% share of its … Continue reading
It’s Monday Again: $50 iPhones, 2 for $20, Early Black Friday fun and just Thanksgiving (NIRP or ZIRP is that a question, then?) DIN:US SBUX:US EAT:US JPM:US GS:US WMT:US T:US VZ:US
The sneaky fact of the day, Most Bond investors actually sell into these four months and probably take dividends for the year home before they come back t o invest … Continue reading
It’s Monday Again: It’s the outcry that will follow on the shame!, Free People, Anthropologie and Boeing gone(The Week Ahead: Nov 18, 2013 – Nov 22, 2013, US Economy & Markets) ICE-W:US BA:US NYX:US BAC:US JPM:US PG:US WMT:US Dow kicks the 16k mark starters
The low key ICE buyout of NYSE seems to have cleared almost all hurdles with EU antitrust and SEC having given the go ahead as early as June and … Continue reading
The Mid-Week Trading Update: Twitter is in the game, bye Silicon Valley! (says New York and CBOE?) – TESLA and Whole Foods are not done yet. TWTR:US, TSLA:US, BMW:GR(BMW:Xetra), GS:US, MS:US, M:US, MMU:US, VEMAX:US, EEM:US, WFM:US
No, it isn’t filibustering democracy, the mid-week update comes anytime between Wednesday and Friday, when it is a significant tell on the trend (humanly processing undoubted machine learning and whirring … Continue reading
Resolution Weekend: JP Morgan gets to a $13 Bln end point with Eric Holder
More settlements are likely in California and the Sunday Morning’s figures include only civil resolution but atleast Eric Holder and his deputy Tony West managed to close out their front … Continue reading
Bank Results Season: Goldman Sachs reports another $2.88 earnings per share (Q3:2013)
As expected by the markets, Revenues dipped nearly 15% year on year , though the impact is still largely from Trading Income in Bonds and the ongoing Taper /no Taper … Continue reading
Bank Results Season: Bank of America finally exits the penny, quarter frame of mind! ($4 Bln Profits Q2 2013)
The Bank firstly returned over 80 MM equity shares to its Treasury buying back from investors and exiting $5 Bln in preference Capital even as the $4 Bln still spread … Continue reading
Bank Results Season: Sorry Lloyd, Harvey – we are not impressed (EPS $3.78 per share Q2 2013)
The banks are of course back with a bang. The big mortgage players were ahead when they reported on Friday and Citi was good for the coin on Monday. But … Continue reading
Bank Results Season: Citi continues to blaze trail under new CEO ($1.33 per share Q2 2013)
The second quarter at Citi followed the pattern established in Q1 and the bank was unable to break the revenue ceiling under Mike Corbat with another $20bln+ revenue quarter … Continue reading
It’S MoNDaY aGaiN (US Economy & Markets): Fixed income investors need Japan more than ever, McDonalds jumpstarts June despite the flu. The Week ahead June 10 – June 14, 2013
McDonalds sales in our eyes beat everyone playing hookey at the employment Situation Report quarters, even as the Fed tried to pull more wool over the recovery’s eyes, calling the … Continue reading
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