On Monday, Donald Trump presented his new economic plan at the Detroit Economic Club. While light on detail, there were a few things investors could take away from the speech. (And so we don’t get distracted with politics, let me state that I am neither for Trump nor Clinton. My
After the Brexit vote, European banks were hammered. American banks held up comparatively well as the prevailing wisdom is that large American banks are fairly insulated from European banks. One good way to generate high risk-adjusted returns is to find anomalies that run counter to the prevailing wisdom. One such
Before making any investment decisions, investors are better off understanding some of the moves by professionals that are happening now at quarter-end and before Independence Day. The chart Let us start by looking at a tick chart of S&P 500 futures, gold futures and silver futures. Since most investors use
Since the great recession of 2008, I have often heard investors say that big banks have become zombie banks. They are alive because of government support, and the government will never let them make decent profits. The political rhetoric of this presidential campaign has also been very negative about big
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Banks in our portfolio include BAC, BBD, C, ITUB, JPM, SAN, and ZION. The Swiss National Bank removing franc’s peg to euro resulted in extreme volatility in forex. The impact on the banks in our portfolio is not know at this time. It is
The biggest and the most popular 3D printing company 3D Systems DDD is down about 9% even after reporting decent earnings and delivering an upbeat outlook this morning. Earnings for Q1 came at $0.15, meeting the consensus view of $0.15. The top line showed substantial growth. Q1 revenues came at $147.8
It was not long ago that Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, was considered the golden boy of American banking. After all, he had guided the bank mostly unscathed through the financial crisis of 2008. Then last year, the London Whale crisis erupted. Bruno Iksil, a London-based J.P. Morgan trader
Yesterday after the market close, the Federal Reserve announced the results of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). In CCAR, the Fed evaluates capital ratios under distressed financial and economic conditions, the plan to comply with Basel 3 capital requirements, and the capital planning process. The Fed approved capital plans
On Thursday, Moody’s downgraded 15 banks. On the surface it seems counterintuitive, but the downgrade is positive for JP Morgan (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Bank of America (BAC) . My 30 years in markets have taught me that it is always positive when an overhang is lifted. Back in
It appears that a big European bank got close to failure last night. European banks, especially French banks, rely heavily on funding in the wholesale money markets. It appears that a major bank was having difficulty funding its immediate liquidity needs. The cavalry was called in and has