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Reuters:   Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters:    A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters:   Consumer prices show inflation...
Standard & Poor’s may still have at least some relevance in its debt ratings.  This morning we saw a wave of downgrades at banks by the debt ratings agency on systematic-risk and...
The short interest in most large banks fell very sharply for the period ending May 29, an indication that traders believe that TARP repayments and ongoing strong earnings mean the fate of American...
Reuters: The Supreme Court delays  Chrysler deal. Reuters:   The cleared ten banks to repay TARP include JPMorgan (JPM), Goldmand Sachs (GS), American Express (AXP), Cpaital One(COF), State Street...
The Treasury is finally allowing some of the TARP recipient banks that posed the least systematic risk to begin repaying the Treasury’s preferred stock funds.  This will get these institutions out...
These are top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research notes we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW. Comerica (CMA) Raised...
It is no secret that the banks that can pay the money back want out from under the Troubled Asset Relief Plan, or the TARP.  It is also no secret that the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the...
The triple leverage ETF’s, the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) and Direxion Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ), are perhaps the most volatile of all financial-stock ETF’s.  This...
Finally, the stress tests are out for the US banking and financial institutions.  Of the banks, 10 of 19 banks need a combined $74 billion of equity.The good news is that a few companies were given...
These are some of the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen on Wall Street this Thursday morning ahead of the long weekend: Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) Cut to Neutral at...
These are some of the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW. Expeditors International...
These are some of the analyst downgrades and negative calls coming from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: BB&T (BBT) Cut to Underperform at FBR. Chubb (CB) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan....
There were more downgrades in financial stocks, but these were the larger names that saw estimates or ratings cut by analysts this morning: Bank of America (BAC) Cut to Underperform at KBW. BB&T...
These are some of the top upgrades or positive calls we are seeing from analysts this Thursday morning: Anglo American (AAUK) Raised to Strong Buy at S&P (late Weds. call). Arch Coal (ACI) Raised...
ROBERT W.BAIRD has initiated mostly cautious coverage on Banks and Financials this morning.  Most are Neutral rated, although there are a few Outperform ratings in the coverage group. Here are the...