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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - Feb 07, 2012   about  JPM
In a short sale, banks forgive the difference between what is owed and the sale price of the house. Recently, however, banks have started giving cash back to the sellers. So far, the programs are a drop in the bucket. There are millions of pent-up foreclosures and JP Morgan is doing 5,000 short sale...
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minyanville.com - Feb 07, 2012   about  EMC, JPM, CSCO and 2 more
This time last year Cisco (CSCO) was the sick man of Silicon Valley weighed down by execution issues weak consumer spending and fierce competition. Fast forward 12 months though and the rejuvenated networking giant deserves investors' attention. "We continue to believe Cisco is an underappre...
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management.fortune.cnn.com - Feb 02, 2012   about  BX, C, CS and 2 more
FORTUNE -- We've seen companies like News Corp (NWS), Blackstone (BX), and LinkedIn (LNKD) chip away at shareholder rights by limiting the voting rights of shareholders. Now Carlyle is adding insult to injury. In its recent proposed initial public offering (IPO), Carlyle will have no requirements fo...
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minyanville.com - Feb 01, 2012   about  JPM
I just finished reading The Hedge Fund Mirage by Simon Lack. I'm not planning to review it here but it did get me thinking about a subject that's trickier than it seems: how to measure investment performance. Simon Lack ran a business for a few years for JPMorganChase (JPM) investing...
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businessinsider.com - Jan 20, 2012   about  JPM
In an SEC filing today, JP Morgan revealed a bit of information on how CEO Jamie Dimon would be compensated for 2011. [via Bloomberg] Dimon will be awarded 337,032 restricted shares of JP Morgan, according to the regulatory filing. Based on today's closing price of $37.36 for JPM stock, the shares...
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minyanville.com - Jan 18, 2012   about  JPM
US stock futures again point to a higher open on Wall Street Wednesday with bank earnings back in focus. Yesterday the market opened from the long holiday weekend nearly 1% higher but as has been the norm in 2012 the market was not able to get any upside momentum after the gap up. Earnings season ha...
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minyanville.com - Jan 17, 2012   about  HLF, JPM
Stocks rose for a second straight week to start 2012 the S&P 500 Index (^GSPC) riding a four day winning streak to end up 0.88% as a solid beginning to earnings season overshadowed ongoing European anxiety at least until Friday the 13th arrived and spoiled the market's mood. JP Morgan's (JPM) 20...
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businessinsider.com - Jan 13, 2012   about  JPM
On Wednesday, American Banker reported that Chase had halted (or severely curtailed) credit card collections nationwide, firing attorneys and shutting down an operation that had been bringing in hundreds of millions in revenue. Back in April, reporter Jeff Horwitz notes, the Wall Street Journal re...
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etftrends.com - Jan 13, 2012   about  JPM
Financial exchange traded funds led the market lower Friday on speculation France and other European countries will finally be downgraded by Standard & Poor’s. An earnings miss by JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) also fueled the selling. Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) fell about 2% in recent....
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minyanville.com - Jan 13, 2012   about  JPM
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reported lower earnings amidst slower trading activity and a difficult investment period. Investment banking operations saw a 56% drop in profits to $726 million down from $1.6 billion in the previous quarter and $1.5 billion in Q4 2010. The bank net income totaled $3.7 billion...
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minyanville.com - Jan 13, 2012   about  JPM
Freaky Friday has arrived and there's no shortage of news on this final fifth of our trading week. Top of mind is JPMorgan (JPM) earnings which was underwhelming on a few levels particularly given the 20% lift since mid-December 2011. The stock has been sliced by 4% this morning as investors...
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businessinsider.com - Jan 12, 2012   about  JPM
JP Morgan will be kicking off earnings season for big financials tomorrow as the bank plans to release its 2011 fourth quarter report before trading starts. As the first large financial firm to announce it's year-end earnings for 2011, JP Morgan will be setting the bar for other big banks like Cit...
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moneymorning.com - Jan 12, 2012   about  JPM
As the grim bank earnings roll in over the next couple of weeks, beginning with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) tomorrow (Friday) morning, don't fall into the trap of thinking the financial sector's woes in the last quarter reflect a sinking U...
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finance.yahoo.com - Jan 11, 2012   about  JPM
The popular wisdom today is that the U.S. economy is on track for a recovery and that a double-dip recession has been averted. Among the optimists is the head of one of the world's biggest financial firms, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, who says a better tomorrow is on the way. "The U.S. econ...
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minyanville.com - Jan 10, 2012   about  GS, C, BAC and 3 more
The major banks begin reporting later in the week starting with JPMorgan (JPM) on Friday and continuing the following week with Citigroup (C) Bank of New York Mellon (BK) Wells Fargo (WFC) Goldman Sachs (GS) and Bank of America (BAC). But thanks to the Federal Reserve's weekly H-8 data we already ha...
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minyanville.com - Jan 09, 2012   about  AA, SVU, JPM and 1 more
The new earnings season kicks off this week when aluminum producer Alcoa (AA) reports fourth-quarter results on Monday. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) also is scheduled to post fourth-quarter results this week and so is homebuilder Lennar (LEN). Supermarket chain operator Supervalu (SVU) will post its fiscal...
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businessinsider.com - Jan 09, 2012   about  SCHN, AA, MTB and 4 more
Earnings season is about to kick off in earnest today when Alcoa announces its quarterly results. The aluminum producer has been under tremendous cost pressure and announced last week it would cut 12% of its global capacity through plant closures and idling. Although the season rolls out slowly at...
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minyanville.com - Jan 05, 2012   about  JPM
Biotech investing runs in fairly predictable cycles each year. Starting in the fall investors try to get in ahead of what they think will be newsmakers at the giant JPMorgan (JPM) Healthcare Investment Conference in early January. A few weeks following the JPMorgan conference we usually get a little...
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businessinsider.com - Dec 20, 2011   about  GS, C, BAC and 3 more
The Fed announced its much-anticipated banking oversight rules around 2 pm today, and since then many financial stocks have jumped on the news. Financials had a big loss yesterday on the news that the Fed would be approving international Basel III rules for higher capital requirements, which could...
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minyanville.com - Dec 20, 2011   about  CAT, CVX, JPM
Following some strong US housing numbers stocks were rebounding sharply on Tuesday morning. According to TheStreet: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was surging 259.2 points or 2.2% at 12 025. The S&P 500 was rising 25.7 points or 2.1% at 1 231 and the NASDAQ was ahead by 56.9 points or 2...
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