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• Go for the Gold

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-14

  Nicholas Jones submits: This past couple of weeks have felt like an eternity when it comes to noteworthy occurrences in financial markets. We’ve marked out 10th IndyMac and 11th FDIC bank rescue. As a result of the escalating number of troubled banks and diminishing value of the assets...

  Tags: Financial, Citigroup Inc., Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., KeyCorp, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, National City Corp., Wachovia Corp., Washington Mutual Inc., Zions Bancorporation

• S&P 500 Financials - Best and Worst of the Week

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-12

  Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: While some Financial stocks have been dealing with their fair share of turmoil this week, the sector itself hasn't had that bad of a week.  As shown in the chart below, while the sector has come in some this week, it's still well...

  Tags: US Market, American International Group Inc., BB&T Corp., CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., Comerica Inc., CME Group Inc., Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., IntercontinentalExchange Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Legg Mason Inc., MBIA Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., MGIC Investment Corp., Northern Trust Corp., Principal Financial Group, SLM Corp., Wachovia Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Washington Mutual Inc., Zions Bancorporation

• Chewing on the FDIC List of 'Problem' Banks

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-09

  Edward Harrison submits: I was recently called out on missing the details of the FDIC's list of 117 'problem' banks. In a post on the OTS' agreement for regulatory supervision of Washington Mutual WM, I incorrectly stated that National City NCC was on that list and inferred that WaMu...

  Tags: Washington Mutual Inc., Financial, Corus Bankshares Inc., Flagstar Bancorp Inc., KeyCorp, National City Corp., Wachovia Corp., Zions Bancorporation

• Lehman Brothers Take-over: Implications for Financials

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-24

  Benjamin Mackovak submits: I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what a Lehman LEH take-over would imply for the valuation of financials. I ran a screen for financials with market caps above $900m that trade in the US and trade below current book value. I then...

  Tags: Financial, Ambac Financial Group Inc., American Capital Strategies Ltd., AmeriCredit Corp., Allied Capital Corp., Associated Banc-Corp., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Comerica Inc., CNA Financial Corp., Colonial BancGroup Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., E*Trade Financial Corp., First American Corp., First Horizon National Corp., Fifth Third Bancorp, Fidelity National Financial Inc., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Genworth Financial Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Legg Mason Inc., MBIA Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., National City Corp., Old Republic International Corp., Phoenix Companies Inc., Regions Financial Corp., Sovereign Bancorp Inc., SunTrust Banks Inc., Susquehanna Bancshares Inc., Wachovia Corp., Webster Financial Corp., Washington Mutual Inc., Zions Bancorporation

• Large Banks' Net Income History

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-01

  Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: With all the talk and concern about falling bank earnings, we thought it might be useful to look back a few years to see year-by-year net income for large banks side-by-side. The chart below presents the 24 banks of the KBW large bank...

  Tags: Citigroup Inc., Comerica Inc., People's United Financial Inc., Northern Trust Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, M & T Bank Corp., National City Corp., Zions Bancorporation, Washington Mutual Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Wachovia Corp., State Street Corp., SunTrust Banks Inc., Regions Financial Corp., Huntington Bancshares Inc., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fifth Third Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., BB&T Corp., Bank of America Corp., Financial