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Bank of America lets go of another Non US business | Deal Insight – Banking Insight

After $50 bln of asset sales thru 2009-2011 the bank was unable to satisfy the Treasury of its dividend plans and barely made the stress test parameters in Q1 as its new plans to go global witha strategy look more

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, US

Rakoff hands out $315 mln to Missie’s Purse(PERS) | Banking insight

Bank of America continued its run of good luck with Judge Rakoff letting it off in the case by Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System for $16 bln of MBS investments sold to them. Goldman Sachs had to sign a $9.8

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JP Morgan surprise press conference to report new $2 bln losses | Banking Insight

The JP Morgan Treasury / Chief Investment Office is purportedly carrying losses of up to $4.5 bln and the same would be disclosed in a press conference in detail in a few minutes. The CIO’s Office carries Synthetic hedges betting

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It’s the friendly neighbourhood Chinese store | Banking Insight

Fed approvals came though for ICBC’s acquisiton of Bank of East Asia’a 80% ownership interest with 13 branches in new York and California as well as a Chicago branch for Bank of China and AgBank in New York city. Feds

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Consumer Credit jumps, Wells Fargo dumped, Goldman Sachs trading platform | Banking insight

The hitherto bankers’ bank Wells Fargo originated more than 30% of the $385 mln in new mortgages in Q1 2012 and led the pack, #2 JP Morgan at just below 11% and Bank of America at hardly 4% ( obviously

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US Economy: This week was a loser! Jobs Report, Apple’s $1 Tln, Bank of America and the Housing recovery

The bearish ISM services PMI (The ISM Nonmanufacturing indices) also had a strong almost 90% correlation with the BLS report historically and  was pointing down. On the plus side Bank of America almost wants its downgrade yesterday as it will

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US

US Economy: The counterintuitive Aussie trade and the Spanish meltdown ( A Tuesday morning review)

ISM Data leads May markets  Election years actually return a fair 2% in each of the summer months according to a latest Bloomberg report as the Go away in May catches up with investors. Meanwhile Chicago and Dallas were down

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Bank Results Thursday Q1 2012 ( incl US Economy day ahead) : Beat expectations a norm for $0.71 at Morgan Stanley, $0.31 EPS at Bank of America

See larger image Calico Joe (Hardcover) By (author) John Grisham List Price: $24.95 USD New From: $9.99 In Stock Used from: $7.00 In Stock Release date April 10, 2012. Even as credit spreads tightened and the resulting CVA of $2

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Bank Results Season: The return of Goldman Sachs (Q1 2012)

Compensation battles at Chase that compare unfavorably for retail banking employees as Dimon gets paid 67 times the average bank pay or Lloyd Blankfein’s own titular troubles with non profits and activist investors seem destined to take a back seat

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Bank Results Season: Wells Fargo Q1 2012 repeats Q4 performance – The pretender looks f-ugly in comparison? | Banking Insight

The bank moved up its earnings report a week to enable like to like comparison with peers like JP Morgan as it reported a 75 cents Earnings per share for a 3% sequential improvement oto $4.2  bln in Post Tax

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