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Bank Results Season: HAMP and HARP missed at Wells Fargo earnings fest

For the mortgage leader in Continental USA, the closing out of all foreclosure refinancing deals is the primary concern alongwith lower NIMs even as current market allowed it to take PAT up by 22% maintaining Q4 EPS at $0.92 cents

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Posted in Financial Markets

Bank Earnings Season: Bank of America tries to do the impossible with its Housing portfolio? (Q4 and Full Year 2012)

Though the bank managed the hit from settlements well enough and the expected decine in charge offs together with ready provisioning enabled the bank to avoid losses on the last big writedown quarters, BofA still seems to be alking the

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Posted in Financial Markets

Bank Results Season: Bank of America ties up for another nought (EPS =NULL, “0.00″, ‘Zukk’)

BofA printed another scratchy topline down to the wire repeating Q2 2010 all over again when Non Interest expenses of $17.5 B and a Tax expense of $1B almost completely covered its Topline of $20.6 B after a small $1.8

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

BofA operationalises closure of 380 branches, and reach 30000 Job Cuts by December | Banking Insight

The rush oto cut jobs at BofA despite protestations of hiring throughout 2011 apparently implies that the bank could concentrate on Retail Banking units or branches to cut costs across the megalith. After cutting 178 branches last year which we

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, US

Bank Results Season: Goldman Sachs is the IN after all!

Investment Banking revenues rose sequentially to $1.2 Bln even as 98% of the Financial Advisory deals signed in the first half were in the smallest fee bracket and Debt underwriting surprisingly rose for Goldman Sachs globally by nearly 20% sequentially.

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, US

Staying simple, being HSBC | Banking Insight

HSBC’s investor Day presentation is not out of tune with its marketing campaigns as its Yuan FX desk takes off in London in the Year of the Yuan Dragon.  The online video campaigns are well worth a look see whenever

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Posted in Banking, Europe, Financial Markets, Global

The Thursday Fed Update: That rate keeps trending down, Budget Surplus and a Dimon induced spiral – US Economy (Thursday EoD Review)

Someone must be happy we are paying only 3% interest on 30 Y US debt but it is all getting too close to call a bad year for 2013 or a year yonder. JP Morgan will survive its losses as its

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

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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Posted in Banking, US

India FDI Report (2012)

India’a FDI process received a tremendous boost in March after $2 bln flows in January and February, itself a fair score were boosted to $8 bln for March even as international media slips into a morass using ignorance of India

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Global, India, Retail Lifestyle

Bank Results Season: Taking a look at trading rebound vs commercial banking growth (HSBC Q1 2012)

HSBC’s Net Operating income was up to $18.8 bln before DVA from $17.6 bln last year before DVA spreads squeezed topline. Meanwhile run off portfolo efficiencies in North America down to 3.4% on Cards and 7.1% on non revolving credit

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Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Global