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Bank Earnings Season : JP Morgan beats the housing blues ( Q4 and Full year 2012 )

JP Morgan finally came to terms with the housing blues and its prime housing portfolio notwithstanding large robo signing indictments helped the bank post a firm Net income of $5.7 bln and against slower expectations lately of a $1.16 -$1.22

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Bank confirms higher liquidity and payout ahead of stress tests | Banking Insight

Both Meredith and Dick Bove released reports for record 2013 Bank stock performance based on identical expectations of a bigger and better payout from Bank of America , Meredith mentioning a figure of upto 8 times its current capped dividend

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Thanks Abigail, Denial is indeed not just a river in Egypt | Banking Insight

Ofcourse I am not a female employee if this is another emancipation theorem and as I am not part of any institutional subscrription for a long gap, I have not really read Abigail’s workpiece in this issue of Euromoney (euromoney.com)

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Citi Comebacks: The Global citizen tries the Mike O’Neill way

For a man who has done it before, it was easy for Mike O Neil to get down to real surgery at Citi with strategist and CEO MikeCorbat getting into the groove with asset sales after the mandatory pass for

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HSBC keeps running Asian deal markets singlehandedly | Banking Insight

Even as banks enjoyed the spree on the bourses and the pre-election equity juggernaut moves to within 5% of the S&P 500, the weekend was relatively quiet except for a big deal week in Asia on the back of fund

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Posted in Banking, Financial Services, Global, Retail Lifestyle

The Asian Ultimatum: Europe, US and the South of everything!

Politically incorrect, rhymes and trading dings, bells and sing song rompers in 10 Downing Street, the year of the Queen, the year of the Dragon and the year of those proverbial needle in a haystack issue (Re)elections. The world would

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Brazil, Emerging Markets, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle, Social Media, US

US Morning Report: The Pound winds down, Stanchart pays with $15B in Market Cap and Facebook gets ready for extreme supply

The Pound Sterling fell to more comfortable levels in Asia and for once London did not have to go against the grain of the trade in the pre US open markets, as the Euro wound down from an uncomfortable 1.24

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

Bank Results Season: You won’t catch them speaking Emerging Markets again! (StanChart H1 2012)

HSBC’s fastest groing markets mandate and StanChart’s Emerging Markets prince characterisation remains but even for Stanchart, growing markets have changed since they pressed forward in 2009 thinking of their home advantage to push thru. India in particula and marketso utside

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global, India

Global Mid Day Report: Natural Gas Inventories scare investors, Hospitals provide the only cheer

The Euro tumbled closer to breaking down below 1.24 levels today afternoon as the Natural Gas Report in the US shored up inventories of 3000 BCF by another 57 BCF of NatGas in US alone. Additions of record level inventories

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Posted in Amitonomics, Healthcare, Healthcare, Obamanomics, US

US Morning Report: Moodys threat works out for banks (Banking Insight)

Moody’s Banking Review The 15 banks downgraded by Moodys are being celebrated in the markets with the Moodys threat of a three notch downgrade for Morgan Stanley esp working to the MS swirl in the stock markets after it landed

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Posted in Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, Global, US