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Kevin Grewal: The Durbin Amendment seeks to reduce credit and debit card networks from imposing anti-competitive restrictions and high transaction fees on small businesses, merchants and government agencies and could provide positive support for some large-cap and regional Read more…
Stocks fell hard on Friday closing at both the session and weekly lows. The market fell under severe selling pressure for most of the day before showing some signs of life at 2:00 pm. However, the Read more…
Back on December 11 I wrote that, to my surprise, the financial sector seemed to be staging a real comeback. At that time I pointed out that the ETF Trend Performance Report indicated that a Read more…
In an attempt to ensure that US financial institutions are financially stable, the Federal Reserve recently announced a new round of stress tests, influencing the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund Read more…
Nearly two years after the unfolding of the global financial crisis, U.S. financial companies are struggling to grow revenue streams and are witnessing increased operating costs, resulting in Read more…
“Both the U.S. House and Senate recently passed sweeping financial overhauls which include more stringent rules on lending, increased debt-to-capital ratios on large financial institutions and Read more…
“Citigroup (NYSE:C) was among the losers of the financial sector Thursday, following the broader market indices lower as the S&P 500 approached correction territory. Citigroup (NYSE:C) shares Read more…
“A 2008 study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated taxpayer losses from the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailouts to reach $25 billion. This month, the Associated Press Read more…
It was announced that Ratiopharm had accepted a bid from Teva for about $5 billion. The combined company will have a strong presence in Europe as Ratiopharm is the #2 generic drug maker in Germany. Despite the positive news Read more…
Markets continue to grind higher since our “buy” signal in late February and our Exchange Traded Funds continue logging steady gains. Volume remains low and today we closed right at the yearly Read more…
“A look at the Financial Select Sector SPDRs (NYSEArca: XLF) shows that financial stocks peaked on October 14th. The direction since has more Read more…
“Investors should beware of the increasing number of ETFs that use derivative contracts to achieve investment objectives. While the use of swaps has helped many ETF Read more…
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