In the journal article “Sins of Past Guide Asian Banks“, Peter Stein notes that Asian banks are well capitalized than their U.K. and European peers. Singapore banks have higher equity Tier 1 ratios based on the proposed Basel 3 standards than Chinese and Indian banks. Australian banks are just a notch above European and British …
The following Savings & Loan association(S&L) accept savings deposits and make home and other loans. S&Ls must have 65% of their lending in mortgage and consumer loans. Due to this, they are highly vulnerable to the housing market. S&Ls with more than 4% dividend yields are shown below: [TABLE=357]
Unlike many other countries, there are thousands of small community banks in the U.S. These banks have a smaller foot print when compared to the regional or national banks such as Bank of America(BAC), Fifth Third Bank(FITB), U.S. Bank(USB), etc. However they are usually know their customers better and maintain close relationships with the local …
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The complete list of foreign bank stocks trading in the organized U.S. exchanges are listed below: a) Foreign Banks [TABLE=296] b) Canadian Banks [TABLE=297] In terms of performance, British bank Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) is up 29% YTD. Barclays(BCS) and Llyods Bank(LYG) are up about 15% YTD. It must be noted that RBS fell heavily …
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Financial stocks have rallied 140% since last March’s lows. Many investors are wondering if financials will continue their run this year given the jobless economic recovery currently underway. An article titled “Do you dare buy banks?” in the latest edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek mentions that financials in the S&P 500 are expected to rally 16% …
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