Regional banks have recovered strongly and are performing much better than the four banks. According to a recent article in the journal regionals are increasing lending and accordingly earnings are growing rapidly. The 4th quarter 2012 earnings reported so far by some of these banks are cheering investors who are bidding up the stocks prices. …
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The U.S. has the world’s largest economy with a GDP of about $15.0 Trillion in 2011.Finance, Insurance and Real Estate collectively known as the FIRE sector are the some of the major industries in the country.During 2008-2009 the financial and real estate sectors triggered the financial crisis bringing the global economy almost to its knees. Though …
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Five long years have passed since the global financial crisis hit equity markets worldwide. One of the worst affected sectors was banking.Though the U.S. banking sector has stabilized in the past couple of years only some of the banking stocks have recovered. Many bank stocks are nowhere near the pre-crisis levels and some have totally …
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Here is an interesting chart showing the most shorted bank stocks in the Euro Zone: Click to enlarge Source: Euromoney Compared to the overall market, short interest in Euro Zone bank stocks show a downward trend from December, 2011.