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Earnings Season Update In Charts
April 28, 2014
<Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> The Wall Street Journal – The Tangible Risks of Moving Bank-Profit Goal Posts Big banks have faced numerous headwinds… Continue reading Earnings Season Update In Charts
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Bank Loans
April 28, 2014
<Click on chart for larger image> MarketWatch – Banks push commercial loans, feeding the economy SunTrust’s Mark Chancy outlines steps to attract more business borrowers Commercial lending is heating up as the U.S. economy improves. And no one could be happier than bankers making those loans, whose growth is offsetting declines in trading revenue. Comment… Continue reading Bank Loans
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Brent/WTI Spread
April 28, 2014
<Click on chart for larger image> MoneyBeat (WSJ Blog) – Oil: Return of the Blob The spread between the prices of Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oils has rebounded to about $9 a barrel two weeks after hitting a low for the year of less than $3.70. The blob is the Midwestern glut of… Continue reading Brent/WTI Spread
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Hilsenrath’s FOMC Statement
April 28, 2014
Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – Jon Hilsenrath: Fed on Track to Hold Policy Steady, Mull Economic Puzzles The Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting is shaping up as a low-key event compared with other meetings in the past few months. The Fed is on track to scale back its monthly bond-buying by another $10 billion… Continue reading Hilsenrath’s FOMC Statement
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How A Central Bank Can Destroy A Market
April 28, 2014
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Conforming vs. Jumbo Mortgages
April 28, 2014
<Click on chart for larger image> Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – Mortgage-Loan Limits Hit Buyers In High-Cost Housing Markets Homes are more expensive, and even if you can afford one it’s harder to get a loan. That’s the message from a new analysis by real-estate firm Trulia Inc. of loan limits — the maximum… Continue reading Conforming vs. Jumbo Mortgages
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El-Erian Channels His Inner Hilsenrath
April 28, 2014
Bloomberg.com – Mohamed El-Erian: What to Expect From the Fed There are four major things to keep in mind when the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy-making committee meets this week to decide what, if anything, to change in its approach to supporting the economic recovery. 1. The Context The majority view at the Fed is that… Continue reading El-Erian Channels His Inner Hilsenrath
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GDP By Industry
April 28, 2014
Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – Five Takeaways From New GDP-by-Industry Report The Commerce Department on Friday presented a new quarterly breakdown of gross domestic product by 22 industries, a report that is meant to complement the department’s widely followed gauge of economic output by types of expenditure like personal consumption and business investment. Here… Continue reading GDP By Industry
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Banks Buying Treasuries
April 28, 2014
<Click on chart for larger image> Bloomberg.com – Treasuries Irresistible to America’s Banks Awash in Cash America’s banks are regaining their appetite for U.S. government debt. After culling Treasuries and bonds issued by federal agencies last year for the first time since 2007, commercial lenders such as Bank of America Corp. (BAC) have boosted their… Continue reading Banks Buying Treasuries
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April 28, 2014
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One Housing Market Doing Well
April 25, 2014
Bloomberg.com – Hamptons Home Sales Surge as Wall Street Fuels Price Gain Home sales in New York’s Hamptons, the beach retreat for financiers and celebrities, surged in the first quarter as stock-market gains and fatter Wall Street bonuses fueled demand for luxury properties. Sales soared 52 percent from a year earlier to 528 transactions, according… Continue reading One Housing Market Doing Well