All Posts Tagged With: "J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)"

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J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) Expected to Report Declines in 4th Quarter Earnings

Analysts are cautioning that fourth-quarter investment banking earnings suffered a significant “early Christmas” slowdown on the back of falling fixed-income revenues. The warnings come just days before the start of the financial sector’s reporting season.
Analysts at J.P. Morgan (JPM) and Morgan Stanley (MS) issued reports Tuesday on the banking industry in which they estimated that [...]

January 14th, 2010 | Christopher | Comments | Continued
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Profits from REITs Highlight Positive in Bank of America Corporation’s (NYSE: BAC) Purchase of Merrill Lynch

The latest headlines regarding Bank of America Corporation’s (BAC) purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. overlook the huge profits that the combined banks have made in real-estate investment banking.
The addition of Merrill Lynch, which has led the industry in revenue from 2006-2008, propelled Bank o f America to over $207 million dollars in revenue from [...]

January 13th, 2010 | Christopher | Comments | Continued
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Limit Leverage or Lending? “Too-Big-to-Fail” Banks J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) May Face Statutory Leverage Limits as Part of Congressional Bank-Reform Bill

As part of its campaign to rein in “too-big-to-fail” banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), and Bank of America (BAC), Republicans and Democrats in Congress are debating a provision that would cap borrowing, or leverage, at large banks at a 15-to-1 ratio.
The proposal highlights the question that has been debated for well [...]

January 11th, 2010 | Christopher | Comments | Continued
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J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) Coming Soon to a Gym Near You?

In what some are describing as a 21st century, “Morganization”, J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM) is being forced to take ownership in bankrupt companies, including health club Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp., to salvage the value of their original loans.
The decision may be a glance at how the banking industry plans to survive the expected wave [...]

November 5th, 2009 | Christopher | Comments | Continued