Thoughts & Comments
News Headlines
About Us
|
Quick Takes
|
Presentations
|
Our Trading Policy
|
Contact Us
|
Search
Please read our
disclaimers
and
terms of use
and take them seriously.
>>
Branding
>>
Cards
>>
Community Banking
>>
Customer Experience
>>
De Novo Banking
>>
Design
>>
Mortgages
>>
Payments
>>
Technology
>>
Washington/Regulatory
About Us
Vernon W. Hill II
Thomas K. Brown
Thoughts & Comments
Another Winning CEO Letter
Wintrust’s Ed Wehmer writes a beauty...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 05/15/2012
The CFPB Is Going To Be A Disaster
An virtually unlimited budget combined with zero accountability is a toxic combination...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 05/10/2012
The Myth of "Low-Quality" Bank Earnings
News flash: a dollar is a dollar...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 04/27/2012
More articles below
The Nutty Ex-CEO
Heidi Stanley helped drive Sterling Bank into the ground. Now she says she was a victim of discrimination. Crazy....
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 04/25/2012
How to Be a Powerhouse
Building a great sports organization isn't so different from building a great investment firm ...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 04/24/2012
Be Very Afraid of the OFR
Its powers are enormous, and so will the temptation be to abuse them. ...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 04/23/2012
Unhedged? Unhinged!
Accusations Morgan's London CDS trades are improper are short on actual evidence...
By
Thomas Brown
,Posted 04/10/2012
News Headlines
South Florida Sun-Sentinel :
Bank of America paying up to $30,000 for short sales
Bank of America said Tuesday it’s launching a nationwide program that pays homeowners as much as ...
Reuters:
Foreclosed Americans find way back to homeownership
- When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many ...
New York Times:
As One Trader at JPMorgan Sold Risky Contracts, Another One Bought Them
A mutual fund in a different part of the bank owns about $380 million ...
Bloomberg:
JPMorgan Specific Trades Leading to Loss Weren’t Monitored, Regulator Says
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s individual trades that led to a $2 billion loss weren’t monitored by the Office of the ...
New York Times:
Needy States Use Housing Aid Cash to Plug Budgets
Some states are diverting their share of a $2.5 billion they were awarded in a mortgage ...
Bloomberg:
AIG Returns to Subprime Debt Wagering Second Time Is Different
American International Group Inc., the insurer that needed a $182.3 billion bailout from the U.S. government in ...
N.Y. Post:
The man who beached ‘Moby Iksil’
A 38-year-old hotshot trader and chess master named Boaz Weinstein was the driving force behind the harpooning of ...
A.P.:
Buffett's firm buys 10M share stake in GM
Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry. ...
Bloomberg:
JPMorgan May Take Center Stage at Hearings on Dodd-Frank
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and regulators may face increasing pressure to explain the lender’s $2 billion ...
Charlotte Observer:
Quicken mortgage unit is hiring in Charlotte
Quicken Loans Mortgage Services says it will hire 75 people by the end of the year and double its ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
Bank Investors Bail on Too-Big-to-Fail
J.P. Morgan's huge trading loss has reignited the political debate over too-big financial ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
Lawmakers Seek an Accounting on J.P. Morgan Trading Loss
Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said he wants J.P. Morgan ...
Wall Street Journal ($):
Hedge or Bet? Parsing a Trade
The strategy behind J.P. Morgan's complicated trades could raise ...
Quick Takes
(Bankstocks.com Daily Blog)
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS OBSESSING OVER THAT $2 BILLION LOSS AT JPMORGAN
Doug Kass, no one’s idea of a refexive bull, makes the case for the banks: Apart from JPMorgan's one-off loss, banking industry profits are curre...
Posted 05/16/2012 11:47 AM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
IT'LL COST THE GOVERNMENT MORE THAN THAT TO HOUSE AND FEED HIM FOR THAT LONG
Call me old-fashioned, but 22 years in the federal slammer for a $500,000 tax fraud sounds like a lot. . .
Posted 05/15/2012 2:28 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
REMINDER: IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, TRUE HEDGES ARE SUPPOSED TO LOSE MONEY
Andrew Ross Sorkin: “Ms. Dublon said that Ms. Drew always managed her group with the intent of hedging but also being a ‘profit center.’” Huh? If...
Posted 05/15/2012 2:22 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
NOW THEY'RE CRACKING DOWN ON WHAT TO FEED SHAREHOLDERS
Some activist investors are merely aggressive, while others are relentless. Take Spencer L. Schneider, general counsel of Stilwell Capital and
Posted 05/09/2012 1:19 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
CHUTZPAH ALERT
Mark Swartz, ex-CFO of Tyco International now serving 8 1/3-25 years for securities fraud and grand larceny after he was convicted of
Posted 05/08/2012 2:24 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LET RICHARD CORDRAY KNOW ABOUT THIS
The return of subprime! The number of general purpose credit cards issued by banks to subprime customers jumped 41 percent in 2011 to 12 million,...
Posted 05/08/2012 2:10 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
WEIRD. FED STUDY OF MORTGAGE COLLAPSE ACTUALLY DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED CORRECTLY.
The Boston and Atlanta Feds’ “Twelve Facts That May Surprise You About the Housing Bust” won’t be especially surprising to anyone who actually paid at...
Posted 05/07/2012 3:41 PM By Matt Stichnoth
More>>
Copyright 2002-2008 Brown & Hill Publishing LLC.
237 Park Avenue Floor 9 New York, New York 10017
Designed and developed by
Nexgen