Not only are long-term factors pointing to considerable strength, but short-term developments in the last couple of months have been positive. |
People got all upset because they don't like to see people they know getting pushed out, and they don't know the new people coming in, ... But this company has been underperforming for some time. Significant change is needed. |
PNC has a major home run here. I don't see a downside. |
Some firms are projecting 30 percent M&A growth next year, after 36 percent this year. Companies are still sitting on piles of cash, and they'll get to work after the new year. |
The ability to utilize those marketing programs is going to be enormous for Bank of America. You'll see a significant increase in the bank's credit-card activity now that they have MBNA. |
The industry is out there building branches at an extremely active clip -- a new one is slated to open every 2-1/2 hours until the end of 2005, |
The industry is out there building branches at an extremely active clip -- a new one is slated to open every 2-1/2 hours until the end of 2005. Bank margins will have to come back down to support the increased cost of running all those branches. |
The likelihood is that they would close offices and would get rid of a lot of people. They see (personal advisers) as a very expensive way to do business. |
The problems in the credit card division are structural, and kind of long-term, |
These brokerages are going to say about the quarter that just ended, 'It never happened,' because basically all of the core businesses you look at were flat or down somewhat, ... Depending on the company and the nature of its earnings base, earnings will be weak to very weak. |
These brokerages are going to say about the quarter that just ended, 'It never happened,' because basically all of the core businesses you look at were flat or down somewhat. Depending on the company and the nature of its earnings base, earnings will be weak to very weak. |
They know everyone. They know what everyone's thinking, and they know where the next deal may lie. |
They see this [erosion of deposit share] as a massive problem, and they're reacting aggressively to solve it. Because in the last analysis, if you try to figure out where the profits come from in banking ... deposits are the biggest source. |
This event highlights, once again, the difficulty in determining earnings for derivative transactions. |
This problem doesn't exist to the same degree at the other major brokerage firms because they haven't lost top people like Morgan Stanley has. |