Last year, we were the no-name team and we came out from nowhere. And this year, we have to keep our name and show people that we can still play. |
Overall the capital markets were not strong for the company [J. P. Morgan], |
TCF Financial (has) this very unique strategy. It's (opening) 25-to-35 branches a year and just growing consistently, 14-to-15 percent per year in earnings, which really is a great kind of situation overall for the banking space, ... I think these guys are at the forefront of the trend. They really are serving Joe Lunch Bucket, as they like to say, and so that's a growing marketplace longer term for banks. |
They are under-provisioning themselves, |
They essentially lined up a really excellent group of heavy hitters to bolster their existing management. |
We're looking at a pretty favorable environment for bank stocks, and financials in general, over the next three-to-six months. But what I would say is that there's still a little bit of an overhang in terms of the commercial banking sector, due to credit quality concerns. So that's going to weigh heavily on the banks. But we could see growth in some of the other areas. Brokerage continues to be very strong, |
We're looking at a pretty favorable environment for bank stocks, and financials in general, over the next three-to-six months. But what I would say is that there's still a little bit of an overhang in terms of the commercial banking sector, due to credit quality concerns. So that's going to weigh heavily on the banks. But we could see growth in some of the other areas. Brokerage continues to be very strong. |
You don't know what they're measuring, and they don't tell you. |