because it reinforces Mr. Dimon's hand to make the changes he wants. |
But that cycle is over. The banks are going to get squeezed. |
Certainly the people put in as CFO and CEO would be the logical guys to turn to in a succession ... but I think it's ultimately going to be [an outside candidate] that can bring Citibank huge amounts of new revenues and earnings, ... Besides, I guess I'm one of those skeptics that doesn't believe Stanley is going to leave in two years. |
Citigroup needed a lot more earnings to hit its estimates and Sandy just found them in a dominant company, ... This will give them a foothold in the United States, which is critical because that's where the money is made. |
Citigroup needed a lot more earnings to hit its estimates and Sandy just found them in a dominant company. This will give them a foothold in the United States, which is critical because that's where the money is made. |
From 1965 to 1982, the yield curve in this country was inverted 47 percent of the time, yet bank earnings averaged a more rapid increase than non-bank earnings. Bank stocks also outperformed the S&P 500, on average, over that period. |
His legacy has been tarnished dramatically in the last few years. He came in with a reputation as a brilliant strategist and he's going out as someone who couldn't manage everything he has under one roof. |
I think it's clear that the banks that are more tied to the retail sector are going to have a much tougher quarter compared to those with diversified positions. The banks in the retail sector have to deal with interest rate compression, loan volume will be tougher, and they don't have the trading or investment banking that are hot now. |
I think that if we were talking about this kind of mortgage market four years ago, it would be a real crisis for Lehman. But today, given the kind of diversification they've done, it's nowhere near a crisis. |
I think they [Citi's new management] are actually turning this monster around. |
I wouldn't own any bank stocks in the Midwest. They're exposed to the problems of the auto industry and the Ford layoffs today are just the latest example. |
If you believe this a secular story then you should ignore cyclical swings. The banks may have bad quarters every now and then but so what? |
If you look at volume on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq over the last five years, there's been no real increase in the number of shares traded. In addition, proprietary trading has gone from 19 percent to 52 percent of that total. So you're seeing more competition for fewer individual trades. |
Imagine the doctor who built an office next to a Ford factory. If the workers lose their jobs and those benefit plans disappear, this doctor isn't going to be able to afford his office. |
In general, this should be a mixed quarter, ... Clearly, M&A is strong but the IPO market has slowed down, the equity market is weakening and the fixed income market is limping along. |