HSBC – Not Quintessential Recovery Bank
It is not easy to be excited about HSBC Holdings (HSBA LN) even if there are increasing signs of recovery in many areas where this global behemoth...
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Why Are Major U.S. Companies Suspending Their Share Buyback Programs?
“Any public company that receives a bailout or significant funding should not be allowed, by law, to do stock buybacks EVER AGAIN as part of their...
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US Financials: Energy Exposures Mean Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble
After yesterday's halted trading, US banks could be due a nice bounce today as a risk-on bounce takes shape -if it does at all, or fades.US bank...
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U.S. Equity Strategy: Dramatic Improvement
Encouraging developments continue to pour in. Over the past week we have seen dramatic improvements that could be setting the stage for a...
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U.S. Equity Strategy: Is Fourth Time a Charm?
Global equities (ACWI) and the equal-weighted S&P 500 are attempting to break out for the fourth time this year from what has seemed like a...
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