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Bank reporting period on deck
JPMorgan Chase gets the bank reporting period underway this week, as it is scheduled to release its fourth quarter results on Friday.
While analysts are less bearish on JPMorgan than they are on other banks, few are betting on a huge revenue breakout. The entire industry remains revenue ch
Anaylsts' optimistic 2012 predictions
Bank stock analysts tend to be an overly optimistic bunch.
Right now, they would appear to be way too bullish on earnings for 2012. According to a Bloomberg analysis, the six largest lenders--including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs--will report an average profit increas
Sell-side analysts keep on cutting estimates
It's hardly surprising that sell-side analysts are chopping their estimates for fourth quarter bank earning, as estimate jockeying among analysts is common as a quarter winds to a close. In the current environment, some analysts seem to have figured out that they can draw more attention if they cu
Groupon underwriters offer muted praise
There was a day when you could count on sell-side research to be exuberantly upbeat about newly public companies, especially if the analyst worked for the same banks that underwrote the deal. But recently, we're seeing more analysts voice a bit more skepticism than usual.
The Zynga analysts wh
Analyst issues negative research before deal is priced
Despite the reforms instituted in the wake of the dotcom implosion, it sometimes seems that little has changed in the IPO markets.
One thing that you could--and still can-- count on was solid analyst coverage, especially from the underwriters. So when a sell-side analyst comes out with negativ
Citigroup earnings to draw attention
The second quarter earnings sweepstakes gets underway Friday morning, with Citigroup getting things rolling. The big bank reporting window is expected to confirm a lot of negative sentiment that intensified the last few months and analysts have been busy slashing estimates, sending sent stocks swo
Analysts battle over Goldman Sachs
A bulls vs. bear battle has broken out over Goldman Sachs ( NYSE:GS ). By most measures, the bears won the last round thanks to a hay-maker landed by analyst Richard Bove .
Bove shifted from neutral to sell based partly on the risk that the Department of Justice may finally cho
Goldman Sachs analyst prods Pfizer to break itself up
Did the golden era of sell-side analysts end with the dotcom bust? A lot of people thinks so, with good reason. Once you took the research people--supposedly independent--off of the deal making team and you set up all of those global settlement-required firewalls, it seemed like the business model
Mike Mayo raps Citi over Sarbox lapse
Is esteemed CLSA bank analyst Mike Mayo picking another fight with Citigroup ( NYSE: C )? The two have had a strained relationship as of late, though a meeting was recently arranged to iron out some differences after Mayo went public with the dispute. In a new salvo, Mayo is accusing the bank an
Richard Bove scales back media appearances
He was the analyst who had time for everyone--and it paid off for him. Richard Bove's face was everywhere during the financial crisis, offering terrific instant analysis that endeared him to the press. But now he tells the New York Post he will scale back his media activities, mainly his TV ap
