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R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 1, 20244 min read
Big Banks Good, Small Banks Bad
Based upon the three-month returns through the end of Q1 2024, NYCB ranked at the bottom of the 108 public banks in Peer Group 1.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 28, 20245 min read
Inflation & the Passion of Jerome Powell
Perhaps Chairman Powell will be kind enough to fall on his sword on way out the door to make things easier for a future Chairman Waller...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 25, 20247 min read
Small Banks Have Big CRE Risk? Really? | Bank of America Update
The net losses disclosed by BAC and the other large banks at the end of Q4 2023 are significantly understated...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 19, 20247 min read
Top-Five Banks: Q1 '24 Earnings Setup
We see higher credit costs, narrowing NIM and still rising funding costs squeezing the banking industry in Q1 2024...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 18, 20247 min read
Mnuchin Brings More Questions Than Answers at NYCB
If Mr. Otting et al do try to execute a community bank redux in the New York market, then we'd be inclined to exit the stock.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 13, 20247 min read
Inside the WGA Bank Top 10 Index
So what makes the WGA Bank Top 10 unique? Below we provide some quantitative and qualitative comments on each of the ten best US banks
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 10, 20244 min read
Bank Book Q1 2024 Released; Biden Penalizes Consumers Who Refinance
Despite what Joe Biden says about helping Americans with the soaring cost of housing, he really protects Black Rock (BK), Pimco et al
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 6, 20247 min read
Does Kathy Hochul Have a New York Community Bank Endgame?
FDIC Chairman Gruenberg ought to tell New York State to take over the rent controlled loans from Signature, NYCB and other lenders...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 4, 20246 min read
Should FOMC Members Avoid the Media? The WGA Top 100 Banks
More often than not, Fed Governors use media appearances to enhance their personal celebrity rather than doing their jobs.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 29, 20247 min read
Update: UWMC & Rocket; Rate Cut Dreams Fade
Industry leaders believe that the FHFA wants the GSEs to offer issuers "repurchase insurance" to the tune of 25bps per loan.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 25, 20245 min read
WGA Releases Top 50 Bank Index | What's in Your ETF?
Not all banks or companies are the same and not all follow the herd.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Does CapitalOne + Discover Financial = Shareholder Value?
Elizabeth Warren and progressives in Congress should support COF's purchase of Discover as a way to compete with monopoly JPMorgan
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 18, 20246 min read
Home Mortgage Rates Falling? Really?
If President Trump starts talking about fixing the federal budget deficit and redeveloping moribund urban real estate, he’d win in November
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 15, 20246 min read
Interest Rates, Mortgage Lenders & MSRs
While there are a great number of people inside the Fed who ponder the appropriate level of reserves in the system, they don't really know
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 13, 202411 min read
Should We Resurrect the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
We can all pretend that the collapse of valuations for many commercial and multifamily properties is not a major problem. Or we can act now
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 8, 20247 min read
Fear & Loathing in Credit; Update: PayPal Holdings
We think that the whole banking industry could be driven into multiple periods of loss as they divert income to loss provisions.Â
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 4, 202410 min read
Assume Loss Given Default > 100% | PennyMac & Western Alliance Bank
Q: What do Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, Signature Bank and New York Community Bank have in common? Auditor, KPMG.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 1, 20247 min read
NYCB Cleans House Badly, NAIC Gives Insurers Pass on Realized Losses
Sad to say, the business at NYCB is doing better than you'd think reading the bank's absurd disclosure.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 30, 20246 min read
Good, Bad & Ugly: AXP, SOFI & BAC
AXP is a premium stock that is best acquired when people think, incorrectly, that the world is ending.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jan 29, 20248 min read
EVs Wane, Fintech Sputters & COF Dumps Commercial Mortgages
Now let’s take a look at how some members of the banking and fintech sector are doing in the first month of 2024.
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