Profile: PNC v U.S. Bancorp v Truist Financial
U.S. Bancorp, PNC and Truist Financial hold great value creation potential. But which is likely to realize this potential?
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The Institutional Risk Analyst
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Christopher Whalen
R. Christopher Whalen
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Profile: Bank of America (BAC)
BAC is the worst performing bank in the top-five US commercial banks and often underperforms the average for Peer Group 1.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 22, 2021
- 6 min
Citigroup: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Citi has drifted through years of government ownership and weak leadership by the board of directors
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 25, 2021
- 7 min
Update: Q1 2021 Bank Earnings
US banks are running at income levels that are less than half of a year ago...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
Western Alliance + AmeriHome = Big Possibilities
We have long advocated the idea of an independent mortgage bank (IMB) combining with a strong regional lender
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 19, 2021
- 6 min
A Tale of Two Frauds: Bitcoin & GSE Shares
Bitcoin and Tether are technologically enabled forms of financial fraud
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 17, 2021
- 5 min
Q4 Earnings Update: JPM, Citi & WFC
Unless the FOMC relents and eases up on its massive purchases of Treasury securities and MBS, bank earnings are likely to decline further
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 10, 2021
- 8 min
Update: Square as a Bank
The evolution of fintech companies into regulated banks has implications for public market valuations...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Jan 4, 2021
- 10 min
Profile: Bank of America
We think that a strong case can be made that to enhance shareholder value, Moynihan and the BAC board ought to spin-off Merrill Lynch...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Nov 2, 2020
- 9 min
Bank Profiles: Morgan Stanley vs Goldman Sachs
Not all AUM is created equal. Even though GS claims to have twice the AUM of MS, it makes less than half the revenue....
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Oct 19, 2020
- 11 min
Bank Profile: Wells Fargo & Co
In this edition of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we assign a neutral risk rating to Wells Fargo & Co, the fourth largest US bank
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Oct 12, 2020
- 7 min
Top Five US Banks: Q3 2020 Earnings Setup
There is a reason why the smart money on Wall Street is creating new strategies focused on non-performing loans...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Sep 28, 2020
- 11 min
Bank Profile: Ally Financial Inc
ALLY has all of the required attributes for inclusion in The IRA Bank Dead Pool....
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