The Institutional Risk Analyst

Are there bank bargains down in the cellar waiting to be discovered?

McCargo's actions and the fact that the case has not been dismissed in its entirety is very unhelpful given current market conditions.

We see higher credit costs, narrowing NIM and still rising funding costs squeezing the banking industry in Q1 2024...

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

Q: What do Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, Signature Bank and New York Community Bank have in common? Auditor, KPMG.

Sad to say, the business at NYCB is doing better than you'd think reading the bank's absurd disclosure.

Net interest income at USB was down again for the fourth consecutive quarter, confirming a trend across the banking industry

The key thing to remember with commercial real estate is the change in price volatility and direction that has occurred since COVID.

As reflected in the valuations for JPM, WFC and BXMT, institutional investors are still not that concerned about commercial real est losses

Many participants in the equity markets are chewing on ski tips this holiday season after boldly predicting lower interest rates in 2024

The world of secured finance is still coming to grips with the idea of several more increases in the federal funds rate this year.

JPM is really a large mutual fund with a bank attached, as shown in the table below.

With inflation fears moderating, look for Buy Side managers to buy bank stocks – even if earnings remain constrained...

If it’s artificial, then it’s not intelligent.

The Fed's 5.5% increase in short-term interest rates has thrown the pricing for trillions of dollars in real estate into disarray.

When interest rates eventually fall those late vintage mortgage loans with 6% coupons will evaporate like spring snow in the sunshine

Banks that do not aggressively reprice liabilities and assets as OZK did in Q1 2023 may be left behind.

By any reasonable standard, Janet Yellen should have already resigned, but not in the strange world of Washington.

Fact is, Dr. Brainard has primary culpability in the growing economic pain being felt around the country.

How will this above-peer performer from Little Rock do in a Fed-induced recession that rivals 2008 in terms of market losses?