With so much of post-DoodFrank regulation in place for the Wall Street gamblers, this kind of an earning serves either as a flashback to “good” old times, when the risk was a part of the game or simply is a telling sign that even the overregulated Wall Street still likes and wants to play the…
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Commercial Loan Growth Slows at Regional Banks
With the interest rates so low, the banks and especially the regional ones were always doomed to play the dangerous game. A trading rebound helped to create a real hike in the growth rate for the big banks in the third quarter of this year. Traditional lenders, lacking that prop, were left to continue battling…
Market Outlook: No Bottom Until 2017?
Based on the volatility of both the positive and negative news from Wall Street, the economy, employment numbers, commodity prices and several other indicators you can get a huge number of bearish or bullish opinions right now given . We’ve named some bullish investors and economists, now is the chance for bears to weigh in.…
Things I’ve Learned about Investing and Business
“Start-ups aren’t an object. They’re successful because of the people behind them.” Great people, fertile markets, significant innovation are the three key elements in any successful business. What a venture capitalist wants to find in a founder is a certain sort of person. These founders are not identical, but do share certain attributes. One of…
The Dangers Of Over-Diversifying Your Portfolio
Everyone knows perfectly well that the financial experts expound on the benefits of diversification, and it’s not just talk; a personal stock portfolio must be diversified to some degree lessen the inherent risk of obtaining only one or one kind of stock. But here we’ll show you how investors also tend to become overdiversified and…