Do you know which are the 16 biggest commercial banks in New York City? Let’s start with what is a commercial bank.
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February 2 - Lists, News
U.S. stocks are mixed in Friday trading, as oil tumbled and earnings have largely failed to impress.
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July 22 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
Although earnings season is in full swing, the broader markets are strangely quiet. The VIX is below 14, and the S&P futures are flat.
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April 22 - Market Movers, News
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) has added itself to the list of companies that are posting better-than-expected quarterly results this reporting season.
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July 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 17 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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September 12 - News
When America was on the doorstep of the Roaring '20s and the birth of modern American consumerism, the predecessor to SunTrust Banks, Inc.
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September 12 - News
Here's one reason to be positive about the ongoing economic recovery: Banks are setting aside less money in expectation of future loan losses than they have since the second quarter...
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September 11 - News
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are seen as bloated, old financial tools of an era lost to time.
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September 3 - News
The good news is that the number is shrinking. According to a new report from CoreLogic, there were a total of 49,000 completed foreclosures in July.
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September 2 - News
In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are assumed to be bloated, outdated financial tools of an era lost to time.
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August 28 - News
Now, according to many investors, hedge funds are assumed to be useless, outdated financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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August 22 - News
Net interest margin, or NIM, takes the money a bank earns in interest from its loans and investments, subtracts the interest it pays out on its deposits, and divides the result...
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August 17 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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August 12 - News
The good news is that the number is shrinking. According to a new report from CoreLogic, there were a total of 55,000 completed foreclosures in June.
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July 31 - News
The southeastern part of the U.S., specifically Florida and Alabama, was especially hard-hit by the 2008 recession, and as a result, many banks saw loans sour as home prices fell...
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July 22 - News
Earnings season is underway, and the center of attention will shift to the banking sector during the week of July 15. Last Friday, banking giants JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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July 16 - News
Earlier this week, the regulators finally published the Basel III rules for U.S. banks.
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July 8 - News
PNC stock rushed up 19% during the current year. The bank faces a major decision.
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June 27 - News
Among America's bigger regional bankers, PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC) stock can probably claim claim its priciness as its biggest distinguishing factor.
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June 24 - News
Fellow Fools, when I run across a company I might be interested in as an investment -- one that I know next to nothing about -- I typically start my investigation by just jumping...
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June 19 - News
Many regional banks in the US emerged stronger after the 2008 financial meltdown.
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June 19 - News
The recent announcement of a merger between two well-respected but decidedly local Virginia banks could have implications for thousands of investors beyond the state's borders...
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June 19 - News
The interest rate environment and loan growth are among the key determinants of the net interest margin of a bank.
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June 11 - News
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, U.S. banks earned profits of $40.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, which showed growth of 15.8% year over year.
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June 11 - News
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) is the holding company and publicly traded side of SunTrust Bank, one of the country's biggest regional banks.
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June 11 - News
Even after substantial gains this year, a number of financial stocks still trade below book value.
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June 10 - News
To the average investor, there are plenty of gauges market participants can use to analyze stocks.
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May 24 - News
I'm a big fan of Peter Lynch, and one statement that he made always sticks with me.
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May 22 - News
When I came across U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) last year, I couldn't believe that I had been ignoring one of the best big banks in the country.
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May 22 - News
In recent weeks, Wall Street has gained an attraction for the regional banks in addition to popular money center banks such as Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and Citigroup Inc...
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May 3 - News
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI), State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), and KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) are among regional banks that have reported their first-quarter performances.
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April 28 - News
If you sort the stocks on the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:GSPC) by price-to-earnings ratio, one thing becomes immediately obvious: Financial companies are some of the cheapest stocks in...
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April 22 - News
Standard & Poor's has a positive outlook for regional banks, as do I.
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April 17 - News
The fourth quarter results at some of the major US banks remained strong.
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March 26 - News
When it comes to banks to invest in for the long-run, few of the big banks fit the traditional criteria of what investors look for: stability, low-risk assets, good dividend yield...
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March 25 - News
With some fanfare, the Federal Reserve's “Stress Tests” have been released as concerned to the nation's largest bank holding companies.
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March 20 - News
To say it's been a busy two weeks for banks would be an understatement.
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March 18 - News
The changes that the Federal Reserve made to its annual stress tests worked out very well for American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which announced late yesterday that the Fed...
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March 15 - News
It's been a long, tough ride for investors in Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) over the past couple of years.
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March 15 - News
During the boom of the U.S.
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March 13 - News
Headquartered in quiet Winston Salem, North Carolina, BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) avoided many of the pitfalls that ultimately plagued numerous regional banks across the country...
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March 6 - News
Its formula is pretty straightforward: Multiply earnings per share by book value per share, then multiply that by 22.5, and finally, take the square root.
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March 6 - News
When it comes to investing, going with the crowd will rarely -- if ever -- make you rich.
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March 5 - News
On Thursday, Zendesk, which provides an online platform for customer support, reported in a blog post that an intruder breached its servers and accessed data from three of its...
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February 25 - News
There is one regional bank that stands above its peers in both size and scope.
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February 22 - News
When investing in banks, it's easy to get overly focused on the big ones, like Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc.
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February 19 - News
Just like the team they represent, M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB) is off to a great start in 2013.
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February 13 - News
It's a natural instinct to try and hold things together in whatever way possible when a company goes through a rough patch.
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February 13 - News