STD - Banco Santander, S.A.
In many instances, ETFs have allowed more active investors to change their strategy for allocating assets and alter the manner in which they seek to generate alpha. Instead of seeking to identify undervalued companies through…Read
Something odd happened last week which led me to a stroll down nostalgia lane, and a stock sale. I was a reporter in Paris in the 1980s when Barclays Bank (BCS) worked out the first foreign bank noncumulative preferred stock…Read
Nearly every stock and ADR/ADS of European banking stocks are lower so far on Tuesday over new, actually repeat, concerns over debt levels and downside levels of recent stress tests not factoring in the right risks in the…Read
The Global Finance magazine has published its list of the worlds 50 safest banks for this year. These banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks around…Read
We all know how the bank dividend story goes. Big money center banks based here in the U.S. and several of their large European counterparts got drunk off the easy money, easy credit cocktail that flowed so freely from…Read
GA_googleFillSlot("468x60"); UK Banks - The companies, which include members of the FTSE100, are preparing to argue publicly that dividing the banks’ retail and investment banking arms will make everyday business…Read
Its barely credible, but it seems to be true: On August 12,13, and 16, 2010, Defendant Juan Jose Fernandez Garcia (Garcia), a Madrid, Spain resident and the Head of European Equity Derivatives at Banco Santander, S.A., an…Read
GA_googleFillSlot("468x60"); Banco Santander SA (NYSE:STD) is on an acquisition spree. The company is intending to acquire a stake in Bank Zachodni WBK, a Polish Bank. In fact, Santander is planning to buy three overseas…Read
These acquisition deals are in line with strategic reengineering efforts at Santander. Its home market is still mired in a deep recession.…Read
Deere (NYSE: DE) offered a report to its shareholders and potential investors this week, but we found a message all investors and the global community should take heed of. Deere offered a sort of death threat by…Read
GA_googleFillSlot("468x60"); On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is planning to sell its 34.1% (64.7 million common and preferred shares) stake in BlackRock Inc.…Read
Hedge fund titan David Tepper released the 13F for his Appaloosa Management L.P. fund for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. The value of the disclosed portfolio is down from $3.31 billion at Marc 31, 2010 to $2.87 billion at…Read
GA_googleFillSlot("468x60"); BP (NYSE:BP) - Co. has raised USD 5bln in new loans by pledging revenues from oil sales for the first time in a bid to bolster its liquidity in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill. The new…Read
Wall Street Journal reports that BAC plans to sell its 34.1% stake in BlackRock Inc.…Read