Banks

Louisiana Bancorp will receive $24.25 per share Home Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBCP), the holding company of the 106-year-old Home Bank, N.A., and Louisiana Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:LABC), the holding company of the 105-year-old Bank of New Orleans, jointly announced today the signing of a definitive agreement under which Home Bancorp will acquire Louisiana Bancorp for an aggregate […]

Clear Leisure stock (LSE:CLP) is currently making some attempt to go upwards. So far in this month, the market was moving sideways, just as the crab walks sideways, but there is currently a bullish price action in the chart, in the context of the recent turbulence in the market. Where will the price go next? […]

General Electric’s share price (NYSE:GE) is bouncing up and down this morning as investors are reacting to the not-so-surprising news that the company is taking the steps it has indicated it would to divest itself of its private equity business.  The company confirmed this morning that it will sell its sponsor finance business and a […]

Multi-Currency Deposit Account to Be Introduced; Designed for Mobile Lifestyles and People Who Live, Work or Travel Across Borders WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WSFS) the parent company of WSFS Bank (WSFS) announced today that WSFS has formed a Strategic Alliance with ZenBanx Holding Ltd. (ZenBanx), the marketing, technology and bank service provider founded in 2012 by […]

Will it be a triumph? Triumph Bancorp (Nasdaq:TBK), the holding company for Triumph Community Bank, N.A. and Triumph Savings Bank, SSB, announced that its subsidiary banks intend to seek regulatory approval to merge into a single bank later this year. The combined bank will continue doing business under their current names, Triumph Community Bank and […]

In the waning trading hours yesterday I wrote “I, for one, believe that there may be adequate activity and the right atmosphere to make this the week that the FTSE reaches 7,000.00.” That’s a pretty bold statement to make on a Wednesday afternoon. Lot’s of pundits might dare to say something like that before a […]

The FTSE 100 is pushing back toward record territory once again today with help from Standard Charter Bank (LSE:STAN) and George Osborne. Approaching 3:00 pm in London, the FTSE is up 1.43% to 6.935.46, moving closer to surpassing its 6,974.26 52-week high. To be clear, Standard Charter and George Osborne are not the only reasons […]

AIG – America International Group – shares (NYSE:AIG) is now ripe for bullish trend. All indication, including the price action, points to further northward journey. It is expected that the market would make higher lows and higher highs within the next several months. For this analysis, we use 4 EMAs and they are EMAs 10, […]

There are still almost three hours of trading time left in New York, but with the Dow down by more than 228 points to 17,760.87, the Nasdaq down 42.02 points to 4,851, and the S&P 500 down 20.26 points to 2,045.9, it does not appear that the day is going to end well. Normally, I […]

Standard Chartered Bank shares (LSE:STAN) have the possibility of going upwards this year. The market was under pressure last year, consolidating towards the end of that year and in the beginning of this year. Now, the market has broken upwards as it is ready to journey northward. The price is above the EMA 21 and […]