Banks

Lloyds stock (LSE:LLOY) is not an attractive market at the moment. The choppy and volatile price is a pain to the speculator, except one waits for the price to start moving in a determined manner. The high volatility and choppy conditions happened last year and they are also happening this year, though the price is […]

Barclays shares (LSE:BARC) are currently strong. The price was strong for the most part of the year 2014, though there were occasionally vivid pullbacks which allowed bulls to go long when things were slightly down and in the context of an uptrend. Looking at the historical data, it would be seen that the best approach […]

The fourth quarter of 2014 capped a year of continued investment WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, reported net income of $12.7 million, or $1.32 per diluted common share for the final quarter of 2014 compared to net income of $11.4 million, or $1.23 per share for the third quarter of […]

“GE (NYSE:GE) ended the year with strong fourth-quarter industrial earnings and margin growth. the environment remains volatile, but we continue to see infrastructure growth opportunities. We are pleased with our execution in 2014, meeting our commitment to grow industrial segment profits 10%, industrial segment organic growth of 7%, increasing operating margins 50 basis points...

In a world where you can trade anywhere with just a click of the mouse there is simply no room for excuses when it comes to choosing a number of trading and investment accounts tailored to your individual trading needs. The recent events of “Black Thursday” which caused the downfall of several on-line FX brokers, […]

Details include assets exceeding $5.2bn Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGBN), the parent company of EagleBank, today announced record quarterly net income of $14.7 million ($16.9 million on an operating basis) for the three months ended December 31, 2014, a 23% increase on a net income basis (41% on an operating basis) over the $12.0 million net […]

“It’s futile to call the trade before it happens. One can never know beforehand if a trade is going to be a day trade, a short term trade of days or weeks or a long term trade of weeks up to months. Every trade develops from the embryonic stage of the smallest form on the smallest […]

In the world of modern media, stories are told as headlines, with one replacing another in rapid sequence, often creating a public impression that the story is over. Reality is quite a different thing. The stories continue to unfold for weeks and months – and even years – beyond the initial headlines. The decision last […]

FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) announced late this afternoon that it had entered into a funding agreement with Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) by which the latter would provide $300 million in cash that will bring FXCM into compliance with regulatory financial requirements. FXCM had become insolvent overnight, losing $225 million following the Swiss National Bank’s decision to un-peg […]

No one saw it coming. There was not even a hint in advance that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) was about to stab the financial world in the back. As we reported yesterday, the euro and the U.S. dollar took immediate hits. But we also expected broader and longer term fallout would follow. In the […]