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Photo by Kerkez/iStock via Getty Images Digging through the Fed's Beige Book, the U.S. economy expanded "moderately" and "somewhat" faster in the early April to late May vs. the prior six-week period. And part of that growth came from lending volumes starting to increase for both household an...

The best indicator of the trend in their relative performance, the yield curve, recently stopped running higher and has now reversed to the downside. In other words, the primary tailwind for the banks (and their net interest margins) is now potentially becoming a headwind. In all,...

While interest rates have stabilized in recent weeks, investors were unnerved when yields spiked 75 bps in barely 10 weeks. The potential for another surge in interest rates probably leads the list of investor anxieties. Different sectors respond very differently to rising rates. ...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

U.S. big banks Q1 earnings beat Street. Will their winning ways continue? Key drivers of Q1 profits for U.S. banks. Outlook for U.S. financials. For further details see: U.S. Banks Beat Street. Will Their Winning Ways Continue?

JPMorgan reports Tuesday morning, April 14th, before the opening bell with Street consensus currently expecting $3.07 in EPS on $30.5 billion in revenue for expected y/y growth of 294% and 8% respectively. Goldman reports Tuesday morning April 14th before the opening bell and current ...

The expected 21Q1 earnings growth rate is currently 24.2%, which has increased from 16.0% at the beginning of the year. All but two sectors have seen positive revisions to 21Q1 growth expectations since the beginning of the year. In 2021, we expect to see a year of high expectatio...

The big news of the week was the spike in interest rates, which according to the press reports I read, "came out of nowhere". Last week's economic reports were mostly positive and better than expected. US stocks took a breather last week but global stocks managed a small gain. ...

When the pandemic broke in March, the biggest concern for the banking industry was the future level of bad loans. Almost all banks significantly increased their loan loss reserves in the first two quarters of 2020 to prepare for that. Numerous government actions and other factors ...