UNCRY News and Press, Unicredito SpA ADR 2017 From 10/03/18

Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole, n'aria serena doppo na tempesta! Pe' ll'aria fresca pare già na festa... Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole. (English Translation: What a beautiful thing is a sunny day. The air is serene after a storm, The air is so fresh that it alr...

Background Two weeks ago, I suggested to Give A Boot To The Boot Country as things in Italy ( EWI ) seem to go downhill fast. To my surprise, this article has the lowest number of page views ("PV") out of the fifteen articles I've published on SA in August. Nevertheless, this article h...

Italian bank UniCredit SpA ( OTCPK:UNCRY +0.9% ) reportedly has hired an adviser for a possible merger with France's Societe Generale ( OTCPK:SCGLY +1.4% ). More news on: UniCredito Spa ADR, Societe Generale ADR, UniCredito Spa, Financial stocks news, Merger & acquisition news, S...

Background In a recent article I've touched upon the possible effects on Spanish banks coming out of the monetary-liquidity crisis in Turkey ( TUR ). The two immediate suspects are BBVA ( BBVA ) and Banco Santander ( SAN ). This article has brought more anger and frustration than usual. ...

Background Italy’s ( EWI ) economy is the third largest in the European Union ("EU"). The current government was formed on June 1st (preceded by three months of negotiations) between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement ("M5S") and the right-wing (Northern) League. With two...

I bet the top European Union bureaucrats are counting their lucky stars that the European Parliament suspended talks with Turkey on EU membership back in 2016. Now Turkey can collapse without taking the rest of the EU with it. Maybe. On the other hand, the Financial Times came out with an a...

Background It was only five weeks ago, when we wrote an article about Spain ( EWP ) and its two largest banks - Banco Santander ( SAN ) and BBVA ( BBVA ) - being too much exposed to the Brazilian ( EWZ ) struggling economy. T wit: Latin America accounts for 46% of the revenues of t...

French banking giant Societe Generale ( OTCPK:SCGLY ) continues to post the sort of performance that puts the stock firmly in the “cheap for a reason” camp. Although second quarter results were better than expected pretty much across the board, the core results weren’t a...

Author's note: Intesa Sanpaolo ( OTCPK:IITOF )( OTCPK:ISNPY ) is primarily traded on the Milan Stock Exchange under the ticker ISP:MI. I will be referring to the Italian symbol for the article unless explicitly stated. Note: Amounts are in EUR unless mentioned otherwise. Intesa Sanpaolo is...

Background When Trapping Value ("TV") and I were discussing our partnership on the Wheel of Fortune one of the points that we touched upon was how do we handle situations where we don't see things eye to eye? Some Marketplace services that are run by more than one moderator have adopte...