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Astoria Financial Corp. (AF)

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  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    Hardwood Floors needs a new banker and the attorney should go fishing for clients somewhere else. As a community banker I can tell you ... More »
    Comment by Smalltownbanker
    Oct 20 20:57 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    Well the housing numbers came out and guess what - they still suck. Know why, people cannot get financing. Talking with a banker here... More »
    Comment by HardwoodFlooring
    Oct 20 09:59 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    Short the financial sector at your peril.
    Comment by Chaser12
    Oct 19 18:40 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    Short financials at your peril.
    Comment by Chaser12
    Oct 19 18:39 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    The Brennan Center for Justice October 2009 report entitled, "Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation" points out things some... More »
    Comment by Barbara Ann Jackson
    Oct 19 13:21 pm |
    Rating: +1 -2
  • Housing and Banking Set to Lead Another Economic Wave Lower [View article]
    Thank you for your thoughts above. What concerns me the most is that we seem to have three US economies occurring today - everyone is... More »
    Comment by Lucio Petroccione
    Oct 19 11:04 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Impact of Obama Plan on Prospect of Big-Bank Breakups [View article]
    Jasper - look at the spreads on debt issuances by these institutions. This is a good indicator of how the market preceives risk. PNC,... More »
    Comment by greedcanbgood
    Jun 23 09:58 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Impact of Obama Plan on Prospect of Big-Bank Breakups [View article]
    "it did not know how regulators would look at systemic risks. The agency seemed to believe that there could still be a real possibility... More »
    Comment by TinyTim
    Jun 20 14:53 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Impact of Obama Plan on Prospect of Big-Bank Breakups [View article]
    I take no issue with the table, though it being based ultimately on S&P's work does kind of lessen any faith in its utility. But I... More »
    Comment by Jasper M
    Jun 19 22:37 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Impact of Obama Plan on Prospect of Big-Bank Breakups [View article]
    due to recent reforms in financial regulatios we shorted big weak american banks - JPM, KEY, STI and hedged it with long Canadian banks... More »
    Comment by DmytrenkoArtem
    Jun 19 18:53 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Impact of Obama Plan on Prospect of Big-Bank Breakups [View article]
    Bad table, not so useful....or at least sorted VERY poorly. Banks like USB, BB&T and PNC STILL are mainting VERY high ratings and... More »
    Comment by greedcanbgood
    Jun 19 14:54 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • S&P Downgrades 22 Banks [View article]
    How is PNC Financial Services Group's outlook being raised from "watch negative" to "stable" an example of "getting the woodshed... More »
    Comment by Heaven, Hell or Hoboken
    Jun 18 16:17 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Moody's Wakes Up, Whacks 23 Banks [View article]
    How many bankers, including Mr. Davis, would be blowing gaskets or taking money from TARP had they simply stuck to the business of doing... More »
    Comment by Burton A. Johnson
    Jun 18 15:19 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • S&P Downgrades 22 Banks [View article]
    Typo: there's a missing verb ("reacted"?) in the third line, after "some of which".
    Comment by Roger Knights
    Jun 17 20:35 pm |
    Rating: +1 -2
  • S&P Downgrades 22 Banks [View article]
    It's called "blackmail".
    Comment by Rollerball
    Jun 17 19:39 pm |
    Rating: 0 -1