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Upside / Downside Capture Ratio Can Help Identify Strong Investment Funds
Richard Shaw • Mon, Oct 1, 2012 • 10 Comments
ETFs For The Presidential Election
Tom Lydon • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Libor: First Change It, Then Render It Obsolete
Felix Salmon • Sun, Sep 16, 2012 • 4 Comments
The Frightening Truth About PFGBest
Elite E Services • Thu, Jul 12, 2012 • 18 Comments
Why You Should Not Bank On The Stupefying Strength In Financial ETFs
Gary Gordon • Wed, Mar 21, 2012 • 7 Comments
A Horse Called VaR (Value At Risk)
Conrad Vincent • Wed, Feb 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
Global Banking: What Should Be Done?
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Jan 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
12 For 2012: Sector ETFs To Watch
Benzinga • Wed, Dec 7, 2011
How The 'United States Of Europe' Could Come Unglued
Bo Peng • Thu, Nov 10, 2011 • 12 Comments
Glacier Bancorp Solid Or Melting?
Lee Eugene Munson • Thu, Oct 13, 2011
Trouble In Financial Land
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Oct 4, 2011
U.S. And Global Sector ETF Portfolios For October
Scott's Investments • Tue, Oct 4, 2011 • 1 Comment
The Smaller Banks Continue To Lose Ground
John M. Mason • Mon, Sep 19, 2011 • 2 Comments
Continuing To Avoid Financials In The Current Environment
Roger Nusbaum • Tue, Sep 13, 2011 • 5 Comments
How To Profit From A Greek Default
Simon Monger • Mon, Sep 12, 2011 • 1 Comment
The Global Banking Industry: Why Something Has To Be Done
Elliott R. Morss • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 • 11 Comments
Financial ETFs May Be Telling Us What We Don't Want To Hear
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 23, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Curious Greek Bond Price Chart
Felix Salmon • Tue, Jul 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Second Annual Greece Bailout: Rolling the Snowball
Cliff Wachtel • Fri, Jul 22, 2011 • 11 Comments
Sovereign Debt: Has Europe Finally Discovered Alchemy?
Peter Tchir • Thu, Jul 21, 2011 • 16 Comments

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IMF Says Bad Asset Write-Downs Could Reach $4 Trillion
The Manual of Ideas • Wed, Apr 22, 2009 • 1 Comment
Global Debt: A Closer Look
Reggie Middleton • Fri, Mar 13, 2009 • 17 Comments
Stress Testing Methods at Eurozone Banks Are Inadequate
The Prudent Investor • Mon, Dec 1, 2008
The FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile, Q2 2008
Markham Lee • Thu, Aug 28, 2008
This 'Surge' Buy of Financial Giants May Work
Thomas Smicklas • Wed, Jan 23, 2008 • 1 Comment

Upside / Downside Capture Ratio Can Help Identify Strong Investment Funds
Richard Shaw • Mon, Oct 1, 2012 • 10 Comments
ETFs For The Presidential Election
Tom Lydon • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Libor: First Change It, Then Render It Obsolete
Felix Salmon • Sun, Sep 16, 2012 • 4 Comments
The Frightening Truth About PFGBest
Elite E Services • Thu, Jul 12, 2012 • 18 Comments
Why You Should Not Bank On The Stupefying Strength In Financial ETFs
Gary Gordon • Wed, Mar 21, 2012 • 7 Comments
A Horse Called VaR (Value At Risk)
Conrad Vincent • Wed, Feb 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
Global Banking: What Should Be Done?
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Jan 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
12 For 2012: Sector ETFs To Watch
Benzinga • Wed, Dec 7, 2011
How The 'United States Of Europe' Could Come Unglued
Bo Peng • Thu, Nov 10, 2011 • 12 Comments
Glacier Bancorp Solid Or Melting?
Lee Eugene Munson • Thu, Oct 13, 2011
Trouble In Financial Land
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Oct 4, 2011
U.S. And Global Sector ETF Portfolios For October
Scott's Investments • Tue, Oct 4, 2011 • 1 Comment
The Smaller Banks Continue To Lose Ground
John M. Mason • Mon, Sep 19, 2011 • 2 Comments
Continuing To Avoid Financials In The Current Environment
Roger Nusbaum • Tue, Sep 13, 2011 • 5 Comments
How To Profit From A Greek Default
Simon Monger • Mon, Sep 12, 2011 • 1 Comment
The Global Banking Industry: Why Something Has To Be Done
Elliott R. Morss • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 • 11 Comments
Financial ETFs May Be Telling Us What We Don't Want To Hear
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 23, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Curious Greek Bond Price Chart
Felix Salmon • Tue, Jul 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
The Second Annual Greece Bailout: Rolling the Snowball
Cliff Wachtel • Fri, Jul 22, 2011 • 11 Comments
Sovereign Debt: Has Europe Finally Discovered Alchemy?
Peter Tchir • Thu, Jul 21, 2011 • 16 Comments

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S&P Gains 'Sheer Lunacy', Says Pro Trader

at CNBC.com (Mar 21, 2011)
Halftime: Hidden Message in Chip Sector?

at CNBC.com (Mar 9, 2011)
Traders: Despite Selling, Bulls Ended Week Ahead

at CNBC.com (Mar 4, 2011)
Halftime Pt.1: Is S&P Above 1040 A Buy Signal?

at CNBC.com (Jul 7, 2010)

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The iShares S&P Global Financials Sector Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of companies that Standard & Poor's deems part of the financial sector of the economy and important to global markets, as represented by the S&P Global Financials Sector Index. The index is a subset of the Standard & Poor's Global 1200 Index.
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Monday, March 11, 3:45 AM Europe's repo market dropped 11.9% to €5.6T in 2012, a report shows, suggesting that many banks are still relying on cheap loans from central banks rather than on each other and on investors for short-term financing. Report author Richard Comotto says the larger concern is that the repo market is contracting at a time when authorities would like to see the financial sector reduce its reliance on central banks. 1 Comment [Financials, Global & FX]
Friday, February 15, 1:10 PM While thinking about the XLF brings to mind the big banks, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) has climbed to become the ETFs 2nd-largest holding at 8.32%, just behind JPMorgan at 8.6%. Berkshire also ranks 2nd in the global financial ETF (IXG) - which allocates 3.29% of the fund to the stock, just behind HSBC. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, January 7, 5:02 AM "New, relaxed (Basel) liquidity rules suggest economies and banks may be weaker than thought," tweets Reuters' James McGeever. "And will new rules spur bank lending? Jury out on that." Markets don't seem to be too worried, though, with Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index +1.5%. (Previously) 1 Comment [Financials, Top Stories]
Monday, January 7, 4:04 AM Credit Agricole (CRARF.PK) leads major European banks higher, rising 4.7% after regulators ease Basel liquidity rules, followed by Deutsche Bank (DB) +4.3%, Unicredit (UNCFY.OB) +4.3% and Barclays (BCS) +3.7%. Also, SocGen (SCGLF.PK) +3.4%, HSBC (HBC) +0.75%, Lloyds (LYG) +1.9%, Santander (SAN) +2%, RBS (RBS) +1.5%, UBS (UBS) +2% and Credit Suisse (CS) +3.4%. Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMDPY.PK) +15%. Comment! [Financials, On the Move, Top Stories]
Tuesday, January 1, 11:40 AM Financial services ETFs (XLF, IPF, IXG led all sector ETFs in 2012, followed by consumer discretionary (XLY, IPD, RXI), healthcare (XLV, IRY, IXJ) and tech (XLK, IPK IXN). Utilities (XLU, IPU, JXI) and telecom (IST, IXP) underperformed. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:54 AM Fitch's estimate of $566B in additional capital needs for the world's largest banks is likely to create a tradeoff for the lenders. A better capitalization ratio could lead to lower risk premiums, but more capital means ROE will suffer, maybe by more than 20%, thus reducing the bank's ability to attract investment. 3 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 4:43 AM The world's 29 largest banks will need to raise an extra $566B in new capital by 2018 to meet tougher Basel III standards, according to a Fitch study. The extra capital would be a 23% increase on what banks held at the end of 2011, or roughly equivalent to three times their combined annual earnings. U.S. banks will be hit particularly hard by the relative capital requirements for risky activities. 5 Comments [Top Stories, Financials]
Monday, October 3, 2011, 4:28 PM Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU -2.5%) issues a statement after the close reiterating its commitment to its long-term strategic alliance with Morgan Stanley (MS -7.7%), noting that the company "remains core" to its global business strategy. Contrarians, take note. 6 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 8:15 AM Uncomfortable parallels for banks from Floyd Norris: Indexes of financials are down about as much this year as they were at this point in 2008 - right before Lehman Brothers collapsed and the stocks tanked further (chart). 5 Comments [Financials]
Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 6:42 AM The Fed is said to be in favor of a Basel III proposal calling for a maximum capital surcharge of three percentage points on the largest global banks; financial stocks took a beating yesterday on fears the surcharge might run as high as 7%. 3 Comments [Financials, Top Stories]
Thursday, December 2, 2010, 11:29 AM For the first time since 2008, Goldman Sachs goes positive on financials, upgrading its rating on the sector to Overweight and making the KBW Bank Index (BKX) a factor in its "top trades." The firm sees improvement in loan demand, capital clarity and capital markets activity, and expects pressure on long-term rates to subside. (earlier) 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 9:26 AM The IPO backlog is now huge: 161 companies have filed to raise a record $56B. Unlike the tech IPO boom in 2000, many are proven businesses, including GM, Toys 'R' Us, Nielsen and Booz Allen. "The question," says Renaissance Capital, "is whether the market can absorb it all." (More IPO news and analysis.) 4 Comments
Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 4:28 AM Financial stocks are once again taking markets down. But the iShares S&P Global Financials Sector ETF (IXG) is off only about 35% from its high, versus (for example) a fall of over 50% for the China market. IXG a short, even here? Comment!
Friday, June 6, 2008, 3:05 AM The global banking industry (IXG) has reported $387bn in credit losses since January 2007, of which more was suffered by European than U.S. firms: $200bn vs. $166bn. The Europeans bought packaged U.S. subprime debt. Comment!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 1:55 AM "Global financial companies are like patients living on intravenous drips", says one head of research. "They will stumble with even a small shock." ETF: IXG. Comment!
Monday, June 2, 2008, 2:01 AM Texas Pacific Group will buy 20% of Bradford & Bingley, the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lender, for £150 million. Infusions bullish for global financials (IXG)? Comment!

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WaysToPlay: European Bank's PIGS Exposure http://bit.ly/bIGYwE $EUFN $XLF $IXG $IYF #Banks #ETF #MKT #Euro #Financials #PIGS
2/11/10
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WaysToPlay: Global bank tax near, says Brown http://bit.ly/cxqi9F $IXG $XLF #ETF #MKT #Banks
2/11/10
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WaysToPlay: Euro Falling, US Recovery Under Threat http://bit.ly/bgGwuP $EUO $FXE $IXG $IYF $SPY $UUP $XLF #FX #ETF #MKT #Financials
2/8/10
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WaysToPlay: Europe is Lehman-fied, part deux http://bit.ly/dosuO5 $IXG #Financials #ETF #MKT #Econ #Trading
2/2/10
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WaysToPlay: BarCap's 'credit surprise' snapback http://bit.ly/6x8cRV $IXG $BCS #ETF #MKT #Credit #Trading $Strategy
1/6/10
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WaysToPlay: BofA/ML : Ten Investment Themes For 2010 http://bit.ly/5sPWSJ $GDX $CEW $DOL $IEO $IXG $NUV $PBW $TYO #Gold #FX #ETF #Inflation
12/8/09
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WaysToPlay: Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&P http://bit.ly/65IAnS $IXG $PFF $PGF #ETF #MKT #Banks
11/24/09
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Maybe the banks are in worse trouble than we realize: see article FAZ IXG IYF IYG RKH SEF VFH XLF #ETF #MKT #economy
9/21/09
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WaysToPlay: Maybe the banks are in worse trouble than we realize http://bit.ly/40CQxv FAZ IXG IYF IYG RKH SEF VFH XLF #ETF #MKT #economy
9/21/09
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