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Bill Bradway Posted February 25, 2008
Ready or Not: Here Comes Banco Wal*Mart
Analysis of: Wal-Mart Gets Its Bank - in Mexico | money.cnn.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director Bradway Research, LLC
In November 2007, Wal-Mart de México (WMT) opened its first consumer bank, Banco Wal*Mart, in Toluca – an industrial town near Mexico City. The company plans to launch 80 more branches by the end of 2008. Will this initiative be successful? Will the established Mexican banking community suffer...
Posted February 21, 2008
Mispricing of Asset-backed Securities: Overvaluation Leads to Major Losses
Analysis of: Credit Suisse Strips $1B From 1q Profits | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Implications: 1. Evasion of financial problems leads to questions of the Institutions INTERNAL oversight. 2.Tighter controls of this  complex financial posturing may lead to stricter controls forced by the Regulatory Authorities. 3.Sovereign Wealth Funds have been accumulating share and wealth...
Posted February 20, 2008
The untold story of non-rated CDO bonds in bank closets
Analysis of: Credit Suisse Strips $1B From 1q Profits | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Like clockwork, you should expect to see these CDO induced writedowns to occur going forward for investment banks. One of the key reasons is the untold story in all these news: the rapid devaluation of non-rated CDO bonds (NR tranches) held at all these financial institutions that indulged in CDO making...
Posted February 20, 2008
Expect more bad news from Credit Suisse
Analysis of: Credit Suisse Strips $1B From 1q Profits | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
More bad news could pave the way for further buy-ins by foreign investors, such as the Qatar Investment Authority.  "The final determination of these reductions will depend on further results of our review and continuing market developments," the bank said.  Read: Expect more bad news. ...
Posted February 11, 2008
Financial System - Failures - Brickbats - Present and Forthcoming Problems
Analysis of: Financial Engine Failure | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The referred  article compares  the  simultaneous  failure of  the twin  engines  of  the  BA  flight  from  China  to  Heathrow to  the  failure  of  the  banking  and  financial  markets ...
Posted January 28, 2008
Private Equity Could Be Part of Answer As Big Banks Consolidate
Analysis of: What's Next for the Banks? by Andy Kessler (WSJ - Jan. 24., p. A17) | www.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1.  Banks have difficulty making the returns investors demand without taking undue risk. 2.  Kessler predicts that investment banks will lead the consolidation he foresees.  However, private equity could play a key role.  
Bill Bradway Posted January 24, 2008
Citibank’s Branch Expansion Strategy: No Miracle Leads to Reality Check
Analysis of: Citi Prunes Its Branch Expansion | online.wsj.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director Bradway Research, LLC
Citibank announced that it will cut back on its branch expansion strategy and may sell some recently opened branches due to high costs and/or poor results.  Any future expansion initiatives are likely to be limited to larger markets. What are the implications for Citibank's future in retail banking?...
Robert Canter Posted January 24, 2008
What you don’t know can hurt you...And why the current crisis will not end anytime soon
Analysis of: The worst market crisis in 60 years | www.ft.com
Author: Robert Canter, President-Founder Performance Realty Solutions, LLC
Can the Federal Reserve bail the United States economy out of a recession? Can a politically motivated economic stimulus package bail out the economy? Are the economic fundamentals so strong and flexible in the United States that the Nation’s economy can rebound quickly with very little damage to its...
Posted January 22, 2008
Australia's Problem
Analysis of: Australian banks under pressure over US subprime exposure | afp.google.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Sub Prime Mortgage crisis not the main problem.
Posted January 22, 2008
American roulette misses Aussie Banks
Analysis of: Australian banks under pressure over US subprime exposure | afp.google.com
Author: Harnath Sithamraju, Consultant Harnath Sithamraju
1. Australian banks have little exposure to US sub-prime mortgages. 2. Turmoil in financial markets has had no immediate impact on the credit ratings of Australian Banks.
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