Banks

The share price of Barclays (LSE:BARC) fell 3.22% on the LSE today, closing at 254.30, dragging the nearly record-setting FTSE 100 index from its lofty heights of 02 March back to 6,889.13. The decline today was clearly attributable to two things: the release of the bank’s final results for the year ended 31 December 2014 […]

HSBC Holdings shares (LSE:HSBA) are currently downbeat and buyers should stay away. The market has been trending down generally for several months, with transitory rallies proffering opportunities to go short. Right now, the price is trading below the EMA 21 and the Williams’ % Range period 20 is gallivanting around the oversold region. This is […]

Bank of America stock (NYSE:BAC) is currently a dicey market and one should stay away until there is a predictable direction. The price made some effort to go north last year (2014), but there was a sharp pullback in the month of January 2015. The price is now trying to recover from the sharp pullback. […]

You just know it’s going to be a bad day when it’s time to report a 17% decline in pretax profit for any period. This morning, HSBC Holdings (LSE:HSBA), Europe’s largest bank, reported a 17% decline for the entire 12 months ending 31 December. The company’s share price followed suit post-announcement, falling more than 5.1% […]

Lloyds stock (LSE:LLOY) is not an attractive market at the moment. The choppy and volatile price is a pain to the speculator, except one waits for the price to start moving in a determined manner. The high volatility and choppy conditions happened last year and they are also happening this year, though the price is […]

Barclays shares (LSE:BARC) are currently strong. The price was strong for the most part of the year 2014, though there were occasionally vivid pullbacks which allowed bulls to go long when things were slightly down and in the context of an uptrend. Looking at the historical data, it would be seen that the best approach […]

The fourth quarter of 2014 capped a year of continued investment WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, reported net income of $12.7 million, or $1.32 per diluted common share for the final quarter of 2014 compared to net income of $11.4 million, or $1.23 per share for the third quarter of […]

“GE (NYSE:GE) ended the year with strong fourth-quarter industrial earnings and margin growth. the environment remains volatile, but we continue to see infrastructure growth opportunities. We are pleased with our execution in 2014, meeting our commitment to grow industrial segment profits 10%, industrial segment organic growth of 7%, increasing operating margins 50 basis points...

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Details include assets exceeding $5.2bn Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGBN), the parent company of EagleBank, today announced record quarterly net income of $14.7 million ($16.9 million on an operating basis) for the three months ended December 31, 2014, a 23% increase on a net income basis (41% on an operating basis) over the $12.0 million net […]