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June 3-5, 2013
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Cost-Effective Management Intelligence for Bankers
The latest monthly reports from credit card issuers provide more evidence that loss rates will stay abnormally low longer than thought just a few months ago.
Margin compression once again overpowered loan growth in the first quarter, sapping banks’ traditional source of revenue.
In three years of “say-on-pay” votes since Dodd-Frank, investors have widely acquiesced to double-digit increases in bank executive compensation.
Small banks’ perch in small-business lending is being steadily eroded by large, credit-card issuing competitors.
The worst performing bank stocks of the year didn't do all that bad. Over a six-year horizon, almost all of them have maintained their value well relative to the KBW Bank Index, a group ranging in size from JPMorgan Chase to the $21 billion-asset Commerce Bancshares. But consistent earnings and stable share prices were not enough in a 2012 where momentum came from names that snapped back after steep losses the year before.
