Diversified Banks

Below are the top 5 mid-cap financial stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of cash. American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG) has total cash of $108.22 billion. AIG’s market capitalization is $3.91 billion. AIG has a total debt of $176.10 billion. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE...

Barclay's (NYSE: BCS) to buy LaBranche (NYSE: LAB)

Web based content filtering company, Websense, Inc (NASDAQ: WBSN) has been upgraded at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) today. In the research report, the analyst cited a "positive outlook on the overall software spending environment, trough valuations, growth in new product billings and stabilization in...

Short sellers sharply increased their bets against two of America’s most widely followed stocks. Shares sold short in Citigroup (NYSE: C) rose 36% to 381 million. The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) soared 34% to 15.6 million. Among Nasdaq stocks, other significant changes included a 13%...

• Alcoa (NYSE:AA) reported fourth-quarter earnings excluding items of one cent a share, below estimates of 6 cents, and versus year-ago quarter’s 28 cent loss.  Revenues, however, came in better than expected at $5.43 billion, although under last year's $5.68 billion.  The firm blamed the results...

Three financial companies may soon raise their dividends. According to Mike Khouw of Cantor Fitzgerald, options activity leads him to believe that at least three firms may be about to give back a little more to shareholders. On CNBC's Fast Money Monday evening, Khouw said that JP Morgan Chase (NYSE...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) which repaid bailout funds five months before its competitors, is leading again in the next test of bank fitness: restoring dividends cut last year amid the credit crisis. Investors in the U.S. options market already are betting JPMorgan will more than double...

Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) announced on Friday that a sale agreement had been reached with Aberdeen Asset Management PLC to sell its non-core asset management business for a consideration of GBP 84.7 million. The divestment which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2010...

• UBS (NYSE:UBS) upgraded Barclays (NYSE:BCS) to "buy" from "neutral" • Macquarie downgraded Boeing (NYSE:BA) shares to "neutral" from "outperform."  The company had risen to a 52-week high in yesterday's trade on improving passenger prospects for airlines • TSMC (NYSE:TSM), the largest contract...

Below are the top 5 mid-cap stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of last price down versus the 200 day moving average. Shares of Brazilian Telecommunications Corp (NYSE: TBH) are down 50.66% as compared to the 200-day moving average. TBH’s market capitalization is $6.66 billion. TBH’s shares...

Analysts at Credit Suisse have reiterated a Neutral rating on Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), with a price target of $28.00. This price target value translates into a 1.8 times estimated forward book value per share. Quarterly charge-offs are expected to increase 11% quarter on quarter,...

• General Motors' CEO Whitacre promised the company's first year of profitability in 2010 following five years of losses • Microsoft's (NYSE:MSFT) CEO Ballmer's opening address in Las Vegas focused on the company's touch-tablet from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), planned for introduction this year • ...

There are a lot of changes expected for the banks in terms of stricter regulatory system, higher capital requirements and increased liquidity requirements. This will adversely affect the banks’ profitability. Keeping this in mind, the analysts at FBR Capital Markets, Paul J. Miller, Scott Valentin...