Matt O'Connor

TCF Financial Most Likely Regional Bank Seller, Deutsche Says

BankUnited Inc., Comerica Inc., TCF Financial Corp., First Republic Bank and Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. are the most likely regional lenders to put themselves up for sale based partially on how much their chief executive officers stand to make from a deal, a report found.

JPMorgan Overtakes Wells Fargo as Most Valuable U.S. Bank

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reclaimed the No. 1 title by market value as the impact of last year’s wrong-way bet on derivatives fades and investors wager on an investment-banking rebound.

U.S. Bancorp Profit Rises 5.2% on Lower Loan-Loss Provisions

U.S. Bancorp, the nation’s largest regional lender, said fourth-quarter profit rose 5.2 percent, meeting analysts’ estimates, on lower loan-loss provisions.

Goldman No. 1 at Rating Financial Companies With 38% Right

It’s been a rough three years for banks, securities firms and insurers -- even rougher for the analysts whose job it is to predict how the stocks of these firms will perform, Bloomberg Markets reports in its November issue.

JPMorgan Traders Continue Taking Market Share, Deutsche Bank Analysts Say

JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the most profitable U.S. bank, is taking trading revenue from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. as investments including its $1.7 billion purchase of RBS Sempra’s commodities business begin paying off, Deutsche Bank AG analysts said.

JPMorgan Cut to Hold by Deutsche Bank After CFO Meeting

JPMorgan Chase & Co. was cut to hold by Deutsche Bank AG analysts who said regulators may not let the company resume its stock-repurchase program this year after a trading loss of at least $5.8 billion.

Bank Deposits Surge $2 Trillion More Than Loans: Credit Markets

Deposits at U.S. banks exceed loans by an unprecedented $2 trillion as the threat of a slowing economy tempers borrower demand and lenders preserve tightened standards.

U.S. Banks’ Profit Estimates May Fall 30%, Deutsche Bank Says

Profit estimates for Bank of America Corp. and other large U.S. lenders may need to be slashed as much as 30 percent if economic growth slows to 1 percent or less, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank AG.

Gift From Fed Stops as Profits Shrink at Banks Led by JPMorgan

The Federal Reserve’s policy of keeping interest rates persistently low, which has helped boost bank earnings over the last six quarters, is beginning to make it harder for the biggest U.S. lenders to make money.

What Jamie Dimon Doesn’t Know Is Plain Scary

Could Jamie Dimon really be as clueless as he sounded on the phone yesterday?

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U.S. Sees No Hard Evidence of Syrian Chemical Weapons Use

European Stocks Little Changed as Miners Rise, Ifo Drops

U.S. Mint Runs Out of Smallest American Eagle Gold Coin

Apple CEO Seeks to Stem Growth Concern by Returning Cash

Apple Returning $55 Billion to Investors as Forecast Trails