First NBC Bank Holding: Underfollowed And Unloved, But Not Without A Reason
The bank Through its wholly-owned subsidiary – First NBC Bank, a Louisiana state non-member bank – First NBC Bank Holding Company (NASDAQ:FNBC) provides a wide range of financial services in New Orleans (metropolitan area), Florida (panhandle) and Mississippi Gulf Coast. As of December 31, 2015, the company had 39 banking offices. Real estate With the... Read More →
8% Yield And 40% Upside At The Beaten Down Investors Real Estate Trust
The Buy Thesis Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) has taken it on the chin as the Bakken shale play busted and real estate in the surrounding area suffered. This hardship triggered a portfolio repositioning that is going to leave IRET with a much stronger asset pool. Market pricing suggests further hardship, but a deep dive... Read More →
FXCM Sued By CFTC For Improper Customer ‘Guarantees’; Company Denial Rings Hollow
Shortly after the Swiss National Bank removed its peg to the Euro in January 2015, I released a multi-part Stock Plaza expose on FXCM’s (NYSE:FXCM) misleading marketing. Jan 29, 2015: FXCM Spin Game Doesn’t Change Its Misleading Marketing And Disclosures Feb 2, 2015: Misleading Marketing, Poor Risk Management, And Bad Trade Recommendations Dog FXCM Feb... Read More →
FXCM Sued By CFTC For Improper Customer 'Guarantees'; Company Denial Rings Hollow
Shortly after the Swiss National Bank removed its peg to the Euro in January 2015, I released a multi-part Unique Finance expose on FXCM’s (NYSE:FXCM) misleading marketing. Jan 29, 2015: FXCM Spin Game Doesn’t Change Its Misleading Marketing And Disclosures Feb 2, 2015: Misleading Marketing, Poor Risk Management, And Bad Trade Recommendations Dog FXCM Feb... Read More →
NVIDIA Corporation Reveals Lower-Cost GeForce GTX 1060
Image source: NVIDIA. Last month, graphics specialist NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) released the GeForce GTX 1060 for desktop gaming personal computers. That 1060, which carried a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $249, used a fully enabled GP106 chip and packed 6 GB of video memory. Although $249 is a fairly low price point, particularly as the... Read More →
Beware Barclays
Barclays (NYSE:BCS) has had some tough years since 2012, impacted by several issues that led to very weak results despite several restructuring plans being implemented during the past four years. Without much progress being made, Barclays’ management was changed in 2015 and the bank has recently shown more progress to fix its structural problems. Nevertheless,... Read More →
Best Near-Term Price Gains Ahead For: Dow Jones 30 Stocks
We have a special way of looking at stocks and ETFs If you have seen this explanation before, please jump to the next bold-faced headline. Technology advances in communications and information have transformed the way securities markets operate, and the way major investors behave as a result. Prices of equities now normally gyrate during one-year... Read More →
Bancolombia’s (CIB) CEO Juan Carlos Mora on Q2 2016 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Bancolombia S.A. (NYSE:CIB) Q2 2016 Earnings Conference Call August 18, 2016 9:00 AM ET Executives Alejandro Mejia – Investor Relations Manager Juan Carlos Mora – Chief Executive Officer Jose Humberto Acosta – Chief Financial Officer Juan Pablo Espinosa – Chief Economist Jorge Humberto Hernandez – Chief Accounting Officer; Analysts Ernesto Gabilondo – Bank of America... Read More →
Bancolombia's (CIB) CEO Juan Carlos Mora on Q2 2016 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Bancolombia S.A. (NYSE:CIB) Q2 2016 Earnings Conference Call August 18, 2016 9:00 AM ET Executives Alejandro Mejia – Investor Relations Manager Juan Carlos Mora – Chief Executive Officer Jose Humberto Acosta – Chief Financial Officer Juan Pablo Espinosa – Chief Economist Jorge Humberto Hernandez – Chief Accounting Officer; Analysts Ernesto Gabilondo – Bank of America... Read More →
Alliance Data Systems: If You Don’t Like The Answer, Just Change The Question
Citron Target on Alliance Data Systems Corp is 50% Near-Term Downside This month Citron Research celebrates its 15th year of publication – exposing, for lack of a better term, “market inefficiencies.” This neutral-sounding moniker is occasionally an accident… but rarely. Most often it exploits the shallowness of Wall Street’s “insight” wit management’s intentional hype, misdirection... Read More →