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Shares of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) have underperformed its regional bank peers over the past six months, but the recent stress test report makes it clear the stock is "disconnected from strong fundamentals," according to Argus. The Analyst Argus Research Company's Stephen...

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) removed a major overhang last week, as it not only passed the Federal Reserve's stress test, but announced a much better than expected capital return program, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Betsy Graseck upgraded...

President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as the Federal Reserve's vice chair of supervision is great news for bank investors, CNBC's Jim Cramer argued during his daily "Mad Money" show Tuesday. Trump nominated Randal Quarles, a private equity professional and former undersecretary of the Treasury...

Warren Buffett is having a pretty good week. How good? $12 billion good. Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will not only collect a $12 billion profit in an investment made in Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) six years ago but will also become the...

After the close Wednesday, American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) submitted their Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE: SC) failed the qualitative test Wednesday. Barclay's Mark DeVries commented on the...

The Federal Reserve’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), also known as the bank "stress test" and now in its sixth year, evaluates the capital planning processes and capital adequacy of the largest U.S.-based bank holding companies. Included in these tests is the...

Major banks are dishing out hundreds of millions of dollars each to consultants and experts to help them prepare for the Federal Reserve's annual stress test. The annual stress test is designed to see how major banks operate under a series of hypothetical and extreme case scenarios. This year's...

While most traders think of big banks when they think of the Fed stress tests, consumer finance companies’ capital return plans are subjected to the same regulatory scrutiny. With the CCAR results due out next week, Barclays analyst Mark DeVries recently took an in-depth look at what he...

The Federal Reserve will release round one of its annual "stress test" on Thursday, which evaluates how financial entities will cope under various hypothetical scenarios. The full results of the test will be released the following Wednesday. Naturally, this is of greater significance and determines...

Last week banks' shares saw a sizable boost after the Federal Reserve's stress test results indicated that most of the nation's biggest banks' balance sheets were sound enough to weather another economic downturn. Last week,the KBW Index of large commercial banks increased 0.6...

In a report published Wednesday evening, MKM Partners analyst David Trone examined five mega-banks investors should consider following the release of the Stress Test results. "The Fed released Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) results that disclosed approved amounts of capital...

At least two large-cap banks are at risk of getting restrictions slapped on their buybacks and dividends next week, an analyst said Friday. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) squeaked by with passing results of the Federal Reserve's Stress Test released...

MKM Partners commented on financial stocks Thursday ahead of supervisory stress tests results the same day and the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) on March 11. Derivatives Specialist Jim Strugger noted that financials were the third-worst performing sector this year with a...