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Cullen/Frost Bankers Hits an All-Time High
San Antonio-based Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE: CFR) reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, Oct. 27. The regional bank's results showed once again that the majority of its key metrics are....
Strong Investment Performance Lifts Oaktree Capital
Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE: OAK) benefits when financial markets perform well, and the long bull market has helped to lift the investment manager's returns for years now. That has helped the....
Why Did Bank of the Ozarks’ Chief Lending Officer Resign?
If I were a shareholder of Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK), I would want to know why one of its highest ranking executives, second only to CEO George Gleason, resigned on July 27. The departure....
Simmons First National Corporation (SFNC) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC)Image source: The Motley Fool.Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallOct. 23, 2017, 10:30 a.m. ETContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Regional Strength Lifts Western Alliance
The American West holds a lot of appeal to many people around the world, and from a business perspective, the region has seen extremely favorable times recently. Western Alliance Bancorporation....
Brokerage Business Drives Growth at Interactive Brokers Group Inc.
Growth returned to Interactive Brokers Group Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) in the third quarter as the company's strategy of focusing on growing customer accounts and assets began to gain traction. The....
1 Reason Bank of the Ozarks Is Less Conservative Than It Claims
When most analysts and investors think about Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK), they think about a bank that has grown rapidly since the financial crisis by acquiring more than a dozen of its....
1 Way Bank of the Ozarks Breaks the Rules
Over the past five years, Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) has grown incredibly fast. It's done so by financing large commercial real estate projects in virtually every major metropolitan area in....
Is This Why Bank of the Ozarks Ditched the SEC?
On July 7, the nation's top-performing bank stock over the past two decades, Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK), stopped submitting regulatory filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission....
3 Things Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Management Wants You to Know
One company with huge potential that may fly under the radars of some investors is Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR). Interactive Brokers began as an electronic options market maker....
Why Navient Stock Dropped 11% on Thursday
Shares of student-loan lender Navient (NASDAQ: NAVI) are down by about 11% as of 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday after the company announced that it entered a definitive agreement to acquire Earnest, an....
3 Stocks That Cut You a Check Each Month
Most dividends are paid out quarterly. That makes sense, because public companies operate on quarterly calendars with their regulatory filings. But not all companies limit their payouts to every....
Bank of the Ozarks: 2012 vs. 2017
It's no secret that Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) is charting a risky course by financing speculative commercial real estate projects in most major metropolitan areas across the country. Yet....
Why Wasn't This Discussed on Bank of the Ozarks' Latest Conference Call?
The most interesting thing about Bank of the Ozarks' (NASDAQ: OZRK) second-quarter conference call was what wasn't discussed: Only five days earlier, Bank of the Ozarks permanently stopped....
Bank of the Ozarks' Risky Off-Balance Sheet Exposure
One of the things that makes Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) so different from most other banks you're likely to come across is that it has an enormous amount of off-balance sheet exposure to....
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Janet Yellen, die oberste Währungshüterin der FED (US-Notenbank), hat eine Eindämmung der....
A List of Bank of the Ozarks' Acquisitions
One of the ways Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) has fueled its rapid organic growth since the financial crisis has been to purchase deposits in bank acquisitions.It has acquired 15 banks over....
Bank of the Ozarks’ CEO Gets Low Approval Ratings From Employees
If you want to understand Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK), or any bank for that matter, you should look at it from different angles, one of which is the quality of leadership.Image source: Getty....
How Bank of the Ozarks Became the Biggest Bank in Arkansas
Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) isn't a large enough bank to get regular attention from national news outlets, but it's a very interesting story. One piece of the story is a milestone that Bank....
Bank of the Ozarks No Longer Submits Regulatory Filings to the SEC
Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) has taken a number of interesting steps over the past year, but nothing is more interesting than its decision to no longer submit regulatory filings to the....
Bank of the Ozarks CEO to Spend 75% of His Time Running This Unit
At a recent industry conference, the CEO of Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK), George Gleason, said that he would soon spend 75% of his time managing the bank's real estate specialties group, or....
Why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stock Jumped 11% Today
Shares of Fannie Mae (NASDAQOTH: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (NASDAQOTH: FMCC) are up by more than 11% as of 3:10 p.m. EDT, after six Democratic senators wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven....
Why Cabela's, Fitbit, and AbbVie Jumped Today
The stock market was mixed on Thursday, with the major U.S. indexes closing the session almost flat. Concerns about the damage Hurricane Irma will inflict when it hits the Florida coast this....
Fannie Mae And Feddie Mac “Celebrate” 9th Year In Conservatorship
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this week begin their ninth year in captivity. Far from languishing in the government-run conservatorship, the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) have become model....
A Banker Who "Bets the Farm" on Culture
Every CEO will tell you that culture is important, but few of them seem to actually mean it. Terry Turner is an exception. He's leveraged culture as the CEO of Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:....