CCAR

Goldman Sachs analysts are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of major U.S. banks returning more capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Thanks to regulatory changes and strong results in the Federal Reserve's latest stress tests (CCAR), the top five banks are sitting on an...

Bank stocks traded higher on a brutal morning on Wall Street on Monday after the Federal Reserve said banks can resume their share buybacks in the first quarter of 2021. What Happened? After Friday's close, the Fed published the results of its annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and...

Deutsche Bank in a note Friday previewed second-quarter earnings of big banks, highlighting Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) as its favorite non-macro dependent stock. Analyst Matt O'Connor named Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (...

The Federal Reserve released the results of its annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, commonly know as the stress test on U.S. banks. The report is from the Fed’s second round of stress testing this year. The first round’s results were announced on June 22. Wednesday’s...

In what might seem a protectionists move for small banks with operations confined merely to banking and operating mostly domestically, the Fed is considering some measures, according to a speech delivered by a Fed official. Daniel Tarullo, a board member at the Federal Reserve, explained the...

A new paper by the nonprofit Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR) suggests that banks subject to the Federal Reserve’s annual stress tests and CCAR could have grounds for a lawsuit against the government. The CCMR includes senior management representatives from JPMorgan Chase &...

Bank traders may no longer get on the edge of their seats ahead of the annual CCAR results, but in a very weak 2016, banks could use any bit of good news they can find. According to Buckingham analyst James Mitchell, a bit of good news is exactly what the market should expect. Buckingham is...

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...