News report: Federal Reserve Demands Bank to Address Problems With Leveraged Lending It was only a few months ago that I pointed you to a tongue-lashing doled out to the U.S. banking industry by...
Things continue to improve in the domestic economy, if you take this stat to mean something. As we try to do each month, here are the updated figures on corporate drawdowns. The category is...
I merely mentioned it in passing at the time (see prior post “Are Banks choosing Provincial bonds over Commercial loans?” Jan 5-12), but it was during a chat on air with BNN’s Kim Parlee...
Has your broker ever tried to get you to look at a “relatively juicy” Provincial bond yield of late? Despite the historically tight spread you’re earning over Canadas, you might want to consider their...
According to data released by the Bank of Canada, commercial and corporate lending by Canadian Chartered banks skyrocketed by more than $4.7 billion in October. That’s the largest one month jump since we began...
According to this morning’s New York Times, lender CIT Group (CIT:NYSE) will not be granted access to the FDIC’s debt issuance guarantee program. This takes me by surprise, as the murmurs coming out of...
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