One-third of mobile banking users say they receive text message alerts from their bank, and a majority of this group receives alerts for a low balance.
With stock prices low and balance sheets bursting with cash, won't the sector lure value investors?
Nearly all of mobile bankers report taking an action after they received a low-balance text alert from their bank.
David Robinson, publisher of the Nilson Report, says there may be a business opportunity for banks in short-term, low-balance loans, which often carry higher interest rates.
One way to avoid overdrawing your account is to sign up for e-mail or mobile text alerts from your bank to notify you of a low account balance.
To maintain its technological edge and high profit margins, however, it must balance low-cost manufacturing abroad with the high-tech precision it achieves in Japan.
Having said all this, I own Freeport-McMoRan because incremental production is low cost and its balance sheet is unassailable.
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So, he looks for stocks of producers with low costs, good balance sheets and solid management, operating in regions with favorable political jurisdictions.
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Manufacturers, in turn, are increasingly relying on their high-end sales to balance out their low-end products.
One example: An individual bank customer could sign up to receive an alert if his balance got too low.
This is a step in the right direction, says Director of Research John Derrick, as China tries to balance too-low growth with too-high inflation.
Citi should be able to take the losses in its stride, given its enormous balance sheet and low cost of funds (thanks to cheap deposit funding).
The growing adoption rates of payment technologies by small-business owners might partially explain why credit demand for working capital from small firms remains stubbornly low, even as their balance sheets and credit-worthiness improve, according to Robb Hilson, head of Bank of America small-business segment.
The Fortune 500 firms are reporting better than expected earnings and restructuring their balance sheets at record low interest rates.
The dynamics behind the current low interest rate environment, suggest to me that low, low rate are here for the balance of this decade.
The best and the brightest economists, politicians and central bankers promised such flexibility would give them the power they needed to increase the general prosperity by mitigating the business cycle, keeping unemployment low, and improving the trade balance.
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Despite the recent weak readings, we expect business investment in equipment and software to grow at a moderate pace this year, supported by high rates of profitability, strong business balance sheets, relatively low interest rates and credit spreads, and continued expansion of output and sales.
Growth in the West simply had become extremely low, or in Europe, on balance, non-existent.
Junk bond issuers have also been busy strengthening their balance sheets by refinancing at low rates and longer maturities.
Two holdovers from the hard times--low interest rates and cash-flush corporate balance sheets--give buyers of castoffs the wherewithal.
Throughout his political career, Gore was a one-man calamity for agricultural innovations that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for an agricultural commodity supply-demand balance that would keep food prices low.
The struggle to find balance is often more challenging for low-income parents, who are more likely to have jobs with little flexibility, face mandatory overtime and unpredictable work hours and lack critical benefits like paid sick and vacation leave.
Short-term and long, it would aid the balance of payments, now hit by low metals prices.
This process should actually help strengthen corporate balance sheets, and contribute to continued low default rates.
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"Low inactive balances may drag down the average account balance for the plan, which can increase expenses to both participants and or plan sponsors, " he said.
In our tests, exposure was spot on and low-light performance was spectacular -- white balance, despite being usually accurate, was sometimes off when snapping photos in artificial light (like under fluorescents).
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The high-quality REITs with strong balance sheets and access to plenty of low-cost capital are positioned to capitalize on the sales of good assets by weak borrowers, thus fueling their growth.
She tends to look for financial attributes that are similar to those attractive to private equity investors: well-managed companies with ample cash on the balance sheet, recurring cash flows and low valuations.
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