Minsheng had 374 outlets at the end of 2008, 300 fewer than China Merchants, the largest joint-stock bank.
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Some companies have to seek new financing channels to get funded, said a manager in charge of credit with a Chinese joint-stock bank.
But where does this all leave investors who either own Citigroup stock or bank there?
For example, if you have a bank stock with a loss, you can move the money from the loss into a bank index ETF, he explains, so that you'll have similar sector exposure.
"The economy could slow down, and there is still uncertainty about interest rates, " says Gerard Cassidy, a bank stock analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Portland, Maine, who is recommending an underweighting in bank stocks for the foreseeable future.
"I think about my father buying stock in the Lebanon Bank 50 years ago, and owning the stock all that time, " said Dr. Berry, 63.
There are stock losses today and then there are Bank of America stock losses.
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To buy time, Miller orchestrated a massive restructuring--selling assets, issuing stock and refinancing bank debt.
The Central Bank Stock Market Indicator by Bill Bonner originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning.
Foreclosures are picking up again, he said, and the various bank stock indexes are making lower highs and higher lows on technical charts.
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Other concerns: The currency has been historically volatile, and there may be a bubble in the making with surging construction, stock prices and bank lending.
On the plus side, public bank stock valuations are recovering.
MetLife, a mid-teens performer bested my bank stock portfolio.
Have you -- do you know how the administration is going to announce the results of those things without hurting the banks that may be short of capital, and obviously affect their bank stock price?
In the short run it would probably be a bit of a tonic for bank stock prices and equity markets, but it doesn't do anything to solve the problem of the euro crisis at all.
Meanwhile, although the rules under consideration may make life much more complicated and costly for many U.S. investment banks, bank stock prices are heading happily upward, on news from Europe promising resolution of the knotty fiscal and monetary issues there.
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Indeed, by virtue of bank executives having much of their net worth tied up in the banks they run (bonuses are heavily weighted toward restricted stock in the bank, as opposed to cash), it's a bit of a reach to suggest that deposit insurance--which doesn't protect the share prices of banks from collapse--somehow fosters excessive gambling meant to imperil that same net worth.
The bank's deputy chief executives are also accused of gaining "concealed" percentages and conducting dealings without informing the stock market authority publicly, which is against the laws of the Egyptian Central Bank and the stock market.
Bank of America shares fell 3 percent in trading the day after Mr. Assange made his threat against a nameless bank, and while the stock has since recovered, the prospect of a Bank of America data dump from WikiLeaks remains a concern, said Moshe Orenbuch, an analyst with Credit Suisse.
Since the London Whale news, JPMorgan stock has lagged other bank stocks, edging down about 0.4%.
Today, the group's spokesman complains, investors seem to treat Credit Suisse as an insurance stock, not a bank.
Nasdaq has delisted the parent company's stock, and its bank could, at any time, force the company into default.
In effect, the bank s stock served as an index fund for the regional economy, which at that time was dominated by the cyclical technology industry.
Representatives from the Italian central bank and stock regulator Consob were set to hold discussions on "the sovereign debt market situation and implications for the banks and the economy".
In a statement, the prosecutor general said Alaa, Gamal and seven others had been referred to the criminal court on charges of violating stock market and central bank rules.
Workers can often sell the stock right away and bank a quick profit, though it also can be held and used later to pay for a house, college tuition or retirement.
This loose-leaf book, the work of a retired estate planner, has fill-in-the-blank pages for everything from bank and stock accounts, to life insurance policies, to family medical history and funeral preferences.
The military leader at the time, Mohammed Buhari promised them national honours, houses, streets named after each member, stock at the central bank, educational scholarships, visits to all the states of the federation and the Mexico 1986 World Cup.
For now Moynihan is clearly banking on cost-saving measures associated with mass layoffs to help convince stock market investors that Bank of America is headed in the right direction and can deal with the current low-interest rate environment, mortgage-related legacy issues and new international banking capital requirements that Moynihan said were the biggest challenges facing his bank.
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