The banking system has been highly profitable in recent years and entered this episode with strong capital positions.
There you get a quality company, obviously a Swiss-based investment bank, in our mind a quality company with pretty strong capital ratios and a generous dividend yield.
Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon said Tuesday the bank, the nation's largest by assets, is "a battle ship, " with strong liquidity and capital.
Many of the world's biggest banks are extremely strong, with plenty of capital and a long record of high profits.
General Electric delivered strong bottom-line growth in its earnings, released before the bell on Thursday, with a strong performance from GE Capital and increased demand for its industrial and infrastructure products.
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In a nation with 300 million people, strong capital resources, a plethora of training facilities and no shortage of outstanding athletes, the potential does exist for the US to become competitive in the international world of rugby.
The bank is uniquely positioned as a lender to the venture capital industry with a strong deposit franchise.
I'd rather be with a company that has a strong capital base and the diversity of income by products and regions than one that doesn't.
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.
"Commodity prices have fallen and inflation has come in less than expected, and of course the Australian dollar through all of that has remained surprisingly strong, " said Shane Oliver, chief economist with AMP Capital Investors.
Big profits, even with lots of capital spending to build factories, have built a strong balance sheet.
Across the U.S. in the capital area, a blossoming tech industry, coupled with strong government spending and a growing international buying pool, helped place four Washington, D.
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That is rather a contrast with London's Tech City, which has yet to build strong links to the capital's excellent universities.
The first of these to strike a deal was Renaissance Capital, a high-profile western-style investment bank with a strong corporate and international client base.
Companies with fortress-like balance sheets, strong cash generation, and consistently high returns on capital, he argues, are able to continue to produce more consistent earnings growth despite an unpredictable macro-environment.
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Marcelo Salomon, an economist with Barclays Capital in New York, said he expects the BCB to send a strong hawkish signal (possibly a split decision) on Wednesday, but will keep rates unchanged at 7.25%.
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In a nutshell, Buffett looks for companies that have strong brands (which promotes premium pricing) that run understandable businesses with a good return on capital without a lot of debt.
"Tom is a great choice to provide continuity of strong professional leadership of the MTA in the face of daunting fiscal challenges and with a major capital program under way, " she said.
Chung writes that she now favors companies with large recurring revenue streams, plus strong secular growth opportunities, clean balance sheets and shareholder-friendly capital allocation policies.
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This year, however, Sprint has done well to appease the market concerns with a strong iPhone showing and debt sales that have raised enough money to meet its network-upgrade capital requirements.
BASF, banks and insurers also find buybacks attractive, because strong stock and bond markets have boosted the value of their assets and left them with far more capital than regulators require.
The country's central bank said in a report on Monday that Sweden's banks are financially strong but must continue reducing structural liquidity risks and ensure they have enough capital to deal with potential future losses.
Barclays, for instance, sailed through the examination, with regulators judging that it would have more capital in two years' time than now, because of strong underlying earnings.
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But with a background of strong profit margins, renewed consumer confidence and CEOs who are finally beginning to make the capital expenditures that they had previously delayed, corporate profits (and subsequently stock prices) are poised to methodically work their way higher over time.
Whereas the PRI is planning to field Beatriz Paredes, a well-known figure with close ties to her party's machine in the capital, the PRD has struggled to unite behind a strong candidate.
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