by Sam Haskell | May 10, 2021 | Banks, Future of Banking
Owning a basket of the most efficient banks is a consistently outperforming strategyUpcoming forced selling brings a few opportunities. Sort for efficiency among the forced selling We are currently entering an unusual season, when up to 80 banks are added, but mostly...
by Sam Haskell | May 4, 2021 | Banks, Fintech
4 strategies to outperform in a niche investment corner are below. One of the strategies (buybacks) is likely to hold up well even in a choppy market backdrop. The liquidity conundrum: A number of clients tell us they have their cups overflowing with liquidity, but...
by Sam Haskell | Apr 19, 2021 | Banks, Fintech
Coastal Financial is a bank that has found a way to get pricing power. A few months ago I asked a colleague about Coastal Financial (http://www.coastalbank.com), a community bank outside Seattle. The stock was rising but the company generated mediocre returns –...
by Sam Haskell | Mar 1, 2021 | Banks, Corporate Governance
Does the bank rally stall? Reading Warren Buffet’s letter this past weekend, bank investors might wonder why Berkshire’s investment heads dumped so many banks near the bottom. After all, banks are not far behind airlines and wildcatters in line to benefit...
by Sam Haskell | Feb 16, 2021 | Banks, Corporate Governance
The friendly folks at Goldman recently ran a regression of which sectors do well with rising rates. If you can’t read the chart below, rising rates are bad for stocks in the consumer, utilities, and software sectors, while they tend to support energy and...
by Sam Haskell | Feb 8, 2021 | Banks, Corporate Governance
We’ll skip the Charlie Munder quotes; it’s broadly apparent that we live in different times: US Debt: Inflation is the Only Way to Manage It (Treasury Dept) Nervousness is rational: Normally we don’t see policymakers launch gargantuan, two-pronged...
