Our Report on the Regional Banks and Asset Management Stocks
Image Source: Carlssa Rogers Structure of the Regional Banks/Asset Management Industry The regional banking and asset management industry is based almost entirely on the confidence of intermediaries and counterparties that make up the building blocks of the financial system. An investment in a bank or asset management firm must come with the acknowledgement of the distinct possibility that another financial crisis may occur at an unknown time in the future. Though we don’t expect one anytime soon given the recent favorable stress-test results of the largest US banks, it’s worth noting that there have been three significant banking crises during the past three decades alone: the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s/early 1990s; the fall of Long-Term Capital … Read more