ARM Holdings plc (ARM), Randgold Resources Limited (RRS): FTSE Shares That Soared and Plunged This Week
LONDON — The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES:^FTSE) didn’t move much last week, putting on a modest 37 points to end the week at 6,584. The receding...
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Not Your Father’s American International Group Inc (AIG)
It’s no secret that American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) has been looking to sell assets in the wake of its financial difficulties. This...
Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS) Looks for a Path Out of the Murk
Monday was busy for Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS). The U.K. makes all kinds of fun demands, and it recently came to light that one of those demands was...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS), Allied Irish Banks PLC (ADR) (AIBYY): Investing in the New Pillar Banks
Note: This article has been amended to better reflect state ownership in Bank of Ireland. Investors, or even everyday news watchers, will remember the...
Bank of Ireland (ADR) (IRE), Allied Irish Banks PLC (ADR) (AIBYY): Investing in the New Pillar Banks
Investors, or even everyday news watchers, will remember the actions taken by the American government to rescue the banking system and ensure it had sufficient...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): The Bank That Was a Political Football Is Even More So Now
About a month ago, I wrote an article about how political decisions in the U.K. are critical to the value of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS), Barclays PLC (BARC): Ten FTSE 100 Shares to Soar in a Market Revival
LONDON — You don’t need to be investing for long to understand that some shares are a wilder ride than others. There is a statistical measure...
How Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS) Measures Up As a GARP Investment
LONDON — A popular way to dig out reasonably priced stocks with robust growth potential is through the “Growth At A Reasonable Price,”...
Aggreko plc (AGK), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS), Anglo American plc (AAL): 3 FTSE 100 Shares the Bull Market Forgot
LONDON — Even though the market has risen 8.7% so far this year, not every share has climbed with it. Let’s take a look at three whose performance...
What You Were Selling Last Week: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — One of Warren Buffett’s famous investing sayings is “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful...
Stephen Hester to Leave Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS)
LONDON — The shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS) slumped 21 pence, or 6%, to 305 pence during early trade this morning after the...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): LIBOR Fallout Continues
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) chief Stephen Hester has announced he’ll step down from the primarily government-owned bank at...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): This Bank Is Still A Political Football
Followers of the financial crisis in the United States are probably familiar with the federal recapitalization of the American banking industry. The biggest...
Bank of America Corp (BAC), Citigroup Inc. (C): Big U.S. Banks Shine Brightly Amidst Market Turmoil
As the angst regarding the status of the Federal Reserve’s QE3 program continues to roil markets, some brilliant news has been leaking out regarding...
Severn Trent Plc (SVT), And FTSE 100 (UKX) Shares That Soared and Plunged This Week
LONDON — After a strong showing last week, the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) has gone on to even greater things, climbing another 98 points (1.5 %) to...
Why Barclays PLC (BARC) Beats Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY)
LONDON — In my previous pick-of-the-sector report, I went for GlaxoSmithKline in the pharmaceuticals sector, and today I’m turning my attention...
Why This Fund Manager Is Backing Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (LYG), and Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — Thomas Moore is an investment director at Standard Life Investments. I recently spoke with Moore to understand why he believes these three...
American International Group Inc (AIG) Bounced Back. Will Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS) Follow?
Followers of the markets over the past few years know the name American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) all too well. For its investors, AIG was a...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS), Bank of America Corp (BAC): New Owners of U.K. Banks and Automakers
In the United States, American banks have managed to repay their debts and emerge from partial government ownership. But the situation across the pond...
Do Tomorrow’s Results Matter for Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (LON:RBS) is due to report its first-quarter results on Friday, the bank’...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS), British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSY) & Three FTSE 100 Shares for the Week Ahead
LONDON: We’re firmly into reporting season for the quarter ending March 31, and we’ll be learning how the three months went for a number of...
Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)…Banks Will Pay for Misleading Customers
Ongoing litigation in the U.K. means that banks will likely be on the hook for mis-selling products to small business and individuals. According to the...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): Is This Your Last Chance to Buy?
LONDON — In one month’s time, Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) will announce its results for the first three months of 2013...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): It’s Time to Buy This Stock
LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) is back in the headlines again, thanks to a new round of lawsuits from investors. They...
Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS), UBS AG (USA) (UBS), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): Big Banks Dodge a Legal Bullet
Last week, Judge Naomi Buchwald ruled against a series of class action suits that had been brought against banks, alleging that the banks were guilty...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG), Barclays PLC (BCS): Banks’ Capital: Now We Know the Worst
LONDON — The threat of being forced to raise more capital has weighed on banks since last November, when the Financial Policy Committee pronounced...
Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS) vs Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (LYG) vs Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — It’s more than five years since Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) (LSE:RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (...
Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking (LLOY), and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Head Lower As Cypriot Bank Tax Hits FTSE 100
LONDON — The shares of leading U.K. banks fell during early London trade this morning following news that Cyprus had implemented a bank levy that...
When Will the Government Sell Shares in Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (LYG) and Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)?
LONDON — There’s been a distinct change of mood music about prospects for sale of the government’s holdings in Lloyds Banking Group...
What You Were Buying Last Week: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — One of Warren Buffett’s famous investing sayings is “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful...
The Banks’ Real Results: Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — Are you perplexed by the banks’ results? Suspicious of big improvements in “adjusted,” “underlying,” and...
Confirmed: Big Banks Are “Too Big to Jail” – Bank of America Corp (BAC), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
On the back of another Dow record yesterday, stocks opened slightly higher this morning, with the S&P 500 (S&P Indices: .INX) and the narrower...
3 Shares With Potential for a Fast 20% Rise: BP plc (BP), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS)
LONDON — Even in a year when the FTSE 100 has already advanced 9.2%, some blue-chip shares have room to move higher still. Here are three shares...
3 FTSE 100 Shares Trading on Big Discounts: Hammerson plc (HMSO), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)
LONDON — If someone offered you the opportunity to buy 1-pound coins for, say, 80 pence, you’d be mad not to accept, wouldn’t you? Yet...
Should I Buy Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS) or Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (LYG)?
LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR)(NYSE:LYG) were both forced into humiliating tax-...
Eyes Down for Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS)’s Results
LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (LSE:RBS) (NYSE:RBS) is due to announce its annual results on Feb. 28. At the time of writing,...
3 Shares With Significant Recovery Potential: BP plc (ADR) (BP) and More
LONDON — If a previously struggling business recovers, the market is forced to reassess its convictions. This can result in buyers piling in and...
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (RBS): The Bank at the Heart of the LIBOR Scandal
The investigation into the LIBOR rate-rigging scandal continues, with regulators and investigators tackling each of the banks involved one by one. Barclays...
3 Hated Shares That Could Bounce Higher: BP Plc (BP), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG) and More
LONDON — Data supplied by online stockbroker Selftrade shows that in January, these stocks were three of the most frequently sold. However, although...
