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Non-Tech : Banks--- Betting on the recovery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (822)	4/21/2010 2:56:37 AM
From: Asymmetric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1428

I guess I wanted the stock (RF) more than you. My limit order got filled in the morning at $8.02 yesterday. I'm pretty happy with my fill considering where it ended the day. I also got a fill on STT yesterday at 44.89. STT though is just a trade for me. ]]]]] Regional Banks Rise As Zions Bancorp (NSDQ: ZION), Bank Of NY Mellon (NYSE: BK) Top Estimates Regional banks rallied on Tuesday as better than expected quarterly results from several financial institutions sent the group higher. The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) reported a 74 percent jump in first quarter profit, while Zions Bancorp (NSDQ: ZION) posted a smaller than expected loss for the first quarter. Both stocks helped push the KBW Regional Banking ETF (NYSE: KRE) 1.6 percent higher on Tuesday. Bank of New York Mellon posted a profit of $559 million or 46 cents a share, up from $322 million or 28 cents a share in the first quarter of last year. Excluding one-time charges for litigation and merger costs, the bank said it earned 59 cents a share. That result topped analyst estimates for 53 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters. Analysts generally do not consider one-time costs in their estimates. Bank of New York Mellon also said revenue rose in the quarter to $2.56 billion, up 5 percent from $2.43 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Zions Bancorp also reported improved results, posting a narrower loss of $86.5 million or 57 cents a share, compared to $852.3 million or $7.47 a share. The result was better than the loss of 95 cents a share predicted by analysts. More importantly, provisions for loan losses are now falling at the regional banks as well as the big banks. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) both reported much lower loan loss provisions in the first quarter, a trend that Bank of New York Mellon and Zions confirmed with their quarterly reports. Bank of New York Mellon said the provision for loan losses fell to $35 million in the first quarter, while Zions posted a $265.6 million first quarter loan loss provision, down 11 percent from last year. The trend is a positive sign for banks, which have been writing billions in loan losses since the real estate market collapsed.