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Banks To Accrue Severe Losses

Published 07/15/08 Jeff Bennett - Print Article
E-mail - editor@economyincisis.org

Banks will continue to report bad news as analysts expect large chains to announce shrinking profits when second-quarter reports are due. Some banks are expected to lose somewhere between $2.6 billion and $2.8 billion in the second quarter alone, according to CNN Money. These figures stem from the housing crisis and shrinking economy.


Source CNN Money:

Analysts expect profits at other big banks, such as Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500), to fall sharply from a year ago. Wells Fargo's second-quarter results are due out Wednesday morning and JPMorgan Chase will report its numbers Thursday.

The bad news is likely to be repeated next week as well. Profits for Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), due out on July 21, are expected to be less than half of what they were just a year ago. And Wachovia (WB, Fortune 500), which will report its results on July 22, warned last week that it expected to lose anywhere between $2.6 billion and $2.8 billion during the second quarter.

Analysts and portfolio managers that keep close tabs on the banking sector expect most financial institutions to report further deterioration across their mortgage portfolios.


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