Friday, November 26, 2010

Compensation Conundrum: Do banks pay CEOs too much?

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Banking has taken a beating in the media and court of public opinion in the past two years. Some of it has been unfair, particularly with ho...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

The Tale of Two Banks, One Town

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This blog post idea occurred to me several months ago but I have been hesitant to commit to print. My first inclination was to describe the...
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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Book Report: Community Banking Strategies by Vincent Boberski

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A      The title of this book compelled me to read it, and I'm a better consultant for having done so. Strategy consultants such as me f...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Constructive Criticism: The death of candor.

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"When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary." ~ William Wrigley, Jr. "We would have had more time to...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Guest Post: 3rd Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

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What are the Markets Thinking? Bond markets have been the big winners in the third quarter. Rates have fallen to incredible lows; Pimco, a l...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Economy of Scale Myth: Go Big or Go Home

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I wrote a post a couple of months ago regarding diseconomies of scale under the premise that at some asset size-point, getting larger does n...
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Saturday, October 02, 2010

Does it all have to be about the spread? My thoughts on fee income.

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In a previous post I mentioned that my wife and I are refinancing our mortgage because of the extraordinarily low rates available (see link ...