community banks

Deep value investor Tim Melvin had the opportunity to speak with Rhino Small-Cap Financial Fund President and CEO John Schneider. Below is a full transcript of their conversation. Tim Melvin: We're on with John Schneider today, he's the president and chief investment officer of the Rhino Small-Cap...

In a report published Thursday, Raymond James analyst David Long made nine rating changes on community banking stocks, which include one upgrade and eight downgrades. "The operating environment remains challenging in light of continued NIM pressure and upward pressure on noninterest...

Last week we talked about riding the coattails of bank stock activists to earn outsized profits in the stock market. A study released by analysts at Sterne Agee as well as the practical experience of investors in the sector tell us that the presence of an activist in a small regional or...

This week is something of a holiday for value-oriented investors. They might not get to take any time off, but they do get a few presents. Growth investors and traders can celebrate earnings season, but for those with a longer term view of the world, the most exciting quarterly event is the...

The world of banking, especially community banking, is changing rapidly. As Fed Governor Jerome Powell said in the opening section of the recent Community Banking Community Banking in the 21st Century Paper released last month, “For many community banks, the past year has been one of...

The market noise has been almost deafening recently. Geopolitical events with potentially market moving consequences are raging all over the globe. The situation in the Ukraine remains strained; there are pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong that could lead to a standoff with the Mainland...

Last month, the CEO of a community bank in the Philadelphia area decided to retire. Frederick "Ted" Peters, the CEO of Bryn Mawr Trust (NASDAQ: BMTC), is stepping down as CEO at the end of 2014. Mr. Peters has been a bank CEO for 28 years, and has started and successfully sold two banks during...

Most investors continue to ignore what is developing with the smaller regional and community banks. For some reason, they would prefer to continue to match wits with the large institutions and professional traders as to what Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) shares might do over the...