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Good (Bad) Banks and Good (Bad) Investments: At the right price.

Musings on Markets

In this post, I will begin by looking at how to value banks and follow up with an examination of investor views of banking have changed, by looking at pricing, before examining divergences in how banks are priced in the market today. All Equity, All the time!

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ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. to Expand on Long Island Through Merger with The First of Long Island Corporation

Benzinga

Strategic Transaction Highlights: Creates a premier middle-market bank focused on serving the greater New York metro area Pro forma company will have significant scale, with $14 billion in assets and a market capitalization of over $1.2

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

The second was that, starting mid-year in 2020, equity markets and the real economy moved in different directions, with the former rising on the expectations a post-virus future, and the latter languishing, as most of the world continued to operate with significant constraints.