Everyone has been harmed by the [terrorist attack]. But fixed income has been the bright light of the businesses.
Diane Glossman
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The impact of capital markets wasn't all negative, and they saw solid improvement in credit quality in their commercial business.
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There's obviously been a variety of issues swirling around the banks and the big broker dealers, and this is yet one more straw.
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It's strong across the board. We're seeing double-digit growth -- that's pretty dramatic -- and strong growth on the consumer side.
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Merrill is not going to merge with anyone in the near future.
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We are recuperating from an extreme slowing that we experienced over the summer. We were expecting the markets to pick up some and they have.
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Morgan's numbers were outstanding. It was all trading.
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Clearly the SEC is investigating. It's standard procedure.
You have to consider concerns about the economy and interest rates. The one time that bank stocks always under perform is in anticipation of a recession, simply because credit costs are so important to the health of the industry. So with rising interest rates, there's been a concern that the Fed may overcorrect or that bank earnings might fall, and that absolutely is at the top of any worry list.
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