Three more Finance stocks to buy

In addition to Visa and American Express (see pages 111 and 112), we also recommend these three stocks to investors looking to broaden their Finance holdings beyond the big banks.

All three picks are leaders in their niche fields. That helps shield them from fintech… Read More

Four providers control the market

Four large global ETF providers dominate the global industry, with an estimated 75% market share. Three of them—Blackrock (iShares), Vanguard and State Street Global Advisors (SPDR)—are U.S. based. Deutsche Bank is the fourth. Sheer size allows each provider to offer exceptionally low management fees on… Read More

State Street profits from GE purchase

STATE STREET CORP. $84 (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; s/o: 385.7 million; Market cap: $32.4 billion; p/s ratio: 3.1; Divd. yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to operators of mutual funds and pension plans. It also… Read More

Acquisition spurs State Street’s profit

STATE STREET CORP. $79 (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 385.7 million; Market cap: $30.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to the operators of mutual funds and pension plans… Read More

‘Stress test’ supports higher dividends

These four lenders, including American Express (see box), have passed the Federal Reserve’s annual “stress test.” It measures how financial firms would cope with a jump in unemployment, falling stock prices and other unfavourable developments. That approval gives them more room to raise their dividends… Read More

State Street Corp. $58 – New York symbol STT

STATE STREET CORP. $58 (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 395.9 million; Market cap: $23.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 2.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to the operators of mutual funds and pension plans… Read More

STATE STREET CORP. $58

STATE STREET CORP. $58 (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 395.9 million; Market cap: $23.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to large institutional investors such as mutual funds and… Read More