Last week’s chart showed that a bank’s leverage capital ratio doesn’t always rise and fall proportionally with star-ratings. Often, regulatory capital ratios are not a leading indicator of a bank’s health but a lagging one. Take GulfSouth Private Bank, Destin,…
Taxpayers Should be Outraged…
Background: Bank Holding Companies with $50 billion or more in total consolidated assets are required by Dodd-Frank to submit annual capital plans to the Federal Reserve. The plan is to include all actions expected to impact capital over the next…
Complaint or Question About Your Bank or CU?
Complaint or Question About Your Financial Institution? We do a lot of things here at BauerFinancial, but since we are a private research firm, and not a government agency, fielding complaints about financial institutions is not really one of them.…

