Peter Earlier this week on CNBC banking analyst Meredith Whitney said “I think that the call this year the trade this year has been short the regional banks and go long the capital markets banks.” Can you tell me what was behind that?-- Minyan John John As Whitney highlighted in her later comments her call was based on the enormous amount of liquidity from the Federal Reserve raising asset market prices. What she didn’t detail however was why this would help the capital market banks like Goldman Sachs (GS) Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) more than the ...

Northern Trust's business has held up very well during the Credit Crisis and its current share price reflects that fact.

Shares of government student-lending firm Sallie Mae jump more than 15% as earnings reports continue to roll in for the financial sector.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are those of Air Products, CNH Global, Continental Air, Elan, Gilead Sciences, SanDisk, Seagate, Sun Micro, Tupperware and Yahoo. 

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are those of Boeing, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by WallStSense.com

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by AnalystChoice.com (AC).