Was upgraded today. It's underperformed GS and the market since 2021. Their banking fees and M&A pipeline are both strong. Higher asset prices should benefit wealth management. Net interest income should rise as the yield curve steepens. It trades at 13x forward PE and pays a 3.5% dividend yield. They can use excess capital for share buybacks.
The sold it over the summer. They report next week, A quality business but economically sensitive to the industrial capex cycle. Not a bad company. He sold it to buy more 3M. A reason to sell is that we may not see the soft landing to the economy. It trades at 32x forward PE vs.17x PE in 3M, which runs a more diversified business.
Is the #1 player in the industry. Is still -26% from its highs despite a 33% snapback.