Best Financial Stocks For 2017

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Best Financial Stocks For 2017: Potlatch Corporation(PCH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Here is the list of stocks going ex-dividend on Friday.

  Douglas Dynamics Inc (NYSE: PLOW) - $0.2350 dividend, 2.9183 percent yield Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) - $0.4500 dividend, 2.6758 percent yield PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) - $0.0900 dividend, 1.7078 percent yield Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) - $0.3200 dividend, 3.0851 percent yield Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) - $0.6800 dividend, 4.1756 percent yield Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE: HPP) - $0.2000 dividend, 2.36

Best Financial Stocks For 2017: Brookline Bancorp Inc.(BRKL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dividends4Life]

  Memberships and Peers: PBCT is a member of the S&P 500 and a member of the Broad Dividend Achievers�� Index. The company's peer group includes: Bank of America Corporation (BAC) with a 0.3% yield, Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (BRKL) with a 3.7% yield and Westfield Financial Inc. (WFD) with a 3.5% yield.

Best Financial Stocks For 2017: Deutsche Bank AG(DB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Wayne Duggan]

  According to the 1/5 year CDS ratio, the banks that are most concerning to the market at the moment are Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE: DB), Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE: CS), Standard Chartered PLC (which trades on the LON exchange under the ticker "STAN") and Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BCS).

• [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]

  Today, Deutsche Bank (DB) pretty much signals an all-clear based on that call and says things are indeed getting better. So there are buyers all over the place.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  …global markets continue to stumble around in a tight band, unable to break out or just plain break, it seems. Yesterday we saw a nice rally driven by bullish oil inventories and talk of an OPEC meeting before the meeting next week. That was undone by chatter that the German government was seeking ��discreet talks�� with the U.S. authorities on Deutsche Bank (DB). That��s code for they need to fix that before everyone gets sick, and fixing things means short term pain.

• [By Rupert Hargreaves]

  Even so, thanks to its checkered past, many companies such as Visa� (NYSE: V  ) �and�MasterCard� (NYSE: MA  ) �have been late to the party.�However, astute companies, such as�Deutsche Bank� (NYSE: DB  ) have been active in the market since the mid 1970s.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Just about every bank’s capital plan was given the go ahead, though a few with qualifications. M&T Bank (MTB) , for instance, “met minimum capital requirements on a post-stress basis after submitting an adjusted capital action,” according to the Federal Reserve’s press release, while Morgan Stanley (MS) will be required to “submit a new capital plan by the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 to address certain weaknesses in its capital planning processes.” The Fed “objected” to the plans submitted by�Deutsche Bank (DB) and Banco Santander’s (SAN) US units.

Best Financial Stocks For 2017: Home Federal Bancorp Inc.(HOME)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Sofia Horta e Costa]

  Sanofi fell 2.6 percent after withdrawing a U.S. application for a diabetes drug. Cie. Financiere Richemont (CFR) SA dropped 2.3 percent as revenue missed analysts�� estimates. Vivendi SA advanced 2.7 percent after saying it will begin a formal study to separate its French phone unit from its media businesses. Home Retail Group Plc (HOME) surged 5.4 percent to a two-year high as sales exceeded projections.