Confidence In US Banks Remains Near Historic Low

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Mark Melin
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Confidence in US banks remains low while stock prices have mostly held their ground throughout wave after wave of scandal. According to a new Gallup survey, twenty-six percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in US banks. A slightly higher percentage, twenty eight percent, have “very little” confidence in US banks while the bulk of responses, forth three percent, have “some” confidence in the banks. Only two percent say they have no confidence. The recent polling data is little changed from the previous year despite all the public legal challenges the US banks have…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.