LendingClub has been pumped up and expectations are the stock price is getting ahead of reality, indicates a new analyst call. Such is the general message behind a Sterne Agee downgrade of LendingClub. The firm announced today it was initiating a underperform rating with a $17.75 price target. In early morning trade LendingClub is trading at $21.37, down nearly 7 percent on the day. Lending Club’s risk management A key point made in the analysis by Henry J. Coffey, Matthew Kelley, Jason P. Weaver and Calvin Hotrum is the LendingClub model worked great during a positive market environment. However, the company’s…
LendingClub Downgraded On Risk Management, Stock Tanks
Mark Melin
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.