Questions remain over how to make the financial system safer and whether investors should be looking at banks as an investment opportunity. David Trone, a securities industry analyst at Fox-Pitt Kelton and Matt McCormick, a banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel, gave CNBC their take on the financial industry.    Read More

Goldman Sachs posted numbers that surprised to the upside on Tuesday, but will other financial companies outperform as well? Matt McCormick, banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor and David Stepherson, senior portfolio manager of Hardesty Capital Management discussed Goldman’s earnings numbers and their expectations on big banks. (Part Two)   Read More

Goldman Sachs posted numbers that surprised to the upside on Tuesday, but will other financial companies outperform as well? Matt McCormick, banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor and David Stepherson, senior portfolio manager of Hardesty Capital Management discussed Goldman’s earnings numbers and their expectations on big banks. (Part One)   Read More

The S&P 500 may be up 2.8 percent this year, but investors who hold the top performing 5-Star funds are doing significantly better than that. In fact, one 5-star Morningstar fund is up an astounding 42.59 percent.    Read More