The Bank investor's Handbook: How to Find, Analyze and Invest in Bank Stocks

by Nate Tobik

Quick! Name an industry that touches people’s lives on an everyday or frequent basis. Perhaps you thought of grocery stores or something sexy like internet retailing, but chances are you didn’t think of banking. Yet, most likely you interact with a bank every time you’re paid and when you pay your bills. Banks facilitate the flow of money through the economy and even if you don’t interact with a bank daily, the businesses you deal with on a daily basis do. For all the interaction people have with banks, few understand how they work or why they work. Even fewer understand why they should consider including bank stocks in their investment portfolio. There are a lot of misconceptions about banks, including understanding what they are and what they do. For many people the word “bank" evokes images of receiving a toaster upon opening an account, or thoughts of security related to the storing of precious items in a safety deposit box. Others might go further and tap their inner Michael Moore and talk about how banks are greedy and evil. It’s our belief that banks aren’t just places to store idle savings (on which you receive virtually nothing in interest) or to cash checks, but that they should be an integral part of an investor’s portfolio. The goal of this book is to provide you with a foundation and framework with which you can both begin to understand banks, but also learn the basic tools used to analyze banks as investments.

214 pages, Paperback

Published November 22, 2017

Reviews

[Phanindra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty Basic. except couple of points, there is nothing much to learn from this book.

[Liz Ewans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and investing wisely in bank stocks, making it a valuable resource for both new and seasoned investors. Speaking of banks, I must mention that I have a personal account with Washington Trust Bank, and I have always been impressed by exceptional washington trust customer service. The combination of reading this book and experiencing quality service from my bank has certainly given me a newfound appreciation for the world of banking and investments.

[Yuanxi Zhang · Rating 3 out of 5]

unfortunately this book is too basic and generic to be too much useful. I wish there may be at least a case studies and some more in-depth discussions such as how a separate mortgage & SBA division affect a bank's operations. In addition, you will find the book mentions its own banking database several times.

[Michael Culp · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a totally newb knowing nothing about how a bank works from the inside, I felt it was a great introduction to those inner workings.

[Harsh Thaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives an overview on why bank stocks can be part of investment portfolio and gives the go and stop signs on which banks to avoid & which to invest