Spain's Economic Turmoil Camouflages Bank's True Potential

By Rupert Nicholson:I watched in disbelief Wednesday morning as the two largest Spanish banks lost another 5% of their value. The fall from grace of Banco Santander (STD) and Banco Bilbao (BBVA) is no secret.

By Bill Luby: With Spain firmly in the crosshairs of Act N+1 of the European sovereign debt crisis, it was with great comfort that I noted last week’s announcement from Spain’s largest and most important bank, Banco Santander (STD), that the company was finally addressing what I considered to be a seriously overlooked problem, its ti

By Caiman Valores:Despite the worst of the Spanish banking solvency crisis now being behind us, there is still considerable negative sentiment directed at Spanish banks, which is affecting their valuation.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) Q1 2013 Earnings Call April 26, 2013 3:30 am ET Executives Ángel Cano Fernández - President, Chief Operating Officer, Director, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Global Asset Allocation Committee Tomas Blasco Sánchez Manuel González Cid - Chief Financial Officer and Head of Finance Division Presentation Operator

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By Caiman Valores:This is the final part of my three piece article (see part 1 and part 2) expl

By Caiman Valores:In the first article of this three part series on BBVA (BBVA), I have already established that despite the ongoing issues in Spain and an overall decline in the quality of loans in Spain nationally, BBVA has weathered this rem

Violent Capitalist submits:... because if you did, you'd know they have a market cap of about 5.6 bil and almost 6.4 bil in short term cash and cash due from banks, against only 230 mil in debt.