Capital One Financial's Woes Force Cut in Profit Forecast
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 1/10/2008

Capital One Financial joined the ranks of its cohorts in the credit and lending industry today with news that the continuing troubles facing these institutions have created drastic losses over the past year. These losses have now forced Capital One to slash its previous earnings forecast for 2007 which further adds to the air of uncertainty as investors anxiously await the release of the most recent quarter's corporate earnings statements. Capital One has been shifting its focus to retail banking, but are they really safeguarded as troubles in subprime lending eke their way into other credit classes? More >

Capital One Announces $14.6bn Acquisition of North Fork
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 3/13/2006

North Fork Bancorp (NFB: Charts, News, Offers) became the second acquisition of a regional bank by Capital One in the past few months. You may remember the $5bn deal for New Orleans-based Hibernia in November of last year. Executives of the company feel that this move gives them the level of diversification that has become necessary in the credit card industry. But some analysts feel the move may have come too soon after their most recent large acquisition. What does this deal mean for Capital One? And will this come to be known as the signal that sparked additional consolidation in the regional banking industry? More >