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Mechanics Bank Wealth Management challenges the conventional wisdom of a slowing economy in its latest weekly update. And that wisdom also has held that the Fed would “pause their cycle of rate hikes” as early as this winter. But the December employment report shattered that view and now the extraordinary level of job creation “is Read More →
Atara’s cuts down net loss in 2022
Atara Biotherapeutics recorded a lower net loss in the fourth quarter and the entirety of fiscal year 2022, but missed expectations still led to an 8% decline in after-hours trading. Atara, a South San Francisco-based immunotherapy company with its major operations in Thousand Oaks, reported a net loss of $228.3 million, or 2.24 cents per Read More →
Deckers races past third-quarter expectations behind strong Hoka sales
Deckers’ attempt to turn its running shoe brand, Hoka One One, into a billion-dollar blockbuster keeps panning out with each quarter that passes. The Goleta-based company again outpaced analysts’ expectations, this time for the third quarter of 2022, as revenue and earnings both shot up thanks in large part to the continuing growth of the Read More →
American Riviera notes rising net income for 2022
American Riviera Bancorp reported a net income of $13.5 million or $2.37 per share for fiscal year 2022 a rise from $11.8 million or $2.09 per share for the same time period last year. The increase in net income in 2022 as compared to 2021 is mostly due to loan growth, increased interest income on Read More →
Community West Bancshares nets record earnings
Community West Bancshares reported a record net income of $13.4 million or $1.51 per share in fiscal year 2022, the firm said in its earnings announcement on Jan. 27. The company’s board of directors also declared an increase of its quarterly cash dividend by 6.7% to $0.08 per common share, payable on Feb. 28 to Read More →
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Scott Anderson at Bank of the West is warning about a “residential housing market swoon,” with home prices dropping 0.54% in November, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. “Home prices have declined for five consecutive months,” he added noting that the biggest decliners included San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, with declines of more Read More →
Montecito Bank & Trust closes out 2022 strong
Despite total assets dropping from the end of last year, Montecito Bank & Trust reported an overall strong growth in income and loans to close out fiscal year 2022, the financial institution reported Jan. 30. Montecito Bank & Trust, the biggest bank in the tri-county region, reported income grew to $18.27 million for the year Read More →
