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Monthly Archives: March 2010

The 10 Worst Places For Women To Work

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:29 pm

Women make up over 50% of the US workforce now, but the Bureau of the Census shows that women make, on average, only 77% of what men do based on ...
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CIT Late on Annual Report; Guides For Losses (CIT)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:29 pm

Not surprisingly, CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) filed with the SEC a form NT 10-K... That is a non-timely annual report notification.  The company said it would be unable to ...
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QUALCOMM Throws Cash At Falling Stock (QCOM)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 4:48 pm

This is nearly funny, or at least ironic.  I had been working on a piece to post at 5:00 PM addressing the steady chart meltdown happening at QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: ...
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Can MBIA’s $36.35 Adjusted Book Value Entice? (MBI, RDN)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 4:30 pm

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) reported some mixed earnings after the close.  The only reason it even really matters is because Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) has such better earnings than ...
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Anthera, When IPOs Go Awry (ANTH)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANTH) is a very unusual Monday IPO.  The fact that it is being viewed as a dud has little to do with the day of the ...
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Could Going Green Save The Economy?

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 11:48 am

By Heather Horn of The Atlantic Wire In the past six months, support for cap-and-trade has faded amid renewed concerns about employment and economic recovery. Economic forecasts are admittedly grim. ...
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Goldman Sachs Defies Calls Against Compensation (GS)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 10:21 am

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is going to get hear more criticism over the notion that it creates so many millionaires.  Compensation has been an issue since about half ...
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Direxion Launches Long/Short IPO Fund (DXIIX)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 9:27 am

Direxion is launching a new mutual fund to cover IPOs.  This is not an ETF and is not one of the leveraged instruments out there you have seen from Direxion.  ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/1/2010)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:33 am

Updated throughout the day. Germany and France will help bail out Greece by taking 50% of a 30 billion euro offering by the troubled nation. (various) Hedge fund NIR Group ...
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The Volcker Rule Is a Banking Crisis Waiting to Happen

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:17 am

John Tamny of Forbes   The wise minds of the financial world have, it seems, reached a banking compromise that will please everyone. Banks benefiting from their FDIC backing and ...
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Greek Prime Minister: The Devil Made Us Do It

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:14 am

The presumed causes for Greece's deficit and current financial crisis number in the dozens. The most often mentioned are the spending habits of administrations prior to the current one, the way that ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BRK-B, BP, ESV, NSC, RIMM, SNDK, SIRI, TASR, TOT, WFMI)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:07 am

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning in the pre-market hours: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: ...
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The Future of McDonald’s and the Great Value Shock (MCD, YUM, SBUX, DRI, CMG, THI, WEN, BKC, PNRA, EAT, JACK, BWLD, PZZA, SONC, DPZ)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 6:09 am

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) has enjoyed the status of being the greatest restaurant story in history.  In our lifetime, or in any for that matter, the company grew from a ...
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AIG: Finally, A Pay Day For US Taxpayers

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:59 am

A deal for UK insurance company Prudential to buy AIG's (AIG) large Asia insurance firm for $35.5 billion will be announced today. That should be a relief for US taxpayers who have invested ...
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China Cools Off

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:43 am

China's manufacturing sector slowed more than expected in February. The nation's Purchasing Managers' Index dropped to 52 in February from 55.8 in January. The culprit of the slowdown was a ...
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