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Political Fodder… Private Equity Firms Are Hiring!

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

Private equity firms are bad and evil because they fire workers to juice profits for billionaires who get to pay low tax rates!  Is that the right logic?  What if ...
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Facebook Full IPO Filing Details (FB, MS, GS, MSFT, TROW, ZNGA, GSVC, IPG)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 5:29 pm

Facebook, Inc. has now filed its paperwork with the SEC which will allow the social networking giant to conduct an initial public offering.  It should be no real surprise that ...
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Secondary Stock Offering Floodgates Open Wide (ARCC, SAVE, AONE, SQNM, BWP, HTGC, MMLP, ZIOP, FRAN, NAT)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 11:50 am

If you watch underwritings in stocks, it would be literally impossible not to pay attention to the waves of secondary stock offerings from companies in the last 48 hours.  Some of ...
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The 13 Worst Big Stock Stories Of 2011 (BAC, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, HPQ, IPSU, SLV, KV-A, EGPT, MCP, NFLX, RIMM, SHLD)

Posted: December 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm

2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done.  There were several great stories and there were many duds.  24/7 Wall St. ...
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The Corzine Subpoena… Future of Segregated Funds Hangs in the Wind

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 10:39 am

Jon Corzine was supposed to be the poster boy for modern-day finance... From the King of Finance, to New Jersey's governor, and back to Wall Street.  Now Corzine is just the King of ...
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Should Jefferies Be Able to Sue Over Malicious Attacks? (JEF)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 2:45 pm

The attack on Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is unfortunately reminiscent of larger implosions of firms formerly named Lehman and Bear Stearns.  It almost does not seem to matter what Jefferies ...
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November Share Buybacks Already Nearing $30 Billion (ALL, AIG, CBS, FIS, PFE, RAI, SBUX, SYY, TMO, VIA, VRX, PKW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not.  Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are ...
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RIM Is No Carl Icahn Target (EP, RIMM, YHOO)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:57 pm

Carl Icahn was on CNBC this afternoon talking up his position gains from the El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP).  The CNBC team asked him point blank if Icahn was targeting ...
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Green Mountain: Does David Einhorn Understand Beans? (GMCR, SBUX, JOE, S, BBY, GM, AAPL)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm

David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.  This is called whale-watching.  His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking down ...
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Iran’s Ayatollah Cheers for “Occupy Wall Street”

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 5:34 pm

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when ...
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Facebook/LinkedIn IPOs: Is the Value of Social Networking on the Decline? (LNKD, WBSN)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 3:51 pm

There are a couple of issues affecting social networking values today, although they certainly are not in the breaking news categories. Nonetheless, these are critical ongoing issues and the valuation ...
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Another Merger In Exchanges (CBOE, CME, NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 11:23 am

Most investors either do not know of the National Stock Exchange or they forgot about the Cincinnati Stock Exchange.  This was became the first all-electronic exchange in the U.S., back ...
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When Feds Raid Your Life Insurance Policy Buyer (IFT)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 8:44 am

Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) is a company that many have never heard of, but the company is in the news in a manner it probably never wanted to be.  ...
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SEC Seeks To Change Market Circuit Breakers

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 3:43 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an ...
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M&A Heats Up In Dollar Stores & Discounters (WMT, NDN, APO, KKR, BRK-A, DG, FDO, DLTR, BIG, TUES, TJX)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 10:45 am

If there is one single obvious trend you need to burn into your brain regarding retail it is this: DOLLAR STORES!!!  After that it is discount stores.  Even though dollar ...
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