Quantcast

Posts related to ‘SEC’

Stock Options Explosion in Goldman Sachs (GS)

Trying to count options contracts in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is nearly impossible, and this was copied from trade blotters with snapshots of 12:12 to 12:18 ...
Read Full Story »

Goldman Sachs Speaks, The Empire Strikes Back (GS)

You have already seen the news most likely about how Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was charged with civil fraud by the SEC over its conflicted role in certain ...
Read Full Story »

Goldman Sachs, SEC Charges With Hand in Cookie Jar (GS)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was already getting negative press for profiteering from the demise of the mortgage market.  It isn't that it made billions off that, it is ...
Read Full Story »

Will Financial Reform Be Legitimate? (AIG, GE, GS, JPM, BAC, FNM, FRE)

Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are not wasting any time after health care reform.  In a press conference this morning, the two well-known Democrats said financial reform was ...
Read Full Story »

AIG Discloses 2008 Troubled Derivatives Hand (AIG, BAC, GS, UBS, BCS)

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has released more information on many of the troubled Maiden Lane III derivatives transactions.  These are those contracts that helped to knock the company ...
Read Full Story »

BATS Plans The Other-Other IPO Market

BATS Exchange has been an almost stealth success in the world of trading stocks.  In about four years it now claims to have about 10% of the US equity trading ...
Read Full Story »
Yahoo Logo

Yahoo! and Microsoft Extend Negotiation Period (YHOO, MSFT)

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) issued an SEC filing noting that it and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have extended the negotiating time on the previously announced search pact.  Without getting to ...
Read Full Story »
Burning Money Pic

Apollo’s Woes (APOL)

Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is the clear leader of the private-sector public education companies.  Yet, that leadership position is coming with some severe pain after its earnings.  Apollo reported ...
Read Full Story »

Is Sequenom Dead? (SQNM)

Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) is becoming a case study on how to run a medical testing products company into the ground.  The diagnostic test maker has more problems other than ...
Read Full Story »
B of A Logo

B of A Hot Seat Continues (BAC)

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has a couple of issues on the legal and regulatory front for this week.  Last night, it announced that it has reached an agreement ...
Read Full Story »
money-stack-image

More Official Warnings on Leveraged ETFs (FAS, FAZ, UYG, SKF, SDS, SSO)

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to issue an Investor Alert yesterday called "Leveraged and Inverse ETFs: Specialized Products with Extra Risks for Buy-and-Hold ...
Read Full Story »
Buffett Image

How Deep Are Buffett’s SEC & Derivative Issues? (BRK-A) (BRK-B)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYE: BRK-A) (BRK-B) had its earnings and quarterly report last Friday, but the aftermath this week has shown more derivative criticism.  But more importantly, issues over SEC correspondence ...
Read Full Story »
GE Logo

GE Gets SEC Issues Behind It (GE)

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has reached a settlement with the SEC regarding four accounting matters in 2002 and 2003.  Yep, 2002 and 2003.  This has enough of a look-back ...
Read Full Story »
burning-money-pic

Huron… When The Consultants Need Consultants (HURN)

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN) was a stock we screened early this morning in pre-market hours for its active trading at VSInvestor.com.  We noted that this one was getting ...
Read Full Story »
burning-money-pic

New Measures Against Short Sale Abuse

We are starting to get more information out of the Securities and Exchange Commission on how it plans to go after some of the abuses which have been prevalent in ...
Read Full Story »