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Paulson, Esteemed Bank Short Seller, Now Long Financials (BAC, COF, GS, JPM, FITB, FHN, MI, PBCT, SKF, RF, STT, STI)

Posted: August 12, 2009 at 5:11 pm

John Paulson has been well known as a hedge fund manager because of the profits he made from short selling many of the key financial stocks.  Yet his new filing ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CHK, DD, FIG, FITB, KIND, MMC, MINI, STI, UNTD, VCLK)

Posted: August 6, 2009 at 7:51 am

These are the top ten pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research this Thursday morning: Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Cut to Hold at Argus. DuPont (DD) Raised to ...
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The Best Short-Selling Opportunities Of The Year (C)(GE)(F)(SBUX)(SIRI)

Posted: July 5, 2009 at 5:54 pm

There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important role in the ...
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S&P Looking For More Bank Losses (WFC, CMA, USB, BBT, RF, COF, FITB, HBAN, SNV, WTNY, FAS)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 11:40 am

Standard & Poor's may still have at least some relevance in its debt ratings.  This morning we saw a wave of downgrades at banks by the debt ratings agency on ...
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Stress Test Results, Bank by Bank (AXP, BBT, BAC, COF, C, FITB, GS, JPM, KEY, MET, MS, PNC, RF, STT, STI, USB, WFC)

Posted: May 7, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Finally, the stress tests are out for the US banking and financial institutions.  Of the banks, 10 of 19 banks need a combined $74 billion of equity.The good news is ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (BAC, CTRP, ENOC, FITB, RTP, THQI, USM)

Posted: May 7, 2009 at 6:16 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades or positive research calls from Wall Street this Thursday morning: Bank of America (BAC) Raised to Outperform at Baird; Raised to ...
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Ten Women Who Should Be Big Company CEOs

Posted: May 6, 2009 at 8:46 pm

Twelve of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Just twelve. Over the next year, that number is likely to go up considerably because of a confluence of economic and financial ...
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Rumors The Ten Of 19 Banks Failed “Stress Tests” (WFC)(BAC)(C)

Posted: May 5, 2009 at 4:35 am

Several news organizations are reporting that ten of the 19 banks subjected to "stress tests" will be asked to raise more capital. Since the firms are still debating with the ...
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Government Moves Toward Releasing Detailed Stress Test Results

Posted: May 1, 2009 at 4:51 am

Shares in some large banks are about to plunge. Reuters reports that "U.S. officials are leaning towards announcing the `stress test' results of individual banks next week instead of just ...
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angrybear2

Regions Financial (RF), Fifth Third (FITB), And Keycorp (KEY) Are Probably Banks That Failed Stress Test

Posted: April 25, 2009 at 8:59 am

Experts have told The Wall Street Journal that they think several of the banks which failed the government's stress tests are in the Midwest and Southeast. According to the paper, "Three people ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AKS, AFL, CMA, DT, FDX, HAL, FITB, KEY, HOT)

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 6:45 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street firms with about two hours until the market open this Wednesday morning: ...
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Shorts, Back In Financials, Probably Got Buried. Cut Bets On Tech

Posted: April 10, 2009 at 3:02 am

Short sellers were figuring that after the bank rally late last month, banks shares were likely to give back some gains. That was working until Wells Fargo (WFC) reported that ...
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Are Troubled Bank Stocks A Double? (FITB, BAC, C, PNC, STT, BK, WFC, JPM)

Posted: February 9, 2009 at 9:41 am

It seems that Uncle Sam via Treasury and via Congress is going to give the markets what they want.  TARP, TALF, Bad Bank, aggregation, accounting rule exceptions, and the rest.  ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (BAC)(GE)(TXT)(FITB)(HBAN)

Posted: February 4, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Bank of America (BAC) Falls to $4.72 on concerns that government might take over firm. Down from 52-week high of $43.81.GE (GE) Drops to $11.19 on concerns about recession and ...
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Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BJ, GLW, DRI, DTSI, ITW, RBS, VIA, BHP, COF, FITB, MAT, STO)

Posted: February 3, 2009 at 7:29 am

These are some of Tuesday morning's top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts with more than two hours until the open:BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) Raised ...
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