We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some unusual options trading…
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) departing CFO Chris Liddell will join GM as Vice Chairman and CFO, according to several media reports. GM is so badly damaged that the move could not even be viewed as an…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover. The company has been without an heir apparent in…
Updated throughout the day. Dubai World will meet with creditors but offer no proposals (various). China’s sovereign fund CIC will get a new infusion of $200 billion (FT) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will moves some of…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks with a link through to each story at VSInvestor.com for more detailed data and analysis: Chattem Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTT) is the biggest…
John Tamny of Forbes The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises long ago wrote that “accountancy is not perfect. The precision of its statements is only illusory.” In particular, Von Mises cast a skeptical…
These are this Monday’s top 10 analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, and Initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Airvana Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV) Cut to Hold at…
China is likely to invest another $200 billion into its sovereign fund CIC, according to the FT. CIC is known for taking non-controlling interests in companies, especially when they are based outside China’s borders. That make sense…
To: Sultan Ahmed bin Bin Sulayem of Dubai: Dear your magnificent munificence: Several banks that are owed more than $10 billion by Dubai World and Nakheel will be visiting your desert kingdom this week would like to…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out of their…
The e-commerce industry posted its first $900 million day, ever. Online research firm comScore reports that on December 15, e-commerce sales hit $913 million. The surge held put holiday online sales up 4% to almost $24.8…
Cellular service users have been upset for years that the companies that give them their wireless connections often charge large fees if they break their contracts. Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ)(NYSE:VOD) has decided to charge a huge $350…
Reuters: The healthcare bill moved over key hurdles in the Senate. Reuters: Oil is above $73 on Iran-Iraq tensions. Reuters: Citadel filed for Chapter 11. Reuters: The head of AIG (NYSE:AIG) said his company…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .4% to 10,183. Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Mitsubish UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng was off 1% to 20,697. HSBC (HNYSE:HBC) dropped. The Shanghai Composte was .3%…
This might have seemed a tough week to come up with a list of unusual suspects. There are only a handful of earnings, but there are many follow-on items from last week or that…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has done what we expected would occur at some point soon. Despite some bad company public relations Friday over its network, the company raised its quarterly dividend. The old $0.41…
Nigerian rebels have probably attacked pipeline installations near facilities operating by Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDA.A). This could cause the price of crude to rise at the end of the holiday. AP reports that…
Light vehicles sales in the US do not seem to be improving much. The market for 2009 will probably produce about 10.5 million sales well down from over 16 million four years ago. Monthly…
IHS Global Insight has released a report that say that housing price in the US rose by .2% in the third quarter compared to the second. The research firm looks at 300 metropolitan markets.…
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) has just released its new weekly rig count data. Today’s data looks mixed again, which is another indication that perhaps the swinging back and forth in oil prices in…