Lastest Stories by Jon C. Ogg

Did you hear?  Greece has problems.  They are bad enough that S&P has threatened a sovereign downgrade on the debt of Greece.  Just one problem here, or more than one.  This call is about as late...
Invesco PowerShares has launched four new ETF products today.  The group launched new ETF portfolios which are based on Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (NYSE: KBW) indexes on the NYSE Arca.  The new...
Teekay Offshore Partners LP (NYSE: TOO) is the latest among many companies seeking to raise capital.  The company has announced plans to sell some 5.6 million public units in a secondary offering on...
Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) has been one of the better IPO outcomes for 2010. It was just on July 21, 2010 that the prepaid credit card company sold 4.6 million shares at $36.00 per share. ...
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have had a stellar rise over the last year after the satellite radio monopoly got back on its feet.  The last month has been a time of caution despite the...
The two-year anniversary of the Madoff bankruptcy is coming upon us.  What that implies is that the statute to file suit is running out.  The Madoff trustee is Irving H. Picard.  Picard has, as...
Movie studios hope for, plan for, and pray for that blockbuster film that will pay everyone’s bonuses for the year. For retailers, a blockbuster like, say, the Cabbage Patch dolls, are both good...
It is not every day that you see foreign nations register bond offerings with the SEC for sale in the United States.  This morning we saw two S-B filings come literally about 58 seconds of each...
The US Energy Information Administration has just released its summary of US oil and natural gas reserves as of the end of 2009 and the look-back will only highlight the future ambition that natural...
A new IPO is out and it makes a living off of the world of FOREX, which also happens to be the largest financial market in the world.  FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ: FXCM) priced 15.1 million shares of common...
Goldman Sachs periodically updates its outlook on sectors and the economy with a one to two-year horizon.  Yesterday’s upgrade of economic output in 2011 is accompanied by some interesting aspects...
Retailers are posting their November sales figures this morning, and the overall picture is looking bright. Shoppers are headed back to stores of every kind.  Big-box retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club...
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at...
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) needs more capital.  The company has just announced that its Clearwire Communications LLC operating subsidiary plans to raise over $1.1 billion in new capital. ...
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) managed to post a quarterly profit in its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report this morning.  It sounds great on the headline for a homebuilder to be posting...