The new question of the week is whether or not Germany will get pulled down into the soup with the rest of Europe on the growing debt woes. A horrible bond auction on Wednesday in…
The new proposed stress tests are just one more thorn in the side for the banking sector, but analysts from Dick Bove to Meredith Whitney, as well as value and bargain investors and short-selling hedge…
The Federal Reserve has set the rules for its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review for 2012. The stress test will be based on extremely harsh economic conditions. For America’s largest financial firms, the test…
China’s factory activity reaches a 32-month low. (Reuters) Merck (NYSE: MRK) pays $950 million to settle Vioxx charges brought by the government. (Reuters) FCC head wants more examination of the AT&T (NYSE: T) deal…
A drop of 8% in GDP, 13% unemployment, and another period of interrupted access to the capital markets… Those are just some of the new Federal Reserve stress test scenarios which banks will have to…
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 management says or what…
We have already seen the woes around the United States losing its prized “AAA” rating and then the attention focused elsewhere. The question became, who are the weakest Triple-A ratings out there which should…
Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson’s billions… The current 13F report shows total September…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two groups of…
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) may look like it has a huge portfolio of public stocks to many investors. While that is actually true, the bulk of this is due to its portfolio…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) was one we had on the calendar because this was the day that it was due to meet with its Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) as its financial advisor for…
Research firm Exclusive Analysis says the financial world is doomed. According to a report by CNBC, “there is a 65 percent chance of a banking crisis between November 23 and 26 following a Greek…
Short sellers are an interesting lot, particularly when they go public and are vocal against a company. In many cases they can rack some serious damage to a share price. News is out today…
It has happened before, but it is rare. Very rare. A bankruptcy that is good for shareholders. Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is seeing a sharp rise in its common stock after some of the financial…
Last Friday at the meeting of the G20 in Cannes, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) revealed a list of 29 global systemically important financial institutions (known as the G-Sifis). These institutions are deemed to…