In November 2008, JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) wrote off $100 million in 3-month index-linked note it had issued that was guaranteed by Lehman Brothers’ European subsidiaries and that were to mature…
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…
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 portfolios…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Investors have tried for years to follow the strategy of Warren Buffett, considered by many to be the greatest investor in history. That’s ironic given how little he seems to care about ups and…
Regulators have hinted in the U.S. about the stage being set for a return to normalized dividends from major banks. If Canada is a model and if the Canadians act as a harbinger, dividend…
Yesterday marked the launch of many new exchange traded funds, which are actually exchange traded notes, geared to offer more leverage and inverse leverage on several index classes for equity investors. Barclays Bank PLC…
When it comes to deep-value technology stocks, two companies which consistently arise in screens are Seagate Technologies PLC (NASDAQ: STX) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC). Seagate had lifted the two on hopes that…
optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS) is leveraging up a bit to reward shareholders with a one-time dividend while it knows taxes will be low. The company’s board of directors has declared a special cash…
This is one of those stories that almost defies belief. It follows the Chinese government’s recent requirement to increase its banks’ capital reserves. The reserve requirement for the country’s four largest banks will now…
The minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting from November 2 and 3 showed that Fed governors were not exactly unanimous over all of the issues around quantitative easing or QE2. Ultimately, those Fed…
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is one of the country’s largest electric power producers. In August, the company’s board announced an offer from the world’s largest private equity firm, Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX), to…