Next week will mark the true ‘opening the floodgates’ for earnings season. We have given some brief earnings previews and added in color for the DJIA components set to report earnings in…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) has just started the earnings season for the banks “for the rest of America” today. Vikram Pandit just turned in earnings at $1.09 EPS (up from $0.90 a…
When J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) beat earnings and gave a solid report on capital ratios, loan loss reserves, credit metrics, and even on its top-line revenues. This seems to…
The balance between a potential downgrade of US debt and strong bank results left the market without conviction. That leaves open the issue of whether the American debt cap and the flood…
Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius…
News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may face a bribery probe in the U.S. (Reuters) An Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) patent lawyer may leave the firm (Reuters) China bank lending picked up. This could cause…
Treasury officials examine ways to prevent default if an August 2 deadline to increase the debt cap is not met by Congress (Reuters) LaGarde will give a Chinese official a top job…
Banks object to plans that would allow regulators to clawback pay if a bank becomes troubled and has to be liquidated (Reuters) Geithner has not told The White House he wants to…
Updated throughout the day. Tim Geithner may leave as Treasury Secretary (various) Private equity firms are looking at Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) divisions (Reuters) The FTC may be examining Twitter for antitrust actions…
Markets expressed concerned about what the Fed will do as QE2 ends. (Reuters) Lloyd’s new CEO may cut 15,000 jobs. (Reuters) Asia will press Lagarde to keep promises she gave while seeking…
Banks were already having a good day, but a new ruling has come out from the Federal Reserve on interchange fees. Maybe the proper description would be “less bad” of news. Banks…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is showing investors this morning that its book value may actually be more relevant than what it had been given credit for. The largest bank by…
Odds that a Greek austerity bill will pass rose. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is near a deal to settle an MBS charge for $8.5 billion. (Reuters) A new Google (NASDAQ:…
Last week pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE) revealed a deal worth $4.2 billion for rival natural gas pipeline company Southern Union Co. (NYSE: SUG). Today, Williams…
In 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today, we don’t call people rich because that smacks of class…
Jon C. Ogg 
