Reuters:Â Â Riots in China show the nation is in flux. Reuters:Â Â The US is considering mortgage aid for the unemployed. Reuters:Â Â The June budget gap was $94 billion. Reuters:Â Â Rattner stepped down…
This is the real week for earnings season where the floodgates open. That is particularly the case for some of the top banks, investment banks, and brokers. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:…
These are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis at…
Reuters:Â Social media such as Twitter may not be worth as much as many people believe because of challenges they face in bringing in revenue. Reuters:Â Â The arrests of Rio Tinto (RTP)…
Short sellers upped their investments in stocks of the most prominent financial firms. Short interest in Bank of America (BAC), AIG (AIG), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Freddie Mac (FRE) all rose for…
Reuters:Â Â The promise of mobile TV is being destroyed by smartphone use of software applications. Reuters:Â Â More attacks on websites in the West are expected and North Korea is suspected. Reuters:Â Â China…
Reuters:Â Â California raced to approve a state budget its cutting deficit. Reuters:Â Â Ten more people may face charges in Madoff case. Reuters:Â Â Gannett (GCI) is laying off 1,000 more people. Reuters:Â Â China…
Short sellers jumped out of major financial shares but piled into the stocks for major industrial firms based on data as of June 15. Shorts clearly think the restructuring of the bank…
Reuters:Â Â Political battles are likely to make this a tough year for the Fed. Reuters:Â Â The head of Toyota (TM) warned of two more tough years. Reuters:Â Â Lawmakers accused Fed of a…
The federal government has set up a number of systems to effectively control the financial and credit systems along with most of the major firms that operate in the sector. The most…
Reuters:Â Â The head of a Congressional watchdog committee is pushing for a consumer protection agency. Reuters:Â Â China defended its export policies against a WTO complaint. Reuters:Â Â Citigroup (C) intends to raise the…
We have been large fans of exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, and other exchange-traded instruments which are open for trade throughout the day that are allowed to be invested in just like a…
Deutsche Bank says that the commercial real estate market in America will not recover until 2017. Richard Parkus, Deutsche Bank head of Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities Synthetics Research, told Reuters…
Reuters:  Airlines are cutting back on first class seating. Reuters:  Xstrata wants merger talks with mining rival Anglo American. Reuters:  Employers are cutting 401 (K) plans. Reuters:  Brand loyalty is being hurt by…
It is hard to imagine why one of the world’s largest money center banks would have an admiral and a general on its board, but Bank of America (BAC) has done a…
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