Schwab (SCHW) said that trades by its customers dropped 18% from October to November falling to "408.0 thousand", as the firm likes to put it. The market still seems volatile. All that…
Douglas A. McIntyre A man runs from a burning house covered with soot and with his hair and clothing aflame. A fireman stops him and asks, "What was your strategy for coming out of the…
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
Cutting jobs is one thing. Going out of business is another. As it becomes clear that millions of jobs will be lost by companies which are weak but will probably make it…
It is that time of year where companies should have been evaluating their plans for the year ahead. Each year we come out with a list of companies who should get rid…
Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) was just suspended from trading on the NYSE. Its price has been below $1 for too long. It trades at $.24. Extraordinary, because it 52-week high is $140.50. Losses…
Despite what executives at Goldman Sachs (GS) and several other large financial firms have done by agreeing to take no bonuses, there has been no such word out of Citigroup (C). It…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, falling interest rates will not offset unemployment and falling prices to save to housing market. Reuters reports that GM (GM) and Chrysler are considering bankruptcy to get US funding.…
The wonderful and extraordinary thing about big federal spending programs is that the government does not have enough people to keep track of how the money is used. Grifters are everywhere. So…
According to Reuters, a bailout of US car companies gained support in Congress as GM (GM) and Chrysler said they needed money immediately to stay in business. Reuters reports that Merrill will…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is still in a pinch despite more than a 100% bounce from recent lows, and its still-relatively new CEO is caught right in the middle of a storm…
Hope springs eternal. For several months now analysts and investors have believed that the fourth quarter would be a reasonable one for banks. A lot of the bad paper on their balance…
Douglas A. McIntyre 24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this week. The CEOs are…
Most industries get to spread out their bad news. The current exceptions appear to be the automotive and banking sectors.Some days they can be hit from three or four sides. An impression…
AIG is ready to repay the Fed $40 billion. The money will come from preferred shares it raised with backing from Treasury. If AIG defaults, the federal government gets the bag. That…
