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Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 14, 2008 at 6:18 AM EST

UBS (UBS): A Canary For US Banks

UBS (UBS) had an awful quarter. The Swiss financial firm reported a fourth-quarter loss of 12.45 billion Swiss francs ($11.3…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 14, 2008 at 5:50 AM EST

Eliot Spitzer And The “Financial Tsunami”. (ABK)(MBI)

Eliot Spitzer, former prosecutor and now governor of New York State, will ape comments made by Deutsche Bank (DB) Chief…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 13, 2008 at 6:42 AM EST

A Farewell To The Earnings Season

A lot of smaller companies will continue to report earnings over the next several weeks, but almost all of the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 13, 2008 at 5:59 AM EST

Delphi: No Exit

Wikipedia listing "No Exit", a 1944 play by Jean-Paul Sartre, (see also–Delphi’s Chapter 11 problem.) On the way to getting…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 13, 2008 at 5:30 AM EST

Buffett Puts The Screws To The Banks (C)(ABK)(MBI)

Eric Dinallo, New York State’s insurance regulator, is a clever devil. He has effectively pitted Warren Buffett against the nation’s…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 13, 2008 at 3:55 AM EST

Media Digest 2/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

According to Reuters, GM (GM) offered buy-outs to workers after posting a large Q4 loss. Reuters writes that Warren Buffett…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2008 at 6:18 AM EST

Mortgage Assistance: Helping Those Who Won’t Pay

The US Treasury is encouraging several large banks, lead by Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to freeze foreclosures…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM EST

LBO Debt May Be Written Down 10%: Merrill Lynch (MER) And Goldman Sachs (GS) At Risk

Bank of America has release a study showing the levels of LBO write-downs that large banks and brokerages may have…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2008 at 6:18 AM EST

What Societe Generale’s Funding Says About Value Of Big American Banks

After booking billions of dollars in losses because of actions by a rogue trader and write-offs in its CDO portfolio,…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 7, 2008 at 5:34 AM EST

Cisco (CSCO) And EDS (EDS) Take Big Tech Down

Cisco (NASD: CSCO) and EDS (NYSE: EDS) have businesses which point different directions on a compass. But, it is the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 7, 2008 at 4:21 AM EST

NYSE Short Interest, Numbers For Some Financial Improve

Short interest in financial stocks generally fell in NYSE figures for January 31. Numbers compare to January 15. Shares sold…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 5, 2008 at 1:18 PM EST

Potential S&P Downgrades Of MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK) Hammer Bank Stocks

Citigroup (NYSE: C) is trading off over 5% today. Wachovia (NYSE: WB) and JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) are down over…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 30, 2008 at 6:49 AM EST

How NY State Helped Start Bond Insurance Crisis (ABK)(MBI)(C)

Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) figured they could improve their earnings by putting money into swaps and derivative instruments. For…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 30, 2008 at 5:40 AM EST

The Banking Crisis: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (UBS)(C)

As the selling of bank shares has fallen off, Wall St. has begun to believe that the worst of the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 29, 2008 at 6:16 AM EST

A Bail Out For Bond Insurers, Why Not Banks? (ABK)(C)(MBI)

The head of insurance regulation in NY State is busy as a bee trying to bail out Ambac (ABK) and…

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UBS (UBS): A Canary For US Banks

Eliot Spitzer And The “Financial Tsunami”. (ABK)(MBI)

A Farewell To The Earnings Season

Delphi: No Exit

Buffett Puts The Screws To The Banks (C)(ABK)(MBI)

Media Digest 2/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Mortgage Assistance: Helping Those Who Won’t Pay

LBO Debt May Be Written Down 10%: Merrill Lynch (MER) And Goldman Sachs (GS) At Risk

What Societe Generale’s Funding Says About Value Of Big American Banks

Cisco (CSCO) And EDS (EDS) Take Big Tech Down

NYSE Short Interest, Numbers For Some Financial Improve

Potential S&P Downgrades Of MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK) Hammer Bank Stocks

How NY State Helped Start Bond Insurance Crisis (ABK)(MBI)(C)

The Banking Crisis: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (UBS)(C)

A Bail Out For Bond Insurers, Why Not Banks? (ABK)(C)(MBI)

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Citigroup : C

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UBS (UBS): A Canary For US Banks

Eliot Spitzer And The “Financial Tsunami”. (ABK)(MBI)

A Farewell To The Earnings Season

Delphi: No Exit

Buffett Puts The Screws To The Banks (C)(ABK)(MBI)

Media Digest 2/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Mortgage Assistance: Helping Those Who Won’t Pay

LBO Debt May Be Written Down 10%: Merrill Lynch (MER) And Goldman Sachs (GS) At Risk

What Societe Generale’s Funding Says About Value Of Big American Banks

Cisco (CSCO) And EDS (EDS) Take Big Tech Down

NYSE Short Interest, Numbers For Some Financial Improve

Potential S&P Downgrades Of MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK) Hammer Bank Stocks

How NY State Helped Start Bond Insurance Crisis (ABK)(MBI)(C)

The Banking Crisis: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (UBS)(C)

A Bail Out For Bond Insurers, Why Not Banks? (ABK)(C)(MBI)

Broadcom and Marvell Are Bigger Threats to Nvidia Than You Know

The Market Could Crack This Summer: 5 Defensive High-Yielding Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

A $10,000 Investment in Microsoft When Satya Nadella Took Over Is Worth This Much Today

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