In a year in which many financial institutions gasped for air, the Federal Reserve transferred $47.3 billion to the Treasury – its “profit” in a sense. The Fed’s comprehensive income, the difference…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), in the shadow of an SEC investigation, beat earnings estimates handily. It was not a surprise after Citgroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Bank of Americ (NYSE: BAC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)…
Reuters: Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) password operation was hit by cyberattacks. Reuters: A leading political party in Germany is urging that the nation not deal with Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS). Reuters: …
In terms of financial performance of their respective firms, Vikram Pandit the CEO of Citigoup Inc (NYSE: C) has been a goat for the last two years and Lloyd Blankfein has been a hero. Today, the…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have links with more detail on the move, the relative data, and the news summaries to each story at VSInvestor.com:…
This weekend’s edition of the Unusual Suspects would have probably been all about earnings, earnings, earnings. Friday’s SEC-Goldman news changed that. Our cast of characters for this coming week’s Unusual Suspects include…
Earnings season is off to the races, even if Friday was a curve-ball for the markets and for reactions to earnings. Most of the big stocks are off on Wall Street scandal…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen trading actively on news or in reaction to peers. We have more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com with a…
Regulators in the US and Europe are still sifting through a variety of programs that would create a tariff on large banks to create a pool of money that could be used…
Many tech stocks have doubled or tripled from the March market lows. Short sellers are in many cases willing to bet that ride is not over. The short interest in Micron (MU)…
Reuters: British Air and Iberia signed a merger deal. Reuters: US Airways (LCC) and United (UAUA) are in merger talks. Reuters: A Toyota (TM) executive warned about defects in January. Reuters: Geithner…
Reuters: Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters: Samsung posted record profits. Reuters: Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters: The US Transportation Department will…
