Citigoup (C) may try to buy back some of the shares that the US government got when it bailed out the bank. Taxpayers own 34% of Citi and it may be time…
Douglas A. McIntyre Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
The Treasury wants to make banks, particularly large ones, increase their capital bases and improve their liquidity. In a statement, the department said, “Capital requirements for all banking firms should be increased,…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is going to have a very active day ahead of it. The troubled banking giant has just announced that its common stockholders approved the three resolutions submitted in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Sales growth of Ford (F) and Hyundai topped other car companies. Reuters: The EU could slow a takeover of Sun (JAVA) by Oracle (ORCL). Reuters: Home sales and factory orders signaled…
The DJIA has risen for eight straight days and the verdict is still out as to how today’s close will go. With major indexes trading over 50% above their March lows and…
The volatility late last year and in March should have pushed all of the speculators out of the US stock markets. Very few investors made money and a number of individuals and…
Reuters: Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters: AIG’s (AIG) new CEO says he is working hard…
Paulson & Co. Inc. has become a very influential firm that can now move a market after John Paulson made billions from properly betting against the fate of the US financial and…
These are this Thursday morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with links through to each story with more detailed price and volume analysis over at VSInvestor.com: American International Group (NYSE:…
Reuters: Senator Edward Kennedy died at age 77. Reuters: The US Postal System is seeking 30,000 job cuts. Reuters: US housing and confidence data moved up. Reuters: White House and CBO debt…
Short sellers moved out of tech stocks in large volumes at mid-month. Based on short interest figures as of August 14, shares short in Intel (INTC) fell 33% to 88.3 million. The…
Reuters: Bernanke will be reappointed as Fed chief. Reuters: New deficit projects could hurt Obama’s plans. Reuters: The SEC and Bank of America (BAC) asked a judge again to approve a deal…
Reuters: A faltering stock market may make it hard for China to cut financial support to the capital markets. Reuters: Roubini warned of a double dip recession. Reuters: Warner Chilcott will buy…
Notorious bank analyst Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group is out with some new harsh predictions calling for the demise of more banks. It is actually not all really bad news,…
