We reviewed our different portfolios of key stocks to see which ones performed the best today, and it wasn’t just the financials as a general class. At the end of the day,…
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) has just reported net income of $887 million, or $1.54 per common share (diluted), for the third quarter ended August 31, 2007. This does represent a…
The problem with being super-smart is that when you become dumb it is more obvious. The Goldman Sachs (GS) Global Alpha fund, pride of the bank and the hedge fund industry, is…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Intel (INTC) received antitrust charges from a branch of the South Korean government. Reuters writes that Campbell (CPB) is seeking over $1 billion for its Godiva chocolate business. Reuters…
Next week is the highly awaited FOMC meeting and the expected decision next Tuesday is certainly that a rate cut is coming. But the predicament bet is mixed, with some looking for…
Some people love Jim Cramer, and some people just love to bash him. Some try to run percentage gains that he would be up or down at any given moment. Some revere…
Stocks Tickers: MCO, MHP, XLF, GS, MS, MER, LEH, BSC, C, BAC, JPM, WFC, WB You will have to have a subscription in order to access the full article, but Moody’s has…
These intra-meeting cuts like the 50-basis point discount rate cut this morning, even if this one is the discount rate rather than the funds rate, do act as stabilizers and you are…
(BEAS) BEA Systems trading up 6% pre-market on 3 upgrades: Raised to Buy at B of A; raised to Buy at UBS; raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.(BX) Blackstone earned posted revenues…
Bloomberg is reporting that $8 billion Global Alpha hedge fund is down 26% this year and 40% since July 31. The fall is going to cost Goldman Sachs (GS) a lot of…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters the Asia central banks put extra cash into the banking systems as markets there fell sharply. Reuters writes that Man Group, the UK hedge fund, has delays its IPO.…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that today and this week proves sometimes you can’t be too bullish. You need a measure for an ‘all-clear’ signal to see when…
According to Bloomberg, the debt implied in the credit ratings of Merrill Lynch (MER), Goldman Sachs (GS), Lehman (LEH), and Bear Stearns (BSC) is akin to "junk" status. "Prices of credit-default swaps…
Douglas A. McIntyre FILING TERMS & BRIEF BACKGROUNDER In an SEC Filing, you can see the ‘final amended’ exchange terms foremployees of EMC switching into new VMWare shares in their options andstock grant plans. The…
Goldman Sachs (GS) had forecast that oil might hit $100 in 2009. Now the bank is saying that number could be reached this year. According to a report by Bloomberg, a decline…
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