Last night came the filing from Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) showing its public company stock holdings as of September 30, 2007. Berkshire’s four largest holdings in the report are American Express (NYSE:AXP), Coca-Cola…
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large…
DJIA component and financial giant JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) is set to report earnings Wednesday morning before the open. We have First Call estimates at $0.90 EPS & $16.6 Billion, but based upon…
Wells Fargo reported Q3 revenue of $9.85 billion was up $919 million, or 10 percent, from a year ago. The bank also reported record diluted earnings per common share of $0.68 for…
Douglas A. McIntyre After seeing Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) news this morning and listening to snippets of the conference call, it seems that at 9:00 AM when shares were down 2% would have been a much easier…
Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) shares are up 3.1% today at $36.85 on the dividend hike and share buyback increase. Jim Cramer on today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC came out and said Texas…
It looks like short sellers decided to bail out of the money center banking stocks ahead of the FOMC decision on rates. This is consistent with the overall trends if you look…
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…
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…
On today’s STOP TRADING on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that the Lehman (NYSE:LEH) exit from the mortgage business is a positive because this wasn’t making money. He’d be a buyer on that…
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…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed why Wachovia (WB), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Bank of America (BAC) were all up big today; and some even higher than before the…
Yesterday evening’s FED FILINGS shows some interesting increases in holdings in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A). He boosted holdings in his financial stocks, and it is helping the stocks today. Keep in…
Short selling in banks is always an interesting area to watch, particularly in the midst of a credit lending debacle that has led to a lower credit ranking and higher loan loss…
(ADTN) Adtran $0.28 EPS versus $0.28 estimate.(AIZ) Assurant CEO and CFO received SEC WELLS NOTICE.(ASD) American Standard noted as a positive ahead of split-up by Cramer on MAD MONEY.(CVO) Cenveo is acquiring…
