We have just gotten the Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings for the end of Q1-2009. The cut off date here was March 31, 2009 and there are some…
The federal government seems to think that many of the directors on the Bank of America (BAC) board are not qualified to serve. To solve that problem, the bank is being encouraged…
Reuters SEC employees are under investigation for insider trading Reuters Treasury has approved several insurance companies for receiving TARP funds Reuters GM (GM) is close to a deal with the UAW. Reuters Bank…
Reuters Obama hopes to have healthcare bill by July Reuters Documents on Paulson’s meetings with banks forcing them to take TARP have been released Reuters Banks sued MBIA (MBI) over its $5 billion…
Reuters : Intel (INTC) said its results are running better than expected. Reuters : The government is looking at a pay overhaul in the financial sector. Reuters: Economic woes are hurting the…
Bank of America (BAC) is selling part of its stake in China Construction Bank for $7.3 billion. That will help the US institution to raise capital it needs to fill the $34 billion…
According to Reuters, Bernanke says he was encouraged by the stress tests. Reuters reports that GM (GM) will probably exit the Dow. Reuters writes that Bank of America (BAC) will probably sell…
According to Reuters, stress tests results will force ten banks to have to raise nearly $75 billion. Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) lost $6.9 billion and warned of more losses ahead. Reuters…
Finally, the stress tests are out for the US banking and financial institutions. Of the banks, 10 of 19 banks need a combined $74 billion of equity.The good news is that a…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades or positive research calls from Wall Street this Thursday morning: Bank of America (BAC) Raised to Outperform at Baird; Raised to Overweight at…
The most exciting day of the financial year should have been today because the government releases the results of its multi-month bank “stress test” program which includes thorough vetting of the health…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) is expected to post huge losses ahead of decisions about whether it will go into Chapter 11. Reuters reports that Obama is seeking budget savings due to…
Twelve of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Just twelve. Over the next year, that number is likely to go up considerably because of a confluence of economic and financial factors that…
As more information hits the press about the amount of money the government will say big banks will need due to the results of “stress tests”, it is already clear that three…
To call the triple-leverage financial ETF of the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) volatile would be the understatement of the year. It has become the day trading instrument of choice…
