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Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 11, 2008 at 7:49 AM EDT

Fed Adds Another $100B, Will Take ‘Other’ Mortgages In Rescue Package (GS, C, BAC, MER, MS, WB)

The Federal Reserve has just made an expansion of its securities lending program to add much more liquidity to the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 10, 2008 at 3:02 AM EDT

Media Digest 3/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, gas price are at $3.20 a gallon and could rise another $.20 to $.30 in the next…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 8, 2008 at 6:35 AM EST

FBI Goes After Management Thugs At Countrywide (CFC), Bank Of America Deal May Be Troubled

The FBI is looking into whether Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) committed securities fraud by making false statements about the mortgage bank’s…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 7, 2008 at 4:02 AM EST

NYSE Short Interest Hits Record Led By Huge Increases In Financials

The short interest on the NYSE hit an all-time record for the period ending February 29. Figures by company compare…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 6, 2008 at 9:48 AM EST

Big Financials Hit 52-Week Lows (TMA)(MER)(FRE)(JPM)(C)(BAC)(WM)

A number of the large financial stocks took news of a write-down at UBS (NYSE: UBS), debt problems at Merrill…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 5, 2008 at 7:49 PM EST

Ubiquitous 20th Century Brands That Will Disappear

Several brands which were extremely powerful during the last few decades are about to disappear. Many of them no longer…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 23, 2008 at 8:08 AM EST

NYSE Short Interest: Bets Against Financial Firms Rises

Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 12, 2008 at 6:18 AM EST

Mortgage Assistance: Helping Those Who Won’t Pay

The US Treasury is encouraging several large banks, lead by Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to freeze foreclosures…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM EST

DJIA Index Changes (MO, HON, BAC, CVX)

It’s been a while since we have seen any serious changes to the Dow Jones industrial Averages components, with 2004…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 7, 2008 at 4:21 AM EST

NYSE Short Interest, Numbers For Some Financial Improve

Short interest in financial stocks generally fell in NYSE figures for January 31. Numbers compare to January 15. Shares sold…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 1, 2008 at 4:15 AM EST

Media Digest 2/1/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

According to Reuters, Chinese mining group Chinalco and Alcoa (AA) have bought 12% of Rio Tinto (RTP) setting up a…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 31, 2008 at 9:31 AM EST

Hedge Fund Holder Says Countrywide Selling Too Cheap (CFC, BAC)

A hedge fund is claiming that Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) is selling itself too cheaply to Bank of America (NYSE:…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM EST