ThinkstockJohn Paulson made a fortune during and after the recession, but he and his investors have not been as successful since (to say the least). Paulson has been taking some licks on…
ThinkstockThe saying is that all’s fair in love and war. Well, this cannot be love, so it must be war. The Financial Times this morning is citing “two people familiar with the…
Wikimedia CommonsFollowing the financial crisis of 2008, the U.S. Treasury was authorized to commit up to $700 billion to a Troubled Asset Relief Program — TARP — in an effort to stop…
ThinkstockCharles Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, gave a speech on Thursday afternoon discussing how to end the “Too Big To Fail” conundrum of the big…
ThinkstockWith the stock market trading at all-time and multiyear highs, the question on every investor’s mind is can the stock market go even higher? At 1,615, the S&P 500 is at 15.4…
ThinkstockVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) will make a $100 billion offer to Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) for the part of Verizon Wireless that it does not own. (Reuters) Spanish financial firm…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is defying the market trends so far on Wednesday as the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The bank is still in what will be a multiyear turnaround. At the…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggInvestors often get to see many Buy ratings from Wall St. analysts, but they often do not see when these analysts give lists of stocks to sell nor when the analysts have very cautious…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, getting off to a good start in an effort to recover some of the ground lost yesterday. A jump in U.S. new home construction to…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as overnight trading in gold saw the beginnings of the biggest one-day drop in the yellow metal’s price in 30 years (more coverage here). Markets…
Flickr / rOsssCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) reported first-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The bank posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $1.29 on revenues of $20.8 billion. In…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and failed to generate any positive traction all day long. Economic data from Europe was mixed, and the European Central Bank said that 19 banks…
ThinkstockThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve said today that 4.2 million borrowers will begin receiving payments in the range of $300 to $125,000 beginning this week…
courtesy of YouTubeJ.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) board faces criticism for firing CEO Ron Johnson and replacing him with the predecessor who cause some of the retailer’s problems. (Reuters) Ford Motor…
Investors and traders alike always seem to be on the lookout for new investment ideas. With the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average having recently hit new highs, 24/7 Wall St.…
