5:05am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The Return Of Speculation
The volatility late last year and in March should have pushed all of the speculators out of the US stock markets. Very few investors made money and a number of individuals and…
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3:57am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters: AIG’s (AIG) new CEO says he is working hard…
9:25am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Paulson Adds Citi to B of A, Goldman, and JPMorgan Holdings (C, BAC, COF, GS, JPM)
Paulson & Co. Inc. has become a very influential firm that can now move a market after John Paulson made billions from properly betting against the fate of the US financial and…
9:03am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BA, C, HGSI, IMMU, ENER, VG)
These are this Thursday morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with links through to each story with more detailed price and volume analysis over at VSInvestor.com: American International Group (NYSE:…
4:09am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Senator Edward Kennedy died at age 77. Reuters: The US Postal System is seeking 30,000 job cuts. Reuters: US housing and confidence data moved up. Reuters: White House and CBO debt…
7:00pm ET
Investing
Shorts Flee Tech Stocks (MSFT)(INTC)(ORCL)(CSCO)
Short sellers moved out of tech stocks in large volumes at mid-month. Based on short interest figures as of August 14, shares short in Intel (INTC) fell 33% to 88.3 million. The…
3:57am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/25/2009
Reuters: Bernanke will be reappointed as Fed chief. Reuters: New deficit projects could hurt Obama’s plans. Reuters: The SEC and Bank of America (BAC) asked a judge again to approve a deal…
3:57am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: A faltering stock market may make it hard for China to cut financial support to the capital markets. Reuters: Roubini warned of a double dip recession. Reuters: Warner Chilcott will buy…
2:51pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Meredith Whitney’s Good News… Only 300 Bank Failures (BAC, C)
Notorious bank analyst Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group is out with some new harsh predictions calling for the demise of more banks. It is actually not all really bad news,…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies. Reuters: The “clunkers” program will end on August 24. Reuters: GM is…
6:03am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The Government Will Check The Government’s Decisions On Citigroup (C)
The precious time of senior government officials must not be so precious. Federal agencies seem to be spending more and more time looking back on the financial crisis to see if it…
4:00am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: HP (HP) issued optimistic guidance. Reuters: China is investing in the private housing sector. Reuters: Buffett says the US is on a slow path to recovery. Reuters: US regulators urged Citigroup…
5:15am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The Fed Has No Leverage: Bank Lending Remains Moribund
The Fed made hundreds of billions of dollars in short term loans to banks. It was necessary, in the opinion of the agency, to do that to preserve the financial system as…
8:59am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
BofA Sees Big Upside in Citigroup (C, BAC)
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is trading higher this morning on an analyst upgrade. This would probably be a much more important call had financials not run so much. Bank of America Merrill…
9:06am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alerts (GSIC, BPAX, PALM, MPEL, C, RF)
These are this morning’s top day trader alert stocks and actively traded stock movers. We have more detailed price and volume analysis with links to each over at VSInvestor.com: GSI Commerce Inc.…