The details of the S&P bank sector downgrade were due to ratings criteria changes in the banking sector. 24/7 Wall St. has a detailed downgrade of the banking sector and the CreditWatch…
The Eurozone growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter may have met expectations but this is just one more example that growth is so low already that getting out of the…
Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy. The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was going to…
MF Global Holdings (NYSE: MF) became the first U.S. casualty of the European sovereign debt crisis, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Chairman and chief executive Jon Corzine has yet to acknowledge…
Greece and the rest of the PIIGS were hurting us for so long that it seems hard to believe that the Europeans are setting a 50% haircut for the Greek sovereign debt and…
Unilever (NYSE: UL) subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s has announced solidarity with “Occupy Wall Street,” even donating ice cream to hungry protestors at the movement’s makeshift headquarters’ in New York City’s Zuccotti Park.…
Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October PMI is…
Several large banks, with Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) in the lead, are prepared to kill a bailout of Greece. Well-known DB chief Josef Ackermann says new plans to have banks take a…
Douglas A. McIntyre It feels like Groundhog day in Europe. Greece fears are escalating and European markets are sharply lower. The Europeans are just unwilling or are unable to deal with their woes in a…
European stocks are leading the markets this morning and the direction is lower. Greece projected that 2012 deficits will be above plan and the nation has effectively admitted that it will not…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:…
Friday’s bounce in the U.S. is continuing based on the fact that there was no significant negative news or negative developments over the weekend. On the day we were down last week it…
Today’s selling is actually based on weak Chinese manufacturing data rather than any direct E.U. woes. We have focused on mostly European ADRs this morning for the big movers and shakers, or…
Demand for gold as a safe haven has driven demand for more places to store that gold. And it’s getting harder more difficult to find that storage, resulting in a boom of…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
