Reuters:Â China must balance growth and reducing greenhouse gases. Reuters:Â Â The Supreme Court has delayed Chrysler’s Chapter 11. Reuters:Â Â The US will allow 10 banks to repay TARP funds. Reuters:Â Â The Boston…
The Administration is looking at further pay caps for executives on Wall St. and the auto industry. The reasoning is that if a company takes government money, the government should have a…
The Fed and the Treasury have put pressure on Citigroup (C) to create a new board of directors. Richard Parsons, the bank’s chairman, is well on his way to doing that. The…
Reuters:Â Â Rio Tinto (RTP) has killed a deal with Chinalco for one with BHP (BHP). Reuters:Â Â US regulators insisted JP Morgan (JPM) and Amex (AXP) raise money to exit the TARP. Reuters:Â Â …
The waves of capital raising continues. American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), and Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) are just the leading…
Reuters:Â Â Global consumer confidence is improving. Reuters:Â Â GM (GM) filed for Chapter 11 and expects a quick exit. Reuters:Â Â Most US retailers probably had sales drop in May. Reuters:Â Â China gave Geithner…
Jamie Dimon really hates the TARP and he wants out from under it. He’s said how being forced to take the TARP money has allowed JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and…
Douglas A. McIntyre The triple-leverage financial ETFs of Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) and Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ) are getting to deal with yet another potential wrench in…
Now that the bank stress tests are over the firms that were examined and found to need more capital have been able to go about the business of raising it. Part of their…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:Â Â Central bankers in the US and Europe are battling deflation and inflation simultaneously. Reuters:Â Â GM (GM) is close to bankruptcy but the fate of Opel is still open. Reuters:Â Â Citigroup (C)…
The sharp rally in technology stocks over the past two weeks has pushed short sellers out of the market. The short interest in Microsoft (MFST) fell 29% in the period ending May…
Reuters:Â Â Bears control the dollar because of concerns about the deficit and heal of the US economy. Reuters:Â Â Crunch time looms for the GM (GM) and Chrysler restructurings. Reuters:Â Â The US is…
Reuters:  The Treasury is keeping banks guessing about when they can repay TARP funds. Reuters:  Bank of America (BAC) has raised more than $13 billion in share sales. Reuters:  Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) financial…
It is no secret that the banks that can pay the money back want out from under the Troubled Asset Relief Plan, or the TARP. It is also no secret that the…
It is no secret that several large banks want to pay back the TARP money that they took from the government in some cases against their will. Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley…
