The federal government really does not want to build a "bad bank" to take toxic assets from America’s largest financial institutions. It has taken a number of measures to avoid it. The…
According to Reuters, Bank of America will get a huge financial aid package from the government. Reuters reports that Congress is advancing legislation to release the balance of the TARP funding. Reuters…
Analysts have been concerned that JP Morgan (JPM), considered the most successful of the large US banks, might miss its numbers and turn in a loss The financial firm held the line…
According to Reuters, Steve Jobs will take a medical leave from Apple (AAPL) until June 30. Reuters reports that Bank of America (BAC) is in discussions with the government to get billions…
The conventional wisdom was that 2008 would be the worst year for bank losses in years, but that it would be the bottom. The damage of mortgage-backed securities has moved into the…
Oppenheimer’s star banking analyst Meredith Whitney slammed the banking giants yet again this morning. The difference between today’s note and her prior criticisms, is that now she expects that many banks will…
Yesterday, Bank of America (BAC) said it would miss its 2008 numbers. There has been a good deal of talk that Jamie Dimon will be pulled off his thrown at JPMorgan (JPM)…
It looks like we have our most likely candidates for the "Dogs of the Dow" for 2009. This is often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks…
SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG), a producer and marketer of electricity, will be added to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after the market closes on December 31st. To celebrate the occasion, SCANA is…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Dogs of the Dow are often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are technically the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks out of the 30 DJIA components. The formal list of the ten…
If investors had a notion that short sellers were going to stay in big financials, they were wrong. Short interest in the weakest companies in the sector dropped. Shares short in Citigroup…
Last October, Bank of America (BAC) cuts its dividend in half to $.32. Citigroup (C) has taken its down to a penny a share. There are not may reasons to invest in…
According to Reuters, authorities do not think Madoff could have acted alone. Reuters show that the US is sinking deeper into recession. Reuters reports that the SEC defended it response to the…
J.P. Morgan, the investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Company (NYSE:JPM), plans to acquire the Canadian energy operations and global agricultural business of UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) for an undisclosed amount. The…
People who get to the end of 2008 and are still at work can be thankful. The unemployment rate will probably be over 7%. That does not count the people no longer…