The New York Times is reporting that Morgan Stanley (MS) has been approached by Wachovia (WB) about a buyout. According to the paper, the broker is also considering other options. Douglas A.…
Wells Fargo’s (WFC) shares are up 8% on strong volume. The bank stock should be trading down along with Citigroup (C) and Wachovia (WB). Due to the perverse reasoning of traders, Well…
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) had their CEOs pushed out by the government this weekend. They will get fat pay packages and can go on to live in massive homes…
If the markets are to take bond guru Bill Gross at his word, the world’s financial markets could go through a cataclysmic failure. The head of fixed income fund operation Pimco says…
The Commerzbank buy-out of Dresdner Bank was not a shotgun wedding. Neither institution was failing. The severe balance sheet problems facing may other global money center banks were not an important consideration.…
The auction-rate fiasco is not over for banks. Having bought back about $55 billion of the paper, they are now faced with the reality that the bonds are only worth about $.80…
Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse. Shares sold short in Merrill Lynch (MER) fell 12.6 million to 42.3 million. Short…
In the latest installment of the "Batman" film series, loyal butler Alfred tries to explain the behavior of some of the most depraved criminals. He points out to a befuddled Bruce Wayne…
According to Reuters, US inflation rose as the housing market continued to be troubled. Reuters reports that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) beat Wall St. expectations. Reuters reports that Ebay (EBAY) will drop some of…
Nouriel Roubini, the NYU economist, has predicted the US is moving into its worst downturn since the Great Depression. He forecasts that hundreds of banks will fail. But, he is an "independent"…
According to Reuters, Ford (F) will build a news luxury crossover vehicle. Reuters writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) will freeze all hiring through the end of the year. Reuters reports that the…
Famed investor Michael Price, a man who has been beating up on poorly-managed companies for decades, is short Citigroup (C) and Wachovia (WB). He reasons that the worst of the credit crisis…
No one has really worked out how to wall-off significant risk in one division of a financial services giant from divisions which are "safe" and operating smoothly. UBS (UBS) skinned its investors…
According to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM) lost $1.5 billion in July. Reuters writes the UBS (UBS) posted a huge loss and will split itself into a wealth management operation and an investmen…
Shorts sellers suffered from a lack of conviction on the direction of financial stocks in the period that ended July 31. They were clear that betting against tech was no longer a…
