You have already seen the news most likely about how Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was charged with civil fraud by the SEC over its conflicted role in certain CDOs.  Goldman Sachs must have...
KAR Holdings, Inc. is going to sound like a bit of a strange initial public offering if you have gotten used to the dismal US auto industry.  The company has filed for an IPO of up to...
Nothing ever goes wrong at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Their uncanny ability to do well irratates thei competitors to the point of distraction. Due to the company’s performance its shares have...
The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) announced this morning that it was “initiating a private debt issuance to certain institutional investors.” The notes have not been registered with the SEC...
Maybe the recovery of the major banks and investment houses is not a mirage. Maybe it is the real deal.Goldman Sachs (GS) reported net revenues of $9.43 billion and net earnings of $1.81 billion for...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) managed to beat earnings expectations this Tuesday.  The bank holding company without a bank reported earnings of $ 1.56 EPS and revenues fell 6.9% to $11.89...
Shares of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) had traded up this morning after the open, but shares are now in negative territory.  There have been reports originally out of Reuters that Goldman Sachs is...
Financial stocks were already looking mixed at best early this morning with the largest offering in capital markets history pricing last night for a trade today.  But Meredith Whitney, of her own...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has been an incredible performer among the bulge bracket investment banking firms during the entire credit meltdown and market malaise.  Its shares had been...
Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) has started to be viewed as one of Wall Street’s beneficiaries of all the financial turmoil.  It isn’t that the company is immune to the woes of the market. Our...
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MER) is trading down 6% or so in pre-market after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock to a SELL rating and put shares on its Conviction Sell List.  The firm says that...
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) has announced the pricing of its highly anticipated secondary offering of 40,650,407 shares of its common stock.  The pricing went off at $123.00 per share...
Losses related to record U.S. home foreclosures using a “back-of-the-envelope” calculation may be as high as $400 billion for financial companies, Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman...
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has just come out with a quarter that will please everyone.  Unfortunately, this was telegraphed by recent analyst calls with above-estimate forecasts.  The...
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC) has finally capitulated.  There are two separate announcements this morning, but in reality it is all part of the same issue.  This will allow the...