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247wallst.com - Mar 09, 2010   about  DD, CAT, AA and 11 more
March 9, 2009 marked the absolute apex of selling and marked the official ending date of the bear market.  At the time, many were expecting stocks to see gains because of grossly oversold conditions.  Yet how many investors and traders would have guessed that so many major companies would see their...
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straightstocks.com - Mar 09, 2010   about  FSLR, JPM
Helping to ease the sting of a JP Morgan (JPM) downgrade, First Solar (FSLR) has found a buyer for 300MW of solar energy that will be produced from a plant its manufacturing in SoCo.  Pacific ...
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straightstocks.com - Mar 09, 2010   about  FSLR, NOC, HRB and 8 more
• H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) reported fiscal third quarter results after the close. The company reported earnings of 16 cents, versus 20 cents a year ago, and ahead of Zacks estimates of 14 cents, on revenues of $935 million, slightly below Zacks estimates of $938 million • A FT report says Marsh &...
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straightstocks.com - Mar 09, 2010   about  RIMM, AMAT, MMM and 10 more
U.S. stocks started the week on a mixed note before ending the day little changed as investors appeared less enthusiastic about the strength of the economic recovery.  Traders appeared concerned about President Obama’s push for the health care overhaul and reacted with caution to a fresh round of co...
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minyanville.com - Mar 08, 2010   about  FRE, FNM, JPM and 1 more
We’ve come a long way in just one year. 365 days ago we were navigating the Bear Stearns (JPM) scare the bearded nationalization of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) the collapse of Lehman Brothers the implosion of AIG (AIG) and Washington Mutual Martial Law for the Markets and awaking thereaft...
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minyanville.com - Mar 08, 2010   about  FRE, FNM, JPM and 1 more
I remember my mindset one year ago today; following week after week and month after month of unbelievable stress -- after navigating the Bear Stearns (JPM) scare the bearded nationalization of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) the collapse of Lehman Brothers the implosion of AIG (AIG) and Washi...
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randomroger.blogspot.com - Mar 08, 2010   about  C, BAC, JPM and 1 more
Karl Denninger raises some interesting points in noting a consistent thread with the handful (sometimes more) banks that fail every weekend. In the post he details the extent to which the value of assets were overstated. For example;Waterford Bank, Germantown MD: $155.6 million in assets, $156.4 in...
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straightstocks.com - Mar 08, 2010   about  C, BAC, E and 2 more
Karl Denninger a href="http://market-ticker.org/archives/2049-All-You-Need-To-Know-About-Bank-Balance-Sheet-Fraud.html"raises some interesting points/a in noting a consistent thread with the handful (sometimes more) banks that fail every weekend. In the post he details the extent to which the value...
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short-termtrading.blogspot.com - Mar 06, 2010   about  INTC, XOM, DD and 28 more
The emini Dow is moving within an upward channel. The force index indicator is positive in the 60 minute time frame. Slight negative divergence of the %b indicator, which has left the oversold level. This market is incredibly strong.  I do not see the fundamental reasons for this.  The economy may b...
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businessinsider.com - Mar 05, 2010   about  CMCSA, TMO, ESRX and 45 more
Goldman Sachs aggregated the stock holdings listed in 487 hedge funds' Q4 2009 13f reports to come up with a list of 50 "VIP" List of the most important stocks for hedge funds. It's basically a more exhaustive version of our 12 Huge Bets Hedge Funds Are Making Right Now. From MarketFolly: Here are t...
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247wallst.com - Mar 05, 2010   about  XOM, PG, JNJ and 5 more
24/7 Wall Street has a real-time index we keep of the 500 largest market caps of US equities.  This is The 24/7 Wall St. Real-Time 500.  Of these, the 23 highest are deemed mega-cap stocks as they have market capitalization rates of more than $100 billion.  Almost every public information source var...
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fundmymutualfund.com - Mar 05, 2010   about  CMCSA, TMO, ESRX and 46 more
Today is going to be Goldman Sachs (GS) day at FMMF - from their nearly perfect forecasting of monthly labor data (magically adjusting their figures 24 hours before it is released each month to "hit it on the nail"), to their new foray into buying warehouses so they can corner obtain more informatio...
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straightstocks.com - Mar 05, 2010   about  GS, BAC, COF and 9 more
• Marvell Tech (NASDAQ:MRVL) swung to a fourth quarter profit on strength in its new communication chips. Adjusted earnings jumped to 40 cents a share, up from last year's five cents, on revenues that rose 64% to $842.5 million. Results topped the firm's earlier forecast of 33-39 cent results on $82...
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247wallst.com - Mar 05, 2010   about  C, FRE, FT and 5 more
Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (MSFT) will launch a phone with Verizon Wireless. (Gizmodo) Swiss commodity trader Glencore bought back its Prodeco coal operations in Colombia from mining group Xstrata and is looking for partners to provide funds. (Reuters) Jupiter Asset Management may file an...
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minyanville.com - Mar 04, 2010   about  XOM, CVX, JNJ and 5 more
The stock market has gone nowhere year-to-date but perhaps if some hedge fund managers are to be believed it’s really just setting up for something a lot more dramatic.The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which includes holdings like Apple (AAPL) AT&T (T) Chevron (CVX) Exxon (XOM) JPMorgan (JPM) Johns...
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pheedcontent.com - Mar 04, 2010   about  GS, MRK, MS and 1 more
Filed under: JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Merck and Co (MRK)Thanks to a trillion dollars in credit losses write-downs on mortgage-related securities in 2007 and 2008, financial companies around the world had a lot of capital to recapture. So, in the first half...
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researchrecap.com - Mar 03, 2010   about  GS, C, BAC and 4 more
Noted bank analyst Dick Bove today lowered his price target for Goldman Sachs, due to expected lower first quarter trading activity.  Standard & Poor’s believes securities-related businesses at big banks will continue to perform well in 2010, albeit below the highly robust levels of early 2009....
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minyanville.com - Mar 03, 2010   about  JPM
With all the talk about Credit Default Swaps now would be a good time to revisit just what they are and why they matter to the global markets.Join Todd as he offers his thoughts on the overlapping dynamics in play over CDS’s including the contagion that could manifest in Europe as the next phase of...
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247wallst.com - Mar 03, 2010   about  C, BAC, JPM and 1 more
There is a common search that value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders all look through for various price screens to help on deciding when to a buy or sell a stock.  The problem is that many key stocks have 52-week lows which in many cases have seen exponential gains since...
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minyanville.com - Mar 02, 2010   about  JPM
What were the management secrets of the Grateful Dead? As governments demand more information from the private sector regarding CDS will the private sector turn around and “demand” more information from governments regarding their guarantees and commitments? Did you see the significant overnight cre...
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