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Today may well be the day that Lehman (LEH) fails. No one should be surprised if the company goes into…
With Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae (FNM), and Freddie Mac (FNM) fundamentally gone as independent institutions, the Treasury and Fed have…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has just filed with the SEC information about its perceived total exposure to Fannie Mae and…
Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) has finally pre-announced its earnings at -$5.92 EPS. First Call had estimates at worse -$3.00 but…
There were more downgrades in financial stocks, but these were the larger names that saw estimates or ratings cut by…
Lehman (LEH) will release its results tomorrow morning, a week ahead of schedule. Since the broker’s stock was down 45%…
Lehman (LEH) is trading like United (UAUA) did yesterday. Panic has set in and the stock is off 30% to…
Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) shares are doing something unusual, rallying on a secondary offering. On September 2, Signature announced that…
Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBHI) has issued a response to dimish fears about its holdings of Fannie Mae and…
This morning we are seeing a massive gain on the heels of the US government seizure tied to Fannie Mae…
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) had their CEOs pushed out by the government this weekend. They will get…
The common stocks in Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not go away under the government’s plan to…
The sky has fallen on Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). At least that is the rumor. True or…
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MER) is trading down 6% or so in pre-market after Goldman Sachs downgraded the…
If the markets are to take bond guru Bill Gross at his word, the world’s financial markets could go through…
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