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Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 21, 2009 at 4:17 AM EDT

Who Stole The Recovery?

The recovery from the recession looked fine until late last week. Some of the data from the government and associations…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 21, 2009 at 3:00 AM EDT

Media Digest 4/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, the government will give Chrysler and GM (GM) new aid. Reuters reports that IBM (IBM) revenue fell…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 20, 2009 at 6:23 AM EDT

At B of A, Credit Metrics Trump Earnings (BAC)

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is echoing the positive earnings of last week seen at other banking institutions. The…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 20, 2009 at 4:29 AM EDT

If Government Converts It Bank Investments To Equity, Common Shareholders Get Killed

The federal government has come up with a new way of taking control of the nation’s largest banks without investing…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 20, 2009 at 3:45 AM EDT

In Favor Of Not Firing Bank CEOs (C)(BAC)(AIG)(JPM)

The demands for the head of Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit have not ended and may rise to a crescendo…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 17, 2009 at 2:57 AM EDT

Media Digest 4/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 14, 2009 at 7:27 AM EDT

Top Analyst Downgrades (ASCA, BAC, BYD, LLTC, SAFM)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street: Ameristar…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 14, 2009 at 4:12 AM EDT

Goldman Sachs (GS) And The Secret Of Bank Earnings

Two things, which happened within hours of one another, will probably determine the value of bank stocks for the next…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 14, 2009 at 2:56 AM EDT

Media Digest 4/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Barron’s

According to Reuters, Ebay’s (EBAY) shares are cheap by many measures but investors are avoiding the company, while Amazon’s (AMZN)…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 13, 2009 at 4:32 AM EDT

TARP Recipients Face Another Charge Of Mismanagement: A Customer Bill Of Rights

There would appear to be no end to the extent to which banks which received TARP funds will go to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 10, 2009 at 4:45 AM EDT

Government Wants Bank “Stress Test” Results To Be Secret

The Federal Reserve keeps saying that many of its dealings with the financial industry must remain secret. Congress keeps insisting that no such…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 10, 2009 at 3:58 AM EDT

More Quickly Than It Began, The Great Banking Crisis Is Over

Investors find it disconcerting to see the stocks in the huge financial institutions that are at the foundation of the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 9, 2009 at 7:19 AM EDT

Direxion Financial & Financials Win On Wells Fargo (WFC, BAC, JPM, C, FAS)

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is going to be taking the bank stocks significantly higher, particularly the Direxion Financial…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 9, 2009 at 3:44 AM EDT

The Lost Decade May Only Last Three Months

Depending on the source, Japan’s mythic “Lost Decade” lasted from 1989 to 2003, or sometime later if the exact bottom…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Apr 8, 2009 at 2:10 PM EDT