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Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 4, 2008 at 6:44 AM EST

Citigroup (C) Will Need A Lot More Money

The biggest question running around Wall St. is how much more cash is going to have to go into the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM EST

Goldman Sachs Notes An Insurer Worth Zero In Run-Off (SCA, MBI, ABK)

Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (NYSE: SCA) has been terminated from coverage at bulge bracket firm Goldman Sachs after the company…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 1, 2008 at 12:41 PM EST

Implications Of Warren Buffett Panning Insurance Industry (BRK/A, BRK/B, ABK, MBI, AIG, RE, HIG, CB, PGR)

It is no great mystery that Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, NYSE: BRK.B) is still one of the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 29, 2008 at 8:23 AM EST

Assured Guaranty Scores One From Wilbur Ross (AGO, MBI, ABK)

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) may not be the largest household name for a bond insurer or financial guarantor when…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 27, 2008 at 4:17 AM EST

Media Digest 2/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, weak confidence and rising prices are fuelin stagflation fears. Reuters writes that the long fight between Microsoft…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 26, 2008 at 4:43 PM EST

CEO’s Implied Stock Target For MBIA: $50.00 (MBI)

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) just had its "re" new CEO Joseph Brown on a CNBC interview saying that he signed…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 26, 2008 at 4:03 AM EST

Media Digest 2/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business. Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI)…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM EST

S&P Keeps Bond Reinsurance Rating Rigged Game Alive (ABK, MBI)

S&P reaffirmed the "AAA" ratings for both MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK). S&P noted that MBIA was removed…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 24, 2008 at 5:53 PM EST

The Ambac (ABK) Bail-Out May Not Work

Ambac (NYSE: ABK), the down-on-its-luck muni-bond insurance company may get rescued by several large banks. If the reports are to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 23, 2008 at 8:08 AM EST

NYSE Short Interest: Bets Against Financial Firms Rises

Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM EST

Whitman & Third Avenue Value Fish In Financial Insurers, REITs, Land (ABK, ACGL, LM, MBI, JOE, TPGI, TGIC, USG, VNO)

If there is one seer and age-old timeless veteran in value investing, it is M.J. Whitman. His Third Avenue Management,…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 19, 2008 at 8:26 AM EST

MBIA (MBI) Rises On CEO Replacement

MBIA (NYSE:MBI) has replaced it CEO with former Chairman and CEO Joseph "Jay" Brown, 59, who retired from the firm…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 19, 2008 at 6:02 AM EST

Signs Point To Banking Crisis Getting Much Worse

The evidence comes in in pieces. One bit of bad news here and one there. Today, the FT reported that…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 18, 2008 at 6:09 AM EST

In Northern Rock, A Template For US Bail-Outs?

The US government bailed out Chrysler all the way back in 1979. Nothing quite like it as been seen since…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 17, 2008 at 12:38 PM EST

Northern Rock Nationalized

According to The Wall Street Journal troubled British mortgage company Northern Rock wil be taken over by the British government.…

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MBIA : MBI

All MBIA Articles

Citigroup (C) Will Need A Lot More Money

Goldman Sachs Notes An Insurer Worth Zero In Run-Off (SCA, MBI, ABK)

Implications Of Warren Buffett Panning Insurance Industry (BRK/A, BRK/B, ABK, MBI, AIG, RE, HIG, CB, PGR)

Assured Guaranty Scores One From Wilbur Ross (AGO, MBI, ABK)

Media Digest 2/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

CEO’s Implied Stock Target For MBIA: $50.00 (MBI)

Media Digest 2/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

S&P Keeps Bond Reinsurance Rating Rigged Game Alive (ABK, MBI)

The Ambac (ABK) Bail-Out May Not Work

NYSE Short Interest: Bets Against Financial Firms Rises

Whitman & Third Avenue Value Fish In Financial Insurers, REITs, Land (ABK, ACGL, LM, MBI, JOE, TPGI, TGIC, USG, VNO)

MBIA (MBI) Rises On CEO Replacement

Signs Point To Banking Crisis Getting Much Worse

In Northern Rock, A Template For US Bail-Outs?

Northern Rock Nationalized

UFO ETF Faces a Critical Test: Can Pre-Profit Space Stocks Deliver on $1.85B Backlog

Concentration Risk High as Top Two Stocks Steer U.S. Communication Services ETF Performance

Amazon and Tesla Drive One-Third of FDIS as U.S. Spending Surges Despite Recession-Level Sentiment

Fed’s Rate Freeze Could Sting for Social Security Recipients

'Convert $100,000 a Year to Get Them to the Top of the 22%': The Roth Plan for a Couple With $2.3M in 401(k)s

UFO ETF Faces a Critical Test: Can Pre-Profit Space Stocks Deliver on $1.85B Backlog

Concentration Risk High as Top Two Stocks Steer U.S. Communication Services ETF Performance

MBIA : MBI

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Citigroup (C) Will Need A Lot More Money

Goldman Sachs Notes An Insurer Worth Zero In Run-Off (SCA, MBI, ABK)

Implications Of Warren Buffett Panning Insurance Industry (BRK/A, BRK/B, ABK, MBI, AIG, RE, HIG, CB, PGR)

Assured Guaranty Scores One From Wilbur Ross (AGO, MBI, ABK)

Media Digest 2/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

CEO’s Implied Stock Target For MBIA: $50.00 (MBI)

Media Digest 2/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

S&P Keeps Bond Reinsurance Rating Rigged Game Alive (ABK, MBI)

The Ambac (ABK) Bail-Out May Not Work

NYSE Short Interest: Bets Against Financial Firms Rises

Whitman & Third Avenue Value Fish In Financial Insurers, REITs, Land (ABK, ACGL, LM, MBI, JOE, TPGI, TGIC, USG, VNO)

MBIA (MBI) Rises On CEO Replacement

Signs Point To Banking Crisis Getting Much Worse

In Northern Rock, A Template For US Bail-Outs?

Northern Rock Nationalized

UFO ETF Faces a Critical Test: Can Pre-Profit Space Stocks Deliver on $1.85B Backlog

Concentration Risk High as Top Two Stocks Steer U.S. Communication Services ETF Performance

Amazon and Tesla Drive One-Third of FDIS as U.S. Spending Surges Despite Recession-Level Sentiment

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