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We have another week that has passed by and there were many stand-out research calls that took place throughout the last week.  Our top analyst calls, some of which are dubious honors and some of...
If you want to know what happens to the credit ratings of large banks in lands of the PIIGS when the underlying country ratings have been cut over and over, you should know that it isn’t pretty. ...
The ratings agencies and outside groups are now saying that Greece is in default, like it or not.  Now let’s go ahead and throw in Irish banks as well, with a real possibility of Ireland after...
If you have been following the crisis news regarding the PIIGS, or the PIGS, nations, Ireland seems to currently be overlooked due to the immediacy of the Greek woes.  The problem is that the Irish...
If you wonder why ratings agencies are still hated so much, just wait until the Greek government comes out attacking Moody’s now that a fresh downgrade has been seen.  Moody’s Investors Service...
You have probably heard and read about some of the same rumors and stories about a second bailout heading the way of Greece.  The aim is to prevent a de facto default scenario where Greece would...
If you have invested in or traded around news in the lands of the PIIGS, Greece is perhaps the prominent problem child and National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is just about the only proxy ADR that...
If you didn’t think the ratings agencies were quite on par over the last, well for years now, there is another ratings agency action that needs to be discussed.  While it may sound opportunistic,...
Next week will still bring many key earnings.  The difference is that while some of these may have wild swings, this list is unlikely to bring about any major market moving reports even if some of...
The credit ratings agencies are notorious for being reactionary and calling problems long after the issues have already begun.  Now this morning came a call from Standard & Poor’s attacking...
We have a very busy week ahead for equity investors, even outside of earnings season.  This coming week’s key events, what we call The Unusual Suspects, is non-earnings related and includes the...
The big Greek rumors are already being refuted today, but it doesn’t matter.  Friday’s big rumor is that Greece will leave the Eurozone.  Our prediction: this rumor is not true now, but on a...
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is about to get a huge stock makeover.  This is its last week as a stock in the single-dollar digits.  At least that is what the world hopes.  Its 1 for 10 reverse stock...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Identive Group...
Are the credit ratings agencies still viable?  If you can believe it, there is a new round of warnings for credit rating downgrades in the lands of the PIIGS.  As if you didn’t know that things...