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It is no secret that the banks that can pay the money back want out from under the Troubled Asset Relief Plan, or the TARP. It is also no secret that the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the...
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According to Reuters, Bernanke says he was encouraged by the stress tests. Reuters reports that GM (GM) will probably exit the Dow. Reuters writes that Bank of America (BAC) will probably sell its...
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There is something far more important than the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) bond offering. It is even more important than why the company is raising the money. This Microsoft bond offering...
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This morning came a preliminary prospectus supplemental filing from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to sell 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year debt instruments for undisclosed terms and undisclosed...
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Insider trading has a new face. Credit default swaps, long one of the least understood and least regulated sets of financial instruments can be used for insider trading in a similar manner to stocks,...
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The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has commenced a public offering of common stock to shore up its balance sheet after closing its recent huge merger (acquisition) with Rohm & Haas. It will...
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This week’s FOMC statement and ‘less-bad’ recent economic data brought up an interesting notion now that the Federal Reserve seems to be at least a bit less negative on the economy. Ditto on...
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Nuveen Investments has completed the initial public offering of four new state-specific closed-end funds for municipal bind investors. The funds will begin trading on the NYSE Amex today and the...
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Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) received a subtle yet rather large compliment from a ratings agency this morning. Moody’s raised its rating on the company’s long-term senior unsecured debt...
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The US Treasury is ready to open the floodgates next week in its planned Treasury auctions. This pertains to its T-Bills and to coupon maturity notes. The total tab looks like it will come to...
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Direxion is at it again with triple-leverage ETFs. If you love trading the financial stocks for triple leverage via the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) or shorting them with triple...
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If you have read us for a long period of time, you know exactly how we feel about the ratings agencies. We attribute much of the blame of the current financial crisis to their practices and the...
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Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is trading up marginally this morning on word that its subsidiary, Level 3 Financing, Inc., has received additional financing commitments. The additional...
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NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) looks to be tendering some of its debt. The company announced a tender offer after yesterday’s close for up to $300 million of its 7.875% Notes due 2010. That’s not so...
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It is not very frequent that you see an English-speaking country take a sovereign credit ratings agency downgrade. That would indicate the government is one step farther away from being able to...
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