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It was during the most recent meltdown that we gave a list of companies where the stocks could still double, and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) was one of them. Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square disclosed...
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Back in the liquidity bubble, corporate bond spreads were tight. Very tight. Sometimes as little as 50 or 75 basis points for those deemed a solid investment grade, and sometimes even tighter...
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Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) has had the benefit of having Warren Buffett behind the company as the largest shareholder via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B). What is interesting is how the bond...
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has become thought of as Darth Vader’s Empire for the public of late. Still, investors are torn over whether to Buy or Sell Goldman Sachs’ as a stock. If...
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All bulge bracket firms and most major banking and brokerage firms cover each other in traditional analyst calls. Usually there is a coverage that involves trends in the sectors and the picks of...
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If you have watched the tone, reaction, expressions, and pointed questions today from the Senate Hearing on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), how you interpret the whole stance of the issues under...
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By now you know all about leveraged ETF and leveraged inverse ETF products. But you might not have heard of two new leveraged and inverse ETFs that launched from ProShares and KBW Inc. (NYSE:...
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Imagine the government and taxpayers finally being out of AIG… Who doesn’t love to hate AIG? The financial crisis and the bailouts might have been much different had American International...
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This weekend’s edition of the Unusual Suspects would have probably been all about earnings, earnings, earnings. Friday’s SEC-Goldman news changed that. Our cast of characters for this coming...
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Trying to count options contracts in shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is nearly impossible, and this was copied from trade blotters with snapshots of 12:12 to 12:18 PM EST. The notion...
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You have already seen the news most likely about how Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was charged with civil fraud by the SEC over its conflicted role in certain CDOs. Goldman Sachs must have...
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was already getting negative press for profiteering from the demise of the mortgage market. It isn’t that it made billions off that, it is that it did it while...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) does not usually gets new Wall Street analyst coverage. It seems that keeping up with the inner workings of Warren Buffett and all the Berkshire...
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Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are not wasting any time after health care reform. In a press conference this morning, the two well-known Democrats said financial reform was next on...
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E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is a smart enough company that it should have known better about one issue. It was smart on another. The troubled online broker has finally announced...
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