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It has only been a week since everyone was drawing that TARP repayment by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) as being on the cheap after the investment banking firm, a.k.a. bank holding company...
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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is launching a TALF fund. It is slightly larger than its original target. The fund probably won’t make a huge boost for earnings, but it is a further step into...
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CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is trading no different than a warrant or way out of the money call option at this point. In short, any trading other than a forced sale here is nothing more than a Las...
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Reuters: CIT (CIT) may be close to bankruptcy. Reuters: China GDP rose 7.9%. Reuters: Foreclosures hit a record in the first half of 2009. Reuters: Obama pressed Congress on a...
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Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has just come out with a quarter that will please everyone. Unfortunately, this was telegraphed by recent analyst calls with above-estimate forecasts. The...
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This is the real week for earnings season where the floodgates open. That is particularly the case for some of the top banks, investment banks, and brokers. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS)...
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The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is seeing some buying interest based upon an influential analyst call. Meredith Whitney Advisory has raised the rating on this investment bank and brokerage...
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is said to have either the best in-house and proprietary trading models or at least the best of the large bulge bracket firms. This weekend came a report from...
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Ken Heebner of CGM Funds is often a guest on CNBC after the FOMC decision on rates. His sphere of great influence has withered as the CGM Focus Fund (CGMFX) has been hammered. Last year the...
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E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) has been the worst of the online brokerage stock. With some of the crazy mortgage products it offered, it is no wonder. And the stock has paid a price, over...
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is having a hard time finding its footing this morning. Rochdale Securities’ Dick Bove has a research note that is leaving investors and traders scratching...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-Merrill), the new name for the brokerage arm of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), has come out this morning with a cautious call on brokerage firms and...
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Reuters: The Supreme Court delays Chrysler deal. Reuters: The cleared ten banks to repay TARP include JPMorgan (JPM), Goldmand Sachs (GS), American Express (AXP), Cpaital One(COF), State Street...
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There remains an issue about what to do with troubled banks, and the regulations over who can own banks and at what percentages only add more questions rather than answers. FDIC Chairman Sheila...
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The triple-leverage financial ETFs of Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) and Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ) are getting to deal with yet another potential wrench...
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