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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has now launched its Abbot Downing financial services that aims to serve the ultra-high net worth sector of wealthy Americans. The move will instantly look...
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If you were not sure about the IPO market being hot, you better take note. PWC has issued its first quarter review and the market is hot. Last week had about ten offerings in the most IPO week...
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BATS Global Markets, Inc. sent out a press release last night to the media that sounds as though it is a passing of a vote of confidence. It is actually something else. BATS probably had the most...
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The environment of ‘exceptionally low interest rates’ may help borrowers, but it has the unintended consequences of bringing real returns to zero or even negative if you consider the impact of...
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The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is getting hit hard this morning. Today’s move is not due to new developments in the lands of the PIIGS, is not on a new development of creditor demands, and it is...
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Ben Bernanke spoke very briefly with CNBC’s Steve Liesman ahead of his four lectures this week to talk about the context of the recent financial crisis. Mr. Bernanke said that the economy is...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been trying to do everything it can to make its balance sheet better. It has sold units through time and has limited its acquisitions to bolt-on deals. The...
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Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is set to report earnings this coming Tuesday. It was only a few months ago that they were being mistreated as “the next MF Global” by Wall Street. To show...
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has been an incredible performer in 2012. If you can believe it, it has almost now doubled from the low of $4.92 in December. The question to ask now is...
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Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now reached 1,400 again for the first...
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The next wave of stress tests on the U.S banks is due to come out by the end of this week. The Federal Reserve is expected to show that bank balance sheets have improved, and regulators are likely...
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Whether or not the Greek debt deal is finally (finally, finally) reached, the next big question outside if Greece will default again is what exactly the implications are for the Credit Default Swap...
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2012 is a Leap Year and that means one more potential trading day with February 29 on the calendar. Stock market statisticians often try to look for patterns in anything, so 24/7 Wall St. wanted to...
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Have you been wondering what these extremely low interest rates are doing to pension plans? Quite simply, they are driving up funding obligations of employers. Fitch Ratings issued a report...
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CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, and investors to push...
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