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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has released more information on many of the troubled Maiden Lane III derivatives transactions.  These are those contracts that helped to knock the...
BATS Exchange has been an almost stealth success in the world of trading stocks.  In about four years it now claims to have about 10% of the US equity trading market share and about 8% of the FTSE...
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) issued an SEC filing noting that it and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have extended the negotiating time on the previously announced search pact.  Without getting to...
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is the clear leader of the private-sector public education companies.  Yet, that leadership position is coming with some severe pain after its earnings.  Apollo...
Sequenom Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) is becoming a case study on how to run a medical testing products company into the ground.  The diagnostic test maker has more problems other than just the announcement...
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has a couple of issues on the legal and regulatory front for this week.  Last night, it announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. government...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to issue an Investor Alert yesterday called “Leveraged and Inverse ETFs: Specialized Products with...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYE: BRK-A) (BRK-B) had its earnings and quarterly report last Friday, but the aftermath this week has shown more derivative criticism.  But more importantly, issues over SEC...
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has reached a settlement with the SEC regarding four accounting matters in 2002 and 2003.  Yep, 2002 and 2003.  This has enough of a look-back that it is...
Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN) was a stock we screened early this morning in pre-market hours for its active trading at VSInvestor.com.  We noted that this one was getting destroyed, but...