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Octavian Advisors, LP, a global alternative investment management firm managing over $1 Billon in assets, has hired Arif Gangat as Managing Director and Oscar Mockridge as Director to focus on...
When the market drops almost 400 points, investors start to think about 1,000 point drop day. They forget the little run-up the market had over the previous two weeks. Some of the safest stocks to...
Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) shares were halted. Then the company announced what many on Wall St. had expected. Its board will look at whether not the company should exit the cell phone business. The...
Shares of Brinks Co. (NYSE: BCO) are up significantly after today earnings report.  We have been behind Brinks for several months now, and it is still an active stock on our Special Situation...
2008 is turning out to be a wacky year.  If you are new to trading and investing this is far from the norm.  Statistics vary depending on what day of the week it is but this is the worst January...
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted that selling stocks today isn’t a good idea and that this will be good for retail stocks and others too.  You have to keep in mind the...
E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETC) has been the most battered and brutalized of the large discount brokers and online brokers out there.  It quite frankly deserved it after the company publicly understated its...
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) has announced earnings after the company released some positive data this morning.  The troubled biotech giant posted $1.00 EPS on a 2% drop in revenues to $3.7 Billion. ...
Firestone. American Motors. Texaco. Pan Am. Worldcom. At one point or another these large American companies were at the top of their industries. Pan Am was the leading global airline for decades....
Of the earnings that will hit over the next week, none are as important as Microsoft (MSFT) and AT&T (T). Both have broad business which touch consumers and businesses worldwide. Both carry...
The market may be down 600 points today. If the selling picks up, it is hard to predict a bottom. There are a very few shares which should be a good defense because of their size, balance sheets,...
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer is sticking with picking technology stocks that are either oversold or are great value.  His down and out tech stock is Wind River Systems (NASDAQ:...
Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) is an investment vehicle that is set up to invest in mortgages per its charter, although as we noted the day of the initial filing that this is going to effectively be...
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that despite this being one of the worst markets he’s seen in his career he wants you to stay in the game.  He wants to own defensive stocks that...
When you have ridden in a taxi cab, have you ever thought of the business metrics behind the business of being a cab driver?  I have.  Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:TAXI) is the business that...