Posts Tagged ‘
Global Financial Crisis ’
Aug 31st, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing
Three of the financial institutions that were key catalysts to the global financial crisis – and that owe the federal government billions of dollars as a direct result of those problems – have seen their shares triple in price so far this month.
Tags: AIG, BAC, Banking Sector, Chrysler, Citigroup, DELL, Financial Stocks, FNM, FRE, Global Financial Crisis, GS, INTC, LAHMQ, MTLQQ, SN, William Patalon III, Xlf
Posted in Financial News, Stock Market Investing |
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Jul 15th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Politics & Economics
Ask U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, about credit default swaps and she’ll offer this warning: Ban them now or expect a reprise of the ongoing global financial crisis – which the derivative securities helped create. When it comes to elected officials, Congresswoman Waters is not one I would typically feel that I have a lot in agreement with.
Tags: AIG, Citigroup Inc, Credit Default Swaps, FNM, FRE, Global Financial Crisis, GMGMQ, GS, Martin Hutchinson
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Jul 1st, 2009 |
By Keith Fitz-Gerald |
Category: Politics & Economics
Billionaire investor George Soros thinks the worst of the global financial crisis is behind us. In a June 20 interview with Polish television, the Hungarian-born Soros acknowledged that this has been the most serious crisis he’s seen in his lifetime, but said, “Definitely, the worst is behind us.”
Tags: George Soros, Global Financial Crisis, Jim Rogers, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Retail Investor, Warren Buffett
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Jun 18th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: International Investing
Many commentators have picked the East Asian economies of China, Korea and Taiwan to emerge the most vigorously from the ongoing global financial crisis.
Tags: AZ, Chancellor Angela Merkel, CRZBY, DAI, DB, Dt, EWG, GE, German Government, Global Financial Crisis, Global Trading, IFNNY, Market Risk, Martin Hutchinson, QMNDQ, SAP, SI
Posted in International Investing |
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Jun 15th, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
Top financial officials from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations on Friday issued an upbeat evaluation of the global financial crisis, describing signs that markets were stabilizing around the world and warning that it was necessary to devise “exit strategies” to disengage from stimulus programs that have been put in place.
Tags: AT&T Inc, AXXP, BLK, BP, Chrysler LLC, credit crisis, FIATY, G8, Geithner, Global Derivatives Markets, Global Financial Crisis, GMGMQ, JPM, MS, SAR, U S Treasury, William Patalon III
Posted in Financial News |
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Jun 11th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Financial News
The bond vigilantes have spoken. They’ve cried in a powerful chorus, “Ehhh… we’re a little annoyed.”
Tags: Global Financial Crisis, Ian Mathias, IMF, Treasury Bonds
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Jun 2nd, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Financial News
Brother, can you spare half a million? Your family’s (new and improved) share of U.S. debt… GM officially kaput… the dirty details and a brief rant, below… Markets hit a critical “pivot point,” says Rob Parenteau… The one number from China that’s boosting stocks, commodities and currencies today… Plus, two good reasons to buy a precious metal… especially silver
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Baby Boomers, Dollar Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, GM bankruptcy, Gold Prices, Government Debt, Ian Mathias, Medicare, Oil Prices, silver prices, social security, U S Treasury, US debt, Weak Dollar
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May 21st, 2009 |
By Money Morning Staff |
Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing
As recently as February, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) had hopes of maintaining its dividend payout. “We’ve got the cash flow to pay the dividend,” GE Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Immelt said in a Feb. 5 interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: BAC, CBS, Citigroup, GE, Global Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Jnj, Lean Times, MNT, MOT, NYX, Pfe, PG
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May 21st, 2009 |
By Money Morning Staff |
Category: Financial News
Crude Rises Above $62/Barrel; Opel Courtship Down to Three; Unibanco CEO: 4% Second-Half GDP for Brazil; Target and BJ’s Beat Expectations; Obama To Sign Credit Card “Bill of Rights”; California Could Go Broke After Voters Reject Plan; Wall Street Won’t Rehire Many Workers; Indiana Pension Funds File to Block Chrysler Bankruptcy Sale
Tags: BJ, California debt, Crude Oil, FIATY, Global Financial Crisis, Gm, ITU, MGA, President Barack Obama, TGT, US pension funds, US stocks
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May 20th, 2009 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: ETFs, Featured
Like most investors, Harvard University’s billion-dollar endowment fund took a beating during the global financial crisis. Many investors cashed out, opting for the safety of the sidelines. But Harvard called a new play. During the first quarter, Harvard engineered a dramatic shift in its endowment-fund investment strategy – boosting its stakes in some of the most prominent emerging market exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Tags: BLK, CEW, CHL, ECH, EEM, Emerging Markets, ETFs, EWS, EWT, EWW, EWY, EWZ, EZA, FXI, Global Financial Crisis, Harvard Endowment, Mike Caggeso, RSX, TEVA, VWO
Posted in ETFs, Featured |
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