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Nov 18th, 2009 |
By Andrew Snyder |
Category: Top Story
All eyes and ears are on the Fed this week. With Bernanke in New York discussing potential new bubbles and the New York Fed getting heat for overpaying AIG’s many creditors, investors are having a tough time knowing exactly who to follow.
For those of you who hold up the “Fire the Fed” signs, move over. I am thinking about joining your camp.
Tags: AIG, Bad Stuff, Bernanke, Central Banks, Country Billions, Economic Collapse, Emergency Loans, Eyes And Ears, Financial Failure, Goldman Sachs, Holdout, Merrill Lynch, New York Fed, Obama, Pelosi, Societe Generale, Special Inspector General, Tangible Effect, TARP, Tim Geithner
Posted in Top Story |
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Oct 9th, 2009 |
By Louis Basenese |
Category: Stock Market Investing
I confess… I got it wrong with gold.
Tags: AIG, Bear Stearns, Bid, Countrywide, FRE, gold, Gold Prices, HGG, inflation, invest in gold, LMVFX, Louis Basenese, Merrill Lynch, US economy, WAMUQ
Posted in Stock Market Investing |
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Sep 14th, 2009 |
By Addison Wiggin |
Category: Politics & Economics
It was one year ago that Lehman Bros. went to the great investment bank in the sky. But it was also when the feds arranged the shotgun marriage of a failing Merrill Lynch to a moribund Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). And AIG’s collapse into federal hands was taking shape, if not yet a done deal.
Tags: Addison Wiggin, AIG, BAC, Joseph Stiglitz, Lehman, Merrill Lynch, President Obama, US banks
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Bob Blandeburgo |
Category: Financial News
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Chief Executive Officer John Mack will step down and be replaced by Co-President James Gorman, who has been running the company’s brokerage and overseeing its merger with Citigroup Inc.’s (NYSE: C) Smith Barney unit.
Tags: Bob Blandeburgo, Citigroup Inc, GS, Merrill Lynch, MS, Sachs Group Inc, TARP
Posted in Financial News |
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Aug 28th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
Our story continues…According to the popular version, Ben Bernanke, our flawed hero, has averted a Second Great Depression. When the crisis came in ’07-’08, he calmly took out the text he had written himself: “Dummies’ Guide to Avoiding a Japan-style Deflation”… or something like that.
Tags: BAC, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Bill Bonner, Bubble Epoque, Depression, Economic Depression, Economic Recovery, Federal Reserve, Merrill Lynch, President Obama
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Jul 7th, 2009 |
By Andrew Gordon |
Category: Financial News
First-quarter earnings reports for the big banks weren’t bad on the surface. But banks had to pull some rabbits out of the hat to do it. For example, Goldman Sachs skipped December in order to post improved numbers.
Tags: Bank Of America, Bond Debt, bonds, Earnings Reports, Goldman Sachs, Junk Bond, Merrill Lynch, Mortgage Backed Assets, Mortgage Backed Securities
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May 6th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Notes From the Investment Underground
“The data we have are accurate reflections of the financial conditions of those banks,” says Fed head Ben Bernanke regarding the stress test results… Hmmm…
Tags: BAC, Ken Lewis, Merrill Lynch, Nouriel Roubini, Securities Fraud, Unemployment Rate, US Banking
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May 4th, 2009 |
By Olivier Garret |
Category: Featured
On April 21, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the “vast majority” of U.S. banks have more capital than needed. Geithner’s remarks come on the heels of a surge in reported quarterly profits by the big banks.
Tags: Bank Of America, Bank Stocks, China Construction Bank, Equity Investment, Market Capitalization, Merrill Lynch, Olivier Garret, Timothy Geithner
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Apr 30th, 2009 |
By Chris Gaffney |
Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading
US GDP falls more than expected…FOMC holds course…Canadian dollar has a great week…Oil helps commodity currencies…And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Australian Dollar, BAC, British pound, Canadian Loonie, Chris Gaffney, Citigroup, ECB, Global Recession, Job Losses, Merrill Lynch, President Obama, resources, stagflation, US dollar, US recession, yen
Posted in US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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