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U.S. Turning Profit on TARP, but Big Loans Remain in Banks’ Hands

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Politics & Economics

The U.S. government is starting to see profits from the $750 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), started last year to thwart the financial crisis.



Investment News Briefs Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Jul 14th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

GM May Salvage Pontiac Car; CIT Void to Be Filled, More Expensive; Dell Expects Higher Q2 Revenue; U.S., UBS Lawsuit Delayed for Possible Settlement; U.S. Deficit Grows; Russian Investor Boosts Stake in Facebook; Microsoft Office Goes Online



Market Stumble Heightens Worries That Economic Rebound May Not Be That Strong

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

U.S. stocks suffered their first weekly loss since May last week, further exacerbating trader concern that the bullish surge that sent share prices up as much as 40% from their March lows may have been overdone.



On the Mend or in the Mire?

Jun 18th, 2009 | By Eric J Fry | Category: Stock Market Investing

Today we examine a couple of recent stories from Fantasyland – otherwise known as Wall Street. Seven of America’s largest banks repaid their TARP borrowings to the US Treasury yesterday, in the process providing one more occasion for hopeful investors to proclaim the end of the credit crisis.



Investment News Briefs Thursday June 18, 2009

Jun 18th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News

Consumer Prices Increase Less Than Expected; Ten Banks Repay TARP Debt; Bankrupt Eddie Bauer Attempts Sale; Berkshire Hathaway Options Begin Trading; FedEx Losses Mount; Saab Cuts Debt; Gas Prices Keep Going, Going, Up; Boeing Gets First Air Show Order; China Will Invest Sovereign Wealth in Hedge Funds; Analyst: S&P 500 Will Hit New Highs By 2012; Bond Yields Drop; Mortgage Apps Plunge



What TARP Banks Are Investment Grade?

Jun 17th, 2009 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

A total of 10 U.S. banks have now repaid the preference share investments in them made by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), thus demonstrating that the government thinks they are sound. A number of others have yet to pay back that federal infusion. For investors, the question is this: Where do we go from here?



Two Profitable Ways To Play Stock Market Uncertainty

Jun 2nd, 2009 | By Karim Rahemtulla | Category: Stock Market Investing

What do you do with your portfolio positions when the stock market moves strongly in one direction?



Chrysler, GM Dealer Cuts Point to More Rough Times Ahead for U.S. Automakers

May 18th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Just days after Chrysler LLC said it would be cutting one quarter of its auto dealerships, 1,100 General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) dealerships have reportedly been told not to expect a relationship with the embattled U.S. carmaker after October 2010.



Standard & Poor’s Says Banking Crisis Has Entered New Phase

May 14th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Financial News

Even though the government stress tests have ended and the banks in question have set about raising the required capital, credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s believes the nation’s banking crisis has “merely entered a new phase” and might not end before 2013.



Big Surge in Secondary Stock Offerings Will Lead to a Major Uptick in IPO Profit Plays

May 13th, 2009 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Financial News

In an odd bit of capitalist irony, the U.S. banking crisis could end up as the catalyst that finally jump-starts the long-moribund market for initial public stock offerings (IPOs).  In fact, it already appears to be happening.