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Date: 2008-05-17 21:56:49
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10-28-2008 (Tue) Fin. & Econ. Activity
Morning U.S. consumer confidence fell to the lowest level on record in October as stocks plunged and banks shut off credit, ... Fidelity Investments said on Tuesday it was reviewing its costs and staffing following an industry ... in its main money management business - Thomson Reuters Prices of U.S. single-family homes plunged a record [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 15:31:19
The 50 Richest Members of Congress
By Paul Singer, Jennifer Yachnin and Casey Hynes Roll Call | Everything that you are about to read might be wrong. Roll Call’s annual attempt to rank the riches of Members of Congress is hampered by one fundamental flaw: It is based on the lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms, which are extraordinarily unreliable sources of information [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 10:36:32
Throwing capitalism out with the water - high cost?
First poll results announced of American's living abroad - in Israel. (See 1 below.)I Have always believed anyone who wants to be president is missing a few screws and that a psychological test should be given and posted on the ballot. This was forwarded to me by a dear psychiatrist friend and fellow memo reader [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 07:44:00
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 01 December 2008
FINTAG COMMENT Shopping. Before Google (BG), analysts had to make phone calls and visit companies to be able to write research reports. Government statistics suffer a serious time lag and if they wanted to know how the economy was performing, simple activities like wandering around shopping malls would be undertaken. Imagine that? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 09:02:43
Viking Global. Global macro funds seek to find investments in whatever market they can gain an edge, whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, ... . He is the definition of a risk manager. Bacon credits his risk management skills to the futures markets ... Moore Capital Management, he returned 86%. Bacon strives to identify long running macro [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 14:01:00
Get Out Now!
Get Out Now! By Andrew Bary, Barron's | 9 January 2009The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower ... , very expensive,"Mohamed El-Erian, chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co ... may involve one of the safest asset classes: U.S. Treasuries. Yields have plunged [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:52:00
Emotion and Validation
1. I think emotion is predictable, that is certain kinds of emotions lead to certain kinds of outcomes and mass consequences ... out the national mood and served it too well. The safety cocoon mentality has been dealt a major blow since 2005/2006 and won't recover for a good while. Every normal asset class in developed and developing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 05:11:52
The 50 Richest Members of Congress
September 22, 2008, 12:00 a.m. By Paul Singer, Jennifer Yachnin and Casey HynesRoll Call Staff Everything that you are about to read might be wrong. Roll Call’s annual attempt to rank the riches of Members of Congress is hampered by one fundamental flaw: It is based on the lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 00:25:42
This Week In Securities Litigation (October 31, 2008)
Fall out from the market crisis continues with settlements in the ARS market and continued concerns about the impact of short selling. The SEC followed up on its earlier settlement with Fidelity Investments regarding improper ... . In that announcement, FINRA reached agreements in principle with City National Securities, BNY Mellon Capital [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 18:16:39
This Week In Securities Litigation (October 31, 2008)
Fall out from the market crisis continues with settlements in the ARS market and continued concerns about the impact of short selling. The SEC followed up on its earlier settlement with Fidelity Investments regarding improper ... . In that announcement, FINRA reached agreements in principle with City National Securities, BNY Mellon Capital [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 02:28:52
Fidelity Unveils Retirement Resolutions for All Ages to Help Investors Stay on Track in 2009 - Steven Wevodau
Survey Reports How Working Americans Are Doing Against Each Suggested Resolution BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After a year of significant volatility and financial uncertainty for investors, Fidelity ... president, Fidelity Investments. “These resolutions offer investors very specific steps to consider [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 14:18:12
December 1, 2008: The Obama Transition, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, First Ladies, and the Bush Legacy.
POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH: Damon Winter/The New York Times Barack Obama’s national security team is to include, from left, ... School Scandal? National Review Online: Public Schools Are Unacceptable To Pretty Much Anyone, Liberal ... Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama’s national security team as secretary of state, reshaping [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 08:24:00
Double Double Toil And Trouble
September 20, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis While looking up information within my own blog here, I visited March, 2007, to see what predictions I made back then. Stocks were soaring to record heights and there was only one bad, down day. All the things I talked about back then, have now come true [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 13:06:54
Lobbyists Jonesing U.S. Treasury For Helping Of Sweet Bailout Pie
Jump to Comments IHT DOT COM DEELICIOUS!! Lobbyists swarm the U.S. Treasury for a helping of bailout pie By Mark Landler and David D. Kirkpatrick Wednesday, November 12, 2008 WASHINGTON: When the U.S. government said it would spend $700 billion to rescue the American financial industry, it seemed to be an ocean of money [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 16:46:41
Petrochina to Buy 50% Stake in CNPC for $11.8 Billion
PetroChina Co. (PTR), one of mainland China’s biggest oil producer and Asia’s most profitable co ... by its parent co., state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), in a deal valued at $11.8 billion ... , but rising oil prices pushed up the value of the remaining half. Nevertheless, the management [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 06:08:38
Joe Investor, the Markets Are All Yours Now
By JASON ZWEIG The tables have turned. For the past couple of decades, the markets have been dominated by institutional investors who devoured bargains so fast and in such bulk that individual investors were usually left, at best, with a few scraps. But pension funds, hedge funds, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 16:26:00
Trustee Report, October 2008
UUA Trustee Report Joan Lund Boston, MA, October 15–20, 2008 This unusually lengthy UUA Board of Trustees (BOT) can be noted by a marked change in the weather and much interesting, challenging, and diverse work. The BOT is immersed not only in the work we are charged to do but also the deliberative path to policy governance [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 17:28:45
10/25 -10/26/08 The Raw Weekend Greenwich News Feed (Updated)
How many times have public funds and resources been misused? Greenwich Roundup ExclusiveEx-Greenwich Time Editor Creates Controversy Where Ever He Goes.More On The Ferguson's Library Funded Dan Malloy Political Event* Fergouson Libray Director And Employees Working For Malloy*Taxpayer Fergouson Computer Server Used For Political Event*Ferguson [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 09:14:00
Stock Market Dictionary - B
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is the Class B shares of the company.B2BAn Internet strategy of dealing directly with businesses, rather than consumers, i.e. business to (2) business.BAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code forBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:31:00
Nigerian Banks find doing business in Ghana good to resist
Ghana continues to be an ideal investment destination to Nigerian investors. Even though over the years businessmen from Nigeria have invested heavily in the media and aviation industries in Ghana, their involvement in the banking industry in recent years has become the most pronounced [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 10:45:37
Stock Market Dictionary - F
FFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the issues is a foreign company.FACSee: Federal Advisory CouncilFASAbbreviation for the Incoterm Free Alongside Ship.FASBSee: Financial Accounting Standards BoardFCAAbbreviation for the Free Carrier FCIASee: Foreign Credit Insurance AssociationFCMSee: Futures commission merchantFDISee: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:37:00
And Then There Was One
The collapse of the North American Big Three Automakers means that by the end of this collapse of capitalism there will be one left standing ... in America, in particular the Republican Party, as Cerbeus management shows.The fact that Cerbeus, a private ... management and control of the board of the corporation [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 12:27:00
SEC Bans Short Selling
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bans short selling in 799 financial stocks through October 2, 2008. The SEC has this authority under Section 12(k)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Just to demonstrate how quickly the order was prepared, they included National Atlantic Holdings Corp (NAHC) [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 07:06:00
Joe Investor, the Markets Are All Yours Now
Jason Zweig Wednesday, November 19, 2008The tables have turned.For the past couple of decades, the markets have been dominated by institutional investors who devoured bargains so fast and in such bulk that individual investors were usually left, at best, with a few scraps [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 19:44:07
Walt Disney Completes UTV Software Open Offer; Ups Holding To 60%
Walt Disney has completed the acquisition of UTV Software. The second largest US media house has acquired 22 ... who tendered shares at the open offer include asset management giant Fidelity which sold 4.2 ... house by a multi-national firm. A majority of Indian media groups are family businesses. UTV, led [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 13:01:31
This Week: Feds Slap Market's Fannie
We're halfway through July, the year and the baseball season. So, with the All-Star Game taking place this week, we thought it was ironic how the Feds slapped the market's fat Fannie (NYSE: FNM) concerns. Despite Alcoa's EPS news last week, the current period welcomes the true start to earnings season, [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 06:40:04
Parekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLbDmGR_QZmc&refer=asiaParekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2) By M.C ... Development Finance Corp., and two directors were appointed to run Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... were sacked on Jan. 9 when chairman Ramalinga Raju was arrested. The new management will work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 10:54:00
Parekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLbDmGR_QZmc&refer=asiaParekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2) By M.C ... Development Finance Corp., and two directors were appointed to run Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... were sacked on Jan. 9 when chairman Ramalinga Raju was arrested. The new management will work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 10:54:00
Parekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLbDmGR_QZmc&refer=asiaParekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2) By M.C ... Development Finance Corp., and two directors were appointed to run Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... were sacked on Jan. 9 when chairman Ramalinga Raju was arrested. The new management will work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 10:54:00
Parekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLbDmGR_QZmc&refer=asiaParekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe (Update2) By M.C ... Development Finance Corp., and two directors were appointed to run Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... were sacked on Jan. 9 when chairman Ramalinga Raju was arrested. The new management will work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 10:54:00
P.E.R.A. Act of 2008 (Personal Equity and Retirement Account)
I found the copy of the bill in www.senate.gov.ph. This became law on August 22, 2008. The IRR is yet to be released. Meanwhile, let’s read this. —————————– AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVIDENT PERSONAL SAVINGS PLAN, KNOWN AS THE PERSONAL EQUITY AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (PERA) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 14:48:34
U.S. Financial Companies Whose Shares Can't Be Shorted
MarketWatch | The following is a list of the U.S. financial companies whose shares cannot be shorted under emergency rules imposed by the SEC Friday. AAME ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP AANB ABIGAIL ADAMS NATL BANCORP INC ABBC ABINGTON BANCORP INC PA ABCB AMERIS BANCORP ABCW ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN INC ABK AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC ABNJ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 16:14:25
SEC Halts Short Selling of 799 Financial Stocks — Here’s the List
the list of 799 financial stocks which were banned from shorting I was surprised that the financial ETFs, both long and short/inverse, were not of the SEC’s list. It struck me as very odd that the inverse instruments were still trading yesterday (they were halted for some time) and that I was still able to borrow XLF. If they continue to trade ( [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 08:45:32
Comparing Bear Markets, What’s Behind the Sell-Off, The 13 Stocks Not in the Red, Auto Bailout On Vacation, and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias S&P 500 sinks to 11-year low… Chris Mayer explains massive forced selling on Wall Street Probably a ... Cohen, went from $14.4 billion to $7.7 billion Vinik Asset Management, lead by Jeffrey Vinik [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 17:51:45
South Indian Bank Announces "SIB Excellence Award" For Life-Time Achievement
/India PRwire/ - “The award goes to these outstanding personalities for transforming and impacting the lives of millions of Indians and helping ... . Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire THE SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD :- A CORPORATE PROFILE [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 13:48:36
Putnam taps former Fidelity executive as CEO
Putnam taps former Fidelity executive as CEO June 13th, 2008 Putnam Investments yesterday named Robert L. Reynolds its chief executive and president, hoping the former Fidelity Investments executive ... . Reynolds will start work July 1, a year after he left the second-in-command job at Fidelity after [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 05:12:38
Can you learn trading from books Part 1
Every week I get emails from readers of the blog asking about which book do you recommend. Implicit in the query is an assumption that you can learn trading from a book. The problem with the assumption is that in reality very few books on trading offer you comprehensive solution to your trading problems [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 14:25:32
Parekh to Run Satyam as Chairman Held in Fraud Probe
Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corp., and two directors were appointed to run Satyam Computer Services Ltd ... directors were sacked on Jan. 9 when chairman Ramalinga Raju, 54, was arrested. The new management [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 18:05:10
List of Company Stock Symbols Where Short Selling Has Been Banned
The following list of stock symbols contain the stocks that you cannot short sell for the immediate future. The S.E.C. announced that 799 financial stocks will no longer be allowed to shorted. The ban is immediate and follows one already done in Britain [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 17:39:27
Premarket Analysis for 11/10 - Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls
Posted By Optiondragon for myhappytrading.com From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, November 10th WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 14:29:17
Risk Management and Insurance
Risk Management and Insurance Risk Management and Insurance ... Comptroller of the Currency Administrator of National Banks Risk Management and Insurance (Section 406 ... of Bankers Blanket Bond Coverage by Asset Size 18 Comptroller’s Handbook i Risk Management and Insurance [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 05:24:36
The Wall Street Bust
For the week, the Dow was hit for 7.3% (down 22.2% y-t-d), and the S&P500 was clobbered for 9.4% (down 25.1%). Economically-sensitive stocks were, again, pounded. The Morgan Stanley Cyclicals sank 14.2% (down 30.8%), and the Transports dropped 13.0% (down 9.5%). The Utilities fell 6.0% (down 23.6%), and the Morgan Stanley Consumer index lost 5 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 15:03:50
The Wall Street Bust
For the week, the Dow was hit for 7.3% (down 22.2% y-t-d), and the S&P500 was clobbered for 9.4% (down 25.1%). Economically-sensitive stocks were, again, pounded. The Morgan Stanley Cyclicals sank 14.2% (down 30.8%), and the Transports dropped 13.0% (down 9.5%). The Utilities fell 6.0% (down 23.6%), and the Morgan Stanley Consumer index lost 5 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 12:18:31
Paul Singer, Jennifer Yachnin and Casey Hynes - “The 50 Richest Members of Congress”
http://www.rollcall.com/features/Guide-to-Congress_2008/guide/28506-1.html?type=printer_friendly The 50 Richest Members of Congress Paul Singer, Jennifer Yachnin and Casey Hynes | September 22, 2008 Everything that you are about to read might be wrong [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 01:49:31
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs.
It’s the Economy Stupid Snapshot – Oct 1999 DJIA 10,336.95 Nasdaq 2,746.16 S&P 1,282.71 U.S. Fed Target Rate 5.25 U.S. GDP* 4.8% U.S. Unemployment 3.8% Snapshot – Oct 2008 DJIA 9,447.11 Nasdaq 1,754.88 S&P 500 996.23 U.S. Fed Target Rate 2.00 U.S. GDP* 2.8% U.S. Unemployment 6 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 14:01:33
Permanent Portfolio 25% Stock Allocation FAQ
The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash ... ? Stocks are the #1 asset to have during times of prosperity. During these times the economy is sound [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 02:52:56
Press Release
New Default Servicer Focuses on Broker-Centric Model DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire/ — Paradigm Default Services, LLC ... , Fidelity National Asset Management Solutions, and The Mercury Alliance, LLC. He is a frequent ... throughout the nation to ensure that the myriad of details of local asset management: taking possession [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 18:43:05
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