A lot has been written and said in the past few weeks about CDS. Almost all of it has been bad press for the poor boys who write and trade this stuff for a living. Heads of State, leading academicians and economists, the MSM and…Read
Shrugging off some lingering reminders of the credit crisis and recession, investors last week marked the one-year anniversary of the bear market low by pushing many benchmark equity indices to cycle highs. Wall Street scaled…Read
Stocks:
AGG
AIG
BND
DBC
DIA
DVY
EEB
EEM
EFA
EUM
EWA
EWC
EWD
EWG
EWH
EWI
EWJ
EWQ
EWU
EWW
EWZ
FAA
FBT
FXB
FXE
FXI
FXY
GAZ
GLD
ICF
IDX
IEF
IJH
IJJ
IJK
IJR
IJS
IJT
INP
IVE
IVW
IWB
IWM
IWV
IYZ
QQQQ
RSP
RSX
SEA
SEF
SHY
SLV
SPY
TIP
TLT
UNG
USD
USO
XLB
XLE
XLF
XLI
XLK
XLP
XLU
XLV
XLY
Topics:
airline, bear market, bill gross, biotechnology, brazil, bric, bubble, bull market, china, commodities, consumer sentiment, corporate bonds, cpi, credit crunch, crisis, cyclical, dow theory, emerging markets, federal open market committee, gold, green, housing starts, india, inflation, japan, long, mortgage, overbought, oversold, pimco, producer price index, put, real estate, recession, russia, screen, sell, sentiment, short, silver, spx, technical analysis, unemployment, utilities, warren buffett
Im having writers block this weekend.Usually when I cant think of what to write it helps me to go over our portfolios so I started this morning reviewing the Buy List but I didnt get far because it was silly. Of 43 plays on the…Read
Stocks:
AAPL
AIG
AMLN
BA
BAC
BIDU
BTU
C
CSCO
DBA
DIA
EDZ
ERY
EWP
FAZ
FXP
GLL
GLW
GMXR
IYT
KEY
OIH
POT
PSW
QQQQ
SONC
SPWRA
SPY
T
TA
TBT
TNA
TXN
TZA
USO
VNO
WMT
Topics:
backspread, bear put spread, bull call spread, bull market, buy, call, china, commodities, crisis, emerging markets, long, manipulation, put, renminbi, sell, short, short selling, stimulus package, vix
The cover story of Barron's is on public pensions, an issue I have been railing about for years, and heatedly so for several months. Please consider The $2 Trillion Hole. LIKE A CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE, populist rage burns over…Read
Stocks:
AIG
Topics:
401k, bailout, bankruptcy, bear market, ben bernanke, bubble, call, crisis, gold, hedge fund, henry paulson, housing bubble, inflation, insider trading, long, manipulation, put, tarp, tim geithner
Video: From tonight's 60 Minutes broadcast -- Michael Lewis writes about a handful of Wall Street outsiders who realized the subprime mortgage business was a house of cards and found a way to bet against it -- March 14, 2010 I…Read
Stocks:
AIG
CBS
Topics:
bailout, ben bernanke, buy, call, collapse, crisis, depression, doomsday, henry paulson, investment bank, long, michael lewis, mortgage, sell, short, silicon valley, subprime
No rest for the weary given the slew of developments on Wall Street, in Washington, and around the world. That said, are the markets getting tired or are they preparing to receive another jolt of government…Read
Stocks:
AIG
COY
DATA
FMY
ITE
NXR
Topics:
bailout, call, commodities, commodity, consumer sentiment, emerging markets, euro, gold, heavy volume, inflation, long, mortgage, put, sentiment, unemployment
America's banks are as vulnerable today as before the credit crisis, and reforms offered by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd won't fix things. Prior to the crisis, Americans spent vastly more than they earned,…Read
Stocks:
AIG
Topics:
bailout, barack obama, bubble, collapse, credit crunch, crisis, diversification, henry paulson, housing bubble, overvalued, put, sell, systemic risk
Will Prudential PLC actually manage to complete its proposed acquisition of AIG Asian arm? According to The Independent (UK), CEO Tidjane Thiam has been holding meetings with investors that have been going horribly. Instead,…Read
In our house it's known as the morning of the shriek. It was Sunday a year ago when my wife picked up the New York Times, hand shaking--and exploded. "They're what, they're what, they're giving them a bonus. A bonus for…Read
There is a common misconception going around that we often hear. People talk about the government printing money and confuse that with raising the deficit and the debt. That's just wrong. Our system has devolved…Read
Stocks:
AGG
AGQ
AIG
BAL
BBH
BGU
BGZ
BOM
DB
DBA
DDM
DGP
DIA
DIG
DOG
DPK
DUG
DXD
DZK
DZZ
EDC
EDZ
EEV
EFU
EFZ
ERX
ERY
EUM
EUO
EWI
EWV
FAS
FAZ
FXE
FXP
GAZ
GCC
GDX
GLD
GLL
GS
GSCI
IBB
ICF
IDU
IEF
IGE
IGM
IGN
IGV
IGW
IJH
IJJ
IJK
IJR
IJS
IJT
IVE
IWB
IWD
IWF
IWM
IWN
IWO
IWP
IWR
IWS
IWV
IWW
IWZ
IXC
IXG
IXJ
IXN
IXP
IYC
IYE
IYF
IYG
IYH
IYJ
IYK
IYM
IYR
IYT
IYW
IYY
IYZ
JJA
JJC
JJE
JJG
JJN
JKD
JKE
JKF
JKG
JKH
JKI
JKJ
JKL
KBW
LQD
MDY
MOO
MVV
MWJ
MWN
MYY
MZZ
NYC
OEF
OIH
ONEQ
PAGG
PNQI
PSQ
PST
QID
QLD
QQQQ
REW
RJA
ROM
RSP
RWM
RXD
RXL
SAA
SBB
SCC
SDD
SDK
SDP
SDS
SFK
SH
SHY
SIJ
SJF
SJH
SJL
SKF
SKK
SMH
SMN
SPXU
SPY
SRS
SSG
SSO
SZK
TBT
TLT
TMF
TNA
TR
TWM
TYH
TYP
TZA
UCC
UDN
UGE
UGL
UKF
UKK
UKW
ULE
UPRO
UPW
URE
USD
UUP
UVG
UVT
UVU
UWM
UXI
UYG
UYM
XLB
XLE
XLF
XLI
XLK
XLP
XLU
XLV
XLY
YCL
YCS
ZSL
Topics:
barack obama, basic materials, biotechnology, bull market, catalyst, centre for economic policy research, china, commodity, consumer goods, corporate bonds, crash, crisis, currency, cyclical, ddm, deflation, depression, dubai, elliott wave, emerging markets, etn, euro, foreclosure, gold, healthcare, japan, libor, long, mortgage, platinum, real estate, sell, sentiment, short, silver, software, technical analysis, telecom, tips, utilities
Friday, during regular trading hours, there were many stocks that continued to break out to the upside. Below is a list of stocks that are worth watching for March 15, 2010. Also, check out some of the biggest stock gainers of…Read
Stocks:
AA
ABK
ACAD
AEN
AGEN
AGU
AIB
AIG
AIRM
ALTI
AMD
AMR
ANPI
ANX
ATHN
ATHX
ATPG
BAC
BBI
BBX
BCON
BDSI
BGP
BIDU
BPAX
BRNC
CCO
CIEN
CLF
CLNE
CNLG
CNTF
COIN
COMS
CPRX
CPSL
CPST
CRXX
CTIC
CVM
CWTR
CYCC
CYTR
DPTR
DRIV
DRYS
DSCO
DSTI
DY
ETFC
EXEL
FAS
FAZ
FEED
FNM
FRE
FSYS
FTK
GMCR
GNVC
GNW
GRO
GS
GSI
GSL
GSS
GST
HEB
HEV
HGSI
HIG
HLCS
HOLX
IFLG
ILI
IMAX
IMMU
INSM
IPI
IRE
ITMN
JOEZ
JRCC
LCC
LVLT
LVS
MBI
MBIA
MOS
MPG
NBS
NCTY
NEXM
NLST
OMNI
PAB
PABK
PCBC
PCX
PEIX
PIR
PLUG
PLX
PLXT
POT
PRWT
RAD
RAS
REED
RF
RFMD
RIMM
RINO
RNN
RNWK
ROYL
SEED
SIRI
SNSS
SNV
SOMX
SPEX
SQNM
SSN
SUF
TBSI
TEAR
TSTR
UAUA
VRAZ
WNC
WSM
WZE
XFN
XNPT
XOMA
YRCW
YTEC
ZANE
ZOLT
ZOOM
ZQK
Topics:
buy, catalyst, china, delta, ethanol, fannie, freddie, gold, green, long, software
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 8–14, 2010) Shrugging off some lingering reminders of the credit crisis and recession, investors last week marked the one-year anniversary of the bear market low by…Read
Stocks:
AIG
EMF
EUM
EWD
FAA
FBR
FBT
GAZ
ICF
IDX
IEF
INP
RSX
SAFE
SEA
SEF
TLT
UNG
USD
XLF
Topics:
airline, bailout, bankruptcy, barack obama, bear market, bill gross, biotechnology, brazil, bric, bubble, bull market, bust, buy, buyback, call, china, collapse, commodities, commodity, consumer goods, consumer sentiment, corn, corporate bonds, cpi, crash, credit crunch, crisis, currency, cyclical, deflation, depression, dow theory, dubai, emerging markets, enron, euro, european central bank, facebook, fannie, federal open market committee, financial regulation, freddie, gold, green, hedge fund, housing starts, india, inflation, japan, long, market bottom, mortgage, overbought, oversold, overvalued, pegged, pimco, platinum, precious metals, private equity, producer price index, put, real estate, recession, renminbi, russia, screen, sell, sentiment, short, silver, slump, stimulus package, sub prime, technical analysis, telecom, tim geithner, twitter, undervalued, unemployment, upgrade, utilities, vix, warren buffett, wheat
Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Friday March 12Let's Hear From the Bad Guys: Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), JP Morgan (JPM), AIG (AIG), Fannie Mae (FNM), Washington Mutual…Read
Stocks:
AAPL
AIG
AIR
BA
BAC
C
DECK
DFS
DLM
DSW
F
FDX
FNM
GS
JNY
JPM
NKE
PALM
PETM
PETS
SHO
SKX
SQM
SQNM
WFC
Topics:
bull market, buy, buyback, call, fannie, healthcare, housing starts, jim cramer, recession, reits, sell, the association of american railroads
Shrugging off some lingering reminders of the credit crisis and recession, investors last week marked the one-year anniversary of the bear market low by pushing many benchmark equity indices to cycle highs. Wall Street scaled…Read
Stocks:
AIG
EMF
EUM
EWD
FAA
FBR
FBT
GAZ
ICF
IDX
IEF
INP
RSX
SAFE
SEA
SEF
TLT
UNG
USD
XLF
Topics:
airline, bailout, bankruptcy, barack obama, bear market, bill gross, biotechnology, brazil, bric, bubble, bull market, bust, buy, buyback, call, china, collapse, commodities, commodity, consumer goods, consumer sentiment, corn, corporate bonds, cpi, crash, credit crunch, crisis, currency, cyclical, deflation, depression, dow theory, dubai, emerging markets, enron, euro, european central bank, facebook, fannie, federal open market committee, financial regulation, freddie, gold, green, hedge fund, housing starts, india, inflation, japan, long, market bottom, mortgage, overbought, oversold, overvalued, pegged, pimco, platinum, precious metals, private equity, producer price index, put, real estate, recession, renminbi, russia, screen, sell, sentiment, short, silver, slump, stimulus package, sub prime, technical analysis, telecom, tim geithner, twitter, undervalued, unemployment, upgrade, utilities, value investing, vix, warren buffett, wheat