AIG - American International Group, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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