The market was reminded of the economy’s ongoing problems when the Conference Board, a business-backed research group, said its Consumer Confidence Index plunged to 64.5 in March from a revised 76.4 in February. The reading — a five-year low — was far below the 73.0 expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson/IFR.
Investors also weighed a report […]
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Maybe banks and credit unions have something to fear from Wal-Mart after all. It seems that Wal-Mart has finally figured out how to bank the un-banked. I must admit, this new MoneyCard is […]
“Life will go on, markets will adjust themselves,’’ Roberts said. “We’ve just come off a period of a major bull market for corporate credit. That’s subsiding.”
What Mr. Roberts didn’t say outright, but is implicit in his remarks (”investors have cut back on riskier assets such as the loans and bonds that fund LBOs”), is a […]
Markham Lee submits: Over the past week or so, there has been a lot of negative news surrounding hedge funds run by Goldman Sachs (GS). On Monday of this week, Goldman Sachs announced that they were injecting capital into their Global Equity Opportunities hedge fund:
From Reuters:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and investors including former American International […]
The news specifically about ETFC which I have borrowed from MarketWatch, tells the story by itself.
E*Trade disclosed more information on its mortgage holdings late Thursday to try to calm investor concerns. The discount broker also said that it’s so far seen no material changes in the availability, pricing or margin on its wholesale funding sources, […]
Contrary Investor submits: On April 16, 2007, Sallie Mae (SLM) announced that an investor group (”Investor Group”) led by J.C. Flowers & Co. (”J.C. Flowers”) signed a definitive agreement (”Merger Agreement”) to acquire the Company for approximately $25.3 billion or $60.00 per share of common stock. When the transaction is complete, J.C. Flowers and […]
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Stockerblog submits: There are over 350 stocks which pay their dividends monthly. Conservative investors love these investments for several […]
One thing we all need to think about is that at some point the financial sector carnage will end. When it does it will make sense to go heavier into financials. This is not intended to be the usual shopping list nonsense that you hear about on the network every time the market drops 1%, […]
The M & A Researcher submits: SLM Corporation (SLM) shareholders have approved its merger with JC Flowers.
Unfortunately, SLM is offering no guidance on timing for the deal, or the various issues regarding J.C. Flowers currently ambivalence towards maintaining the merger agreement.
There is considerable speculation that the […]
Borse Dubai, which owns both of the emirate’s stock exchanges, said Friday it made an unsolicited 27.7 billion kronor (230 kronor/share — $3.96 billion, $32.81/share) cash offer for Sweden’s OMX AB exchange, trumping a 202.3 kronor/share cash-and-stock bid it excepted from Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. in May by 14%.Sources: Nasdaq statement, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg
Commentary: […]