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Panic Selling A Good Time To Buy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:17:00 GMT

Historically, these periods of panic selling have proven to be excellent times to buy stocks. Right now we are not only seeing panic selling, which actually took place mostly last month, but forced selling. I think its more forced selling right now. Hedge funds and mutual funds are seeing massive redemptions, and many margin calls for individuals. During these periods the fundamentals get largely ignored. I heard Jim Rogers talking about this being a big factor in the commodities sell-off, and why this is a nice time to buy. He said commodities typically bottom first, and do well during periods of economic weakness as there is low supply. I can agree with that. I'm still not touching bank stocks. Like I've said before, these companies have eroded any competitive advantages they may have had, and this will impact their earnings for many years. I'm looking at a few stocks here. Eaton ([More...]

Hump Day Catalysts

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:39:51 GMT

Good morning. Premarket futures are pointing to a flat start as investors look for any reason (or no reason) to move the market higher.[More...]

Calling It Quits on Gold, Platinum...Go Financials! - May 6 2008 1:29AM

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:24:09 GMT

Well, the trend is your friend and the trend I've been seeing is a bubble deflating in some commodities, especially gold and platinum. After continued weekly declines in my 2X Gold ETF DGP and the Stillwater Mining (SWC), which derives a substantial porti[More...]

Everyday Finance High Yield IRA Doubles the S&P for Month

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:18:38 GMT

I generally update the taxable trading account holdings on a regular basis to keep readers informed on recent moves, market outlook and performance. For years, I've also held a less active, more dividend-focused self-directed Roth IRA. Essentially, rather[More...]

Alesco Financial: A Diamond in the Rough

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:57:17 GMT

Alesco shares are off their 52-week high by more...[More...]

NASDAQ Technical Picture - Trendline Breach - Bullish Bias Intact

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:13:35 GMT

During the three-months ended June 30, 2009, these amounts were reduced by $168.2 million of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests associated with our consolidated CDO entities.

AFN reported GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders for the six-months ended June 30, 2009 of $337.8 million, or $5.61 per diluted common share, as compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $3.7 million or $0.06 per diluted common share for the six-months ended June 30, 2008.

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Alesco Financial Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results - May 11 2009 12:31PM

Mon, 11 May 2009 16:26:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alesco Financial Inc. (NYSE: AFN) ("AFN" or the "Company"), a specialty finance real estate investment trust, today announced financial results for the three-months ended March 31, 2009.
AFN's net loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 included ($50.5) million in loan loss provisions on our residential mortgage and leveraged loan portfolios, partially offset by net investment income generated from our investment portfolio.
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Alesco Financial Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results - May 11 2009 9:56AM

Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alesco Financial Inc. ("AFN" or the "Company"), a specialty finance real estate investment trust, today announced financial results for the three-months ended March 31, 2009.
AFN's net loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 included ($50.5) million in loan loss provisions on our residential mortgage and leveraged loan portfolios, partially offset by net investment income generated from our investment portfolio.
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Alesco Financial Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Alesco Financial Inc. , a specialty finance real estate investment trust, today announced financial results for the three-months ended March 31, 2009.[More...]

Alesco Financial Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2008 Financial Results

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:18:00 GMT

Alesco Financial Inc. , a specialty finance real estate investment trust, today announced financial results for the three-months and twelve-months ended December 31, 2008.[More...]

Alesco Financial Inc. Sets Release Date for 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Alesco Financial Inc. announced today that its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008 will be released after market hours on March 4, 2009.[More...]

Alesco Financial Inc. and Cohen & Company Agree to Merge

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:08:00 GMT

Transaction Expected to be Accretive to AFN Shareholders Who are Expected to Benefit from Significant Cost Savings, Diversified Revenue and Fee Income Streams[More...]

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Alesco Financial Inc./

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:13:00 GMT

In the news release, Alesco Financial Inc. Announces Tax Reporting Information for 2008 Common Stock Distributions, issued 29-Jan-2009 by Alesco Financial Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that in the table under the column heading "Ordinary Income Dividend," 0.097654 should read 0.250000 and the total for that column should read 0.500000 rather than 0.347654. Under "Capital Gains Dividend," 0.152346 should read 0.000000 and the total for that column should read 0.000000 rather than 0.152346 as originally issued. The complete, corrected release follows:[More...]