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Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:51 GMT

Here's an article that I wrote for the Slope of Hope today as a guest blogger. Great website if you haven't yet checked it out! Today I want to provide y'all with a couple of trade setups that I thought depending on your trading strategy and market bias, could fit nicely into your portfolio. The first is a short setup in Goldman Sachs (GS). For many of us, the opportunity to short GS goes well beyond a normal trade - there a sense of satisfaction seeing such a corrupt company depreciate in price, no doubt.[More...]

Gold Prices Set Daily Record Highs ?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:15 GMT

The 2009 gold rush continues as high demand and smaller supplies send gold to yet another record high. The price climbed over $130 per ounce, pushing it up 30% for 2009. Gold has gone up from around $300 an ounce in early 2000, to it's lofty levels over the weekend. Clay Teague with Scotsman Coin and Jewelry says they are seeing an added interest in gold among investors in the St. Louis area. "(Gold) is proving to be a stable investment as time goes on. As demand increases and supplies stay low, it appears this price trend will continue."[More...]

BlackRock: Global Dominator or Hulking Leviathan?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:36:21 GMT

Employees of the former State Street Research and Merrill Lynch Investment Management organizations probably feared as much when they first heard their firms were to be acquired by BlackRock (in 2004 and 2006, respectively), a place known for its tightly run institutional bond management and no-nonsense CEO, Larry Fink. In fact, that seems to be almost exactly what they got. To hear members of the team tell it--over and over again--the model of "One BlackRock" is no joke.[More...]

BlackRock, Inc (NYSE:BLK): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:45:00 GMT

BlackRock, the largest publicly traded asset manager in the US, is scheduled to report third quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. In the last two quarters, the company’s actual earnings exceeded the market’s consensus.[More...]

Cyclical Positives Vs. Secular Headwinds: Which One Is Winning The War?

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:57:41 GMT

"There is a long list, I would posit, of cyclical positives and then there are these secular concerns. And it is confusing to think about them both and I think the way you rationalize is to say the cyclical positives are winning for the moment. Doesn't mean that the secular concerns are not a problem…" -Bob Doll of Blackrock on Wealth Track with Consuelo Mack[More...]

Insurance firms Try To Break Free From Rating Agencies

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:16:10 GMT

The rating agencies are not just under fire from regulators and lawsuits, but also threatened by new competitors from outside the traditional ratings roles.[More...]

Are These Vanguard Funds Too Hot to Handle?

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:50:20 GMT

Plus, T. Rowe's new fixed-income chief will have to think globally, and more.[More...]

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up (10/5/2009)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:12:58 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Goldman Sachs (GS) Betting On Asset Management Market

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT

On Sunday (Sept 27), GS announced that it will hire up to 200 staff to build its asset management business. Earlier on April 13, 2009, Goldman Sachs Asset Management raised its fifth dedicated private equity secondaries fund, GS Vintage Fund V, with about $5.5 billion in capital commitments. So is GS betting on asset management industry to drive its growth?[More...]

ETFs Challenge Mutual Funds Supremacy (Slowly)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:22:18 GMT

If you have been a reader for any sustained period of time, you know my views on the growing dominance of ETF & computer based trading. Rather than buying individual stocks, much of the "fast" institutional money sweeps into ETFs and hence individual stock analysis has become a lot less relevant as every stock within an ETF gets bought or sold, if that is the flavor of the day.[More...]

BofA to pay off bailout: Repayment of $45 billion loan from taxpayers will free bank from extra regulations

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Dec. 3--Bank of America said Wednesday evening it is set to repay all of its $45 billion in government aid, a step that helps remove the stigma of being a bailout recipient and dials back government scrutiny of its operations.
The Charlotte bank had been eager to pay back the money for months, but it needed the approval of government regulators.
The U.S. Treasury said the repayment means Bank of America will be freed from executive compensation restrictions imposed by pay czar Ken Feinberg, which have made it tougher to attract a new CEO.

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Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Gold Prices Set Daily Record Highs ?

BlackRock: Global Dominator or Hulking Leviathan?

BlackRock, Inc (NYSE:BLK): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Cyclical Positives Vs. Secular Headwinds: Which One Is Winning The War?

Insurance firms Try To Break Free From Rating Agencies

Are These Vanguard Funds Too Hot to Handle?

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up (10/5/2009)

Goldman Sachs (GS) Betting On Asset Management Market

ETFs Challenge Mutual Funds Supremacy (Slowly)

BofA to pay off bailout: Repayment of $45 billion loan from taxpayers will free bank from extra regulations

CalPERS reportedly severing ties with investment adviser BlackRock

Bank of America CEO search still looms

Investor appetite for risk returns, money manager says

Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull?

Treasury OKs another firm for toxic asset program

Treasury OKs more firms for toxic asset program

Bank of New York CEO Not Interested in BofA Job

Earnings roundup: United Airlines, UnitedHealth

3 more investment firms approved for asset program

BlackRock CEO to Speak at Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference on December 9th

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Updated Quarter-End Portfolio Data Now Available For BlackRock Closed-End Funds

BlackRock Closed-End Municipal Fund Data Released For October 2009

BlackRock Declares Quarterly Dividend of 78 Cents on Common Stock

BlackRock Closed-End Municipal Fund Data Released for September 2009

BlackRock Reports Third Quarter Diluted EPS of $2.27 ($2.10 As Adjusted)

BlackRock Announces Additions to Board of Directors

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation to Report Third Quarter Earnings on November 5

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Nov 13 Filed by: BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: PNC BANCORP INC/ (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: BARCLAYS BANK PLC /ENG/ (10K)

Form 3 BlackRock Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: BARCLAYS BANK PLC /ENG/ (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Nov 25 Filed by: KAPITO ROBERT (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Aug 13 Filed by: BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Nov 10 Filed by: WAGNER SUSAN (10K)

Form 3 BlackRock Inc. For: Oct 09 Filed by: Linsz Mark D. (10K)

Form 3 BlackRock Inc. For: Oct 09 Filed by: KRAWCHECK SALLIE (10K)

Form 4 BlackRock Inc. For: Jul 09 Filed by: BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ (10K)