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Phoenix Rising?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:47:00 GMT

With the US equity market averages either probing or breaking down through their November lows, is it time to buy Phoenix stocks? Others have picked up on that theme, with the latest being a Minyanville article on buying beaten up stocks. With that in mind, I screened the US market for stocks with the following characteristics: Stock price between $1 and $5 (low-priced stocks)Down at least 80% from a year ago (beaten up)Market cap of $100 million or more (were once "real" companies)Net insider buying in the last six months (some downside protection from insider activity) This screen gives us a list of low-priced[More...]

Short Interest Update

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:27:00 GMT

If you are an avid short seller, the financial sector is of particular interest. I did some research on short interest levels for various financial-related industries and, as a whole, the sector's short interest level was down 3% (as of Jan 15th). The industries researched are the 1) broker-dealers, large banks, 2) securities processors, 3) regional banks, 4) online brokers, 5) specialty/mortgage finance, 6) life insurance, 7) asset management, 8) p&c insurance, and 9) reinsurance. The largest increase in short interest came from the securities processors, up +42% (partially thanks to STT: +86%). The runners up were the broker-dealers and large banks, up 8%. Next came asset management with a +4% increase. Life insurance saw a 0% increase, and all other sub-sectors saw a decrease in short interest[More...]

Seth Klarman, David Einhorn & Meryl Witmer Q3 2008 Holdings

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:59:00 GMT

Seth Klarman is one of the more secretive money managers out there so I don’t know what returns Baupost has generated in 2008. Here are some recent stories with his thoughts on current market conditions. Looking at his SEC filing, I see a few interesting moves: Klarman didn’t open any bold new positions other than $61M (...)[More...]

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:58:00 GMT

Companies that could issue positive surprises include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), SucessFactors (SFSF) and Sunoco (SUN). Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA) could potentially disappoint investors. The Week's Events November has historically been one of the best months for the major markets, according to the[More...]

The End Of Supervised Entities - Now What About Swaps?

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday a decision by the Division of Trading and Markets to end the Consolidated Supervised Entities (CSE) program, now that the five participants have collapsed or reorganized.SEC’s Chairman Christopher Cox in his statement made it very clear that the CSE program was fundamentally flawed from the beginning, since investment bank holding co.’s such as Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Merrill Lynch (MER), Lehman Brothers (LEH), and Bear Stearns (BSC) could opt in or out of supervision at their discretion - thus significantly diminishing the effectiveness of the program, and practically leaving the SEC or any agency for that matter with no authority to regulate.“The last six months have made it abundantly clear that voluntary regulation does not work,” SEC Chairman Cox said.However, Mr. Cox in his statement pointed out that with each of the major[More...]

SEC Announces End Of Consolidated Supervised Entities Program

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:38:00 GMT

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday a decision by the Division of Trading and Markets to end the Consolidated Supervised Entities (CSE) program, now that the five participants have collapsed or reorganized.SEC’s Chairman Christopher Cox in his statement made it very clear that the CSE program was fundamentally flawed from the beginning, since investment bank holding co.’s like: Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Merrill Lynch (MER), Lehman Brothers (LEH), and Bear Stearns (BSC) could opt in or out of supervision at their discretion - thus significantly diminishing the effectiveness of the program, and practically leaving the SEC or any agency for that matter with no authority to regulate.“The last six months have made it abundantly clear that voluntary regulation does not work,” SEC Chairman Cox said.However, Mr. Cox in his statement pointed out that with each of the major[More...]

Playing a Potential Oil Rally, Shorting Transports

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:18:00 GMT

Corey Rosenbloom at Afraid To Trade has a good breakdown of the somewhat divergent technical picture for the major indexes. I have a more bearish take, but agree the picture is far from clear. I think oil has a better chance of going up than down this week, considering support around 90.00 and the ascending 200 day moving average beneath.As we see[More...]

Jobless Claims, Oil Prices & Healthcare

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:19:59 GMT

Good morning. Premarket futures are showing a slight positive bias following a dip in weekly jobless claims and oil prices.[More...]

49 Stocks Returing 6%+ this Week

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:21:02 GMT

A small list of winners in this tough week for the market.CriteriaStock price $10+Average volume 100K+Market Capitalization $2B+Weekly return 6%+Green we own; blue we have owned or have discussed in the blog. Energy - what else, dominated. Fertilizer made a nice showing this week as well. We've got both those covered in spades. Again, as I've been repeating for a few weeks *if* this correction plays out as the past few - first will go will be the bad sectors (financials, retailers, homebuilders) as people realize a 2nd half recovery is not happening (that's been happening the past 2 weeks), then middle of the road sectors such as technology will begin to weaken (t[More...]

NASDAQ Technical Picture - Bullish Week

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:51:46 GMT

A strong end to a firmly[More...]

Bank expands lending business

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:00 GMT

Nov. 4--NewAlliance Bank announced Tuesday it has formed a new asset-based commercial lending business headquartered in Massachusetts and led by two industry veterans.
NewAlliance Commercial Finance in Westwood, Mass., serves business clients and broadens the bank's lending options by offering revolving lines of credit and term loans that are secured by accounts receivable, inventory and other assets.
"While many banks have pulled back this year, NewAlliance has actually stepped up our lending to small and midsized businesses," Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer Peyton Patterson said in a statement.

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Phoenix Rising?

Short Interest Update

Seth Klarman, David Einhorn & Meryl Witmer Q3 2008 Holdings

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

The End Of Supervised Entities - Now What About Swaps?

SEC Announces End Of Consolidated Supervised Entities Program

Playing a Potential Oil Rally, Shorting Transports

Jobless Claims, Oil Prices & Healthcare

49 Stocks Returing 6%+ this Week

NASDAQ Technical Picture - Bullish Week

Bank expands lending business

Two More Sago Lawsuits Settled, Records Show

CapitalSource Bank Selects Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to Help Meet Current and Future Regulatory Requirements

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for ARO, CSE, FDO, HON, CBB and EFX

StockPreacher.Com Issues Trading Outlook for CIT Group Inc.

CapitalSource Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

CapitalSource Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Call Details

CapitalSource Pays Down and Extends Bank Facility

CapitalSource Prices Common Stock Offering

CapitalSource Plans Offering of Common Stock

CapitalSource Announces Senior Secured Note Offering

CapitalSource Lenders Consent to Amend and Extend Syndicated Bank Facility

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