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Wall Street Slips On Disappointing Confidence Data, CIT (NYSE: CIT) Rallies

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:27:37 GMT

US stocks finished lower on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data rekindled economic fears.[More...]

US Stock Futures Decline Ahead Of Data, MBIA Inc (NYSE: MBI) In Focus

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:43:12 GMT

US stock futures pointed to a weaker start on Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of release of key housing and consumer data.[More...]

Nasdaq, Down 1%, Leads Broad Market Declines

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:55:00 GMT

Stocks gave up opening gains in mid-day trading after disappointing retail sales eroded early strength derived from a larger-than-expected drop in weekly jobless claims.[More...]

Financials - Industry Outlook

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:27:10 GMT

Even though some financial institutions are ready, willing and able to return the funds received through the Troubled-Asset Relief Program (TARP), the sticking point remains what the government is willing to accept and what the financial institutions are willing to pay for the warrants attached to the preferred stock. While financial institutions have experienced a rebound over the recent couple of months, we note there are still a number of concerns that will continue to overhang the industry for a number of quarters: Unemployment continues to remain extremely high, to within about a half a percent of the 10% level, as such the delinquency rates on prime loan home mortgages has increased. The 1Q09 moratorium on home foreclosures has been lifted and the level of new foreclosures has started to rise again. Consumer loan delinquencies have been on the rise. Commercial loan issues[More...]

Budget Cuts On The Way In California

Thu, 21 May 2009 16:59:51 GMT

The Sacramento Bee reports that Gubernator Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to "go all out" to slash spending after voters rejected lawmakers' proposed solutions to close a portion of the gaping budget deficit two days ago. Wednesday marked a flurry of Capitol activity after election results expanded the state's projected fiscal gap by $6 billion – from an estimated $15.4 billion to $21.3 billion. A joint budget committee announced that it will begin a marathon series of meetings today. ... Schwarzenegger promised to make severe reductions in education, health care and law enforcement. "Every department, every agency, every board needs to essentially be on the table for consolidation, downsizing and, in some cases, elimination," said Assemblyman Sam[More...]

Stocks Of The Day : MBIA Inc.(NYSE: MBI), Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB)

Tue, 12 May 2009 15:55:00 GMT

At MBIA, the largest US bond insurer, the quarterly numbers were spectacularly good and indicated that the company has clearly turned a major corner.[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Financials - Industry Outlook

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) and MBIA Inc. (MBI). While we remain negative over all, we would note our outlook has begun to improve a bit around the edges given the comparatively limited downside potential remaining for certain entities. The financial markets and financial stocks in particular have experienced a significant percentage-point lift following the pending modification to the mark-to-market accounting rules (an artificial adjustment to capital) and the announcement for the Public Private Investment Partnership (PPIP) -- though we would point out that there is nothing of[More...]

AIG Bailout Empowers Class Action Lawsuit Against MBIA

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:11:00 GMT

Dow Jones Newswires is reporting that Aurelius Capital Master Ltd., Aurelius Capital Partners and funds owned by Fir Tree Partners have a class action lawsuit to prevent the splitting of MBIA (MBI) into separate subsidiaries insuring government and structured product debt. The MBIA plan, endorsed by New York State's Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, would capitalize the new government insurer with $5.4B in cash and transfer all existing MBIA municipal policies. At the same time Reuters is reporting that 15 financial institutions are meeting with Dinallo today to complain that split would adversely affect CDS they wrote on securities wrapped by MBIA.[More...]

Presidents Obama and Bush – Different Objectives, Same Results

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:23:00 GMT

(clickbroker.blogspot.com) President Bush thought common shareholders in financial institutions should be massacred to preserve Darwinistic capitalism. President Obama thinks the evil ones should suffer for their crimes against the people. Both Presidents wanted to preserve the sanctity of debt holders, for they are a tool to expand credit and reflate the economy. The only difference appears to be that Obama is being more forceful in expanding mortgage modifications and refinancing; something Bush only paid lip service to. Both are pretending that they can hold down mortgage rates for a protracted period of[More...]

Business events scheduled for the coming week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:48:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Deadline for submitting a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Electronic Arts Inc. releases second-quarter financial results.
LOS ANGELES - Live Nation Inc. releases third-quarter financial results.

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Wall Street Slips On Disappointing Confidence Data, CIT (NYSE: CIT) Rallies

US Stock Futures Decline Ahead Of Data, MBIA Inc (NYSE: MBI) In Focus

Nasdaq, Down 1%, Leads Broad Market Declines

Financials - Industry Outlook

Budget Cuts On The Way In California

Stocks Of The Day : MBIA Inc.(NYSE: MBI), Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB)

S&P 500 Stocks

Financials - Industry Outlook

AIG Bailout Empowers Class Action Lawsuit Against MBIA

Presidents Obama and Bush – Different Objectives, Same Results

Business events scheduled for the coming week

Making Cents: Biofuels Face Research, Image Challenges

The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va., Bill Freehling Column: Book Says Mortgage Misery is Far From Over

Report: Banks sue MBIA over split of businesses

Stocks Finish Mixed - May 13 2009 10:55AM

MBIA posts 1Q profit after 5 straight losses

MBIA CEO Joseph Brown declines bonus for 2008

Investor Sets Sights on Target Board: Hedge Fund Honcho William Ackman Has a History of Pushing Firms into Short-Term Gains. How Much Sway Will He Have With the Retailer?

S&P 500 Falls Below 700 for First Time in More Than 12 Years

U.S. Stocks Rebound After Heavy Sell-Off

MBIA Inc. Investor Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time

MZF Announces Annual Shareholder Meeting and Appointment of New Trustee

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for DCT, MBI, VIP, ARW, CDE and SMG

ParagonReport.Com Complimentary Market Update on American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI), Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), and Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C)

Rivus Bond Fund (BDF) Announces Subscription Price for Rights Offering

MBIA Inc. Provides First Half 2009 Financial Update

Theodore Shasta Elected to MBIA’s Board of Directors

MBIA Inc. Investor Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Scheduled for Thursday, August 6, at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time

Rivus Bond Fund (BDF) Announces Commencement of Rights Offering

Rivus Bond Fund (BDF) Announces Terms of Rights Offering

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