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Buffett Gets His Cheque Book Out

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:17:34 GMT

Given the slew of positive economic data Monday you might have been forgiven for expecting a decent rebound in risk assets. There was a rebound of sorts in early New York trading, with the Dow up close to 150 points at one stage.[More...]

Bullish Data, Recoveries, Crashes And The Psychology Of Forecasting Redux

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:12:30 GMT

If you have been wondering whether a statistical recovery is at hand, today’s ISM manufacturing report should be the clincher. The report was definitely bullish with the ISM index rising to 55.7 and sub-components supporting the understanding that the manufacturing sector is expanding.[More...]

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:09:46 GMT

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has stayed carefully on the sidelines while a major argument has broken out among and around senior policymaking circles: Should our biggest banks be broken up, or can they be safely re-regulated into permanently good behavior? (See the recent competing answers from WSJ, FT, and the New Republic).[More...]

U.S. Economic Growth Surprises In The Third Quarter

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:20:54 GMT

The Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package has yielded results as the U.S. economy grew for the first time since the second quarter of 2008.[More...]

More Talk About Credit Bubbles

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:35:53 GMT

Bloomberg put up a headline this morning that I found eye-catching: “Stock Market ‘Bubble’ to End, Morgan Stanley Says”, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=a.YErMIwMYKA. Ruchir Sharma, who oversees $25 billion in emerging-market stocks at Morgan Stanley, is quoted as saying “the (global stock market) rally will end as the effects of the (government) stimulus begins to fade and the credit bubble caused by easy money disappears.”[More...]

Andy Xie: Central Bank Arsonists Have Been Asked To Put Out The Fire

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:35 GMT

Former Morgan Stanley economist Andy Xie joins other famed prognosticators like Nouriel Roubini in worrying about an incipient asset bubble.[More...]

Is Citi (C) Being Forced To Downsize By Obama?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:03:40 GMT

It seems that not a day goes by when you don’t hear about some asset sale in Citigroup’s far-flung empire. Of all the major too-big-to-fail institutions, it is easily the most troubled: the poster child for everything that is wrong in finance in America.[More...]

RailAmerica Inc. (RA): Skip This Deal

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:27:59 GMT

RA - RailAmerica plans on offering 21 million shares at a range of $16-$18. Majority owner Fortress will be selling 10.5 million shares in the deal. If over-allotments are exercised, the deal size will be 24.15 million shares.[More...]

Time For New Stock Market Leadership?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:48:47 GMT

This analysis is from John Derrick, U.S. Global Investors Director of Research. The market has rallied dramatically since the March 9 low, with the biggest beneficiary of this rally being low-quality companies. This intuitively makes sense, given that companies with the most troubled outlooks are the ones most likely to have a strong recovery when the dire outcomes predicted at the bottom of the crisis failed to transpire.[More...]

BW: China's Economy - Behind All The Hype

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:40:36 GMT

An interesting story in BusinessWeek in light of some of the comments we've received by some readers on recent entries regarding China - specifically long term competitive threats and lack of innovation. I think these issues in the story are very valid but people have a very short term time frame when viewing them. What is lacking today can change over the course of 1-3 decades; it won't change overnight. There is a reason China demands joint ventures if you want to do business in the country... knowledge.[More...]

Who might replace Ken Lewis? The list keeps growing

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:00 GMT

Nov. 3--Is Bank of America actually vetting outside candidates to be chief executive, or it just trying to create the appearance of doing so?
In a regulatory filing, Finger Interests Ltd. urged the bank's board not to appoint Brian Moynihan or Greg Curl, two current executives at the bank who have been seen as frontrunners for the CEO's job, which Ken Lewis will give up at the end of the year.
Without giving details, Finger Interests said it has confirmed that the board has "not even contacted or made serious inquiries much less offers to the most qualified and obvious candidates," such as Al de Molina or Jim Hance.

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Buffett Gets His Cheque Book Out

Bullish Data, Recoveries, Crashes And The Psychology Of Forecasting Redux

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

U.S. Economic Growth Surprises In The Third Quarter

More Talk About Credit Bubbles

Andy Xie: Central Bank Arsonists Have Been Asked To Put Out The Fire

Is Citi (C) Being Forced To Downsize By Obama?

RailAmerica Inc. (RA): Skip This Deal

Time For New Stock Market Leadership?

BW: China's Economy - Behind All The Hype

Who might replace Ken Lewis? The list keeps growing

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White House releases visitors list

Congress Fears Risk of Economic Relapse

The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ron Bartizek Column: Economy Might Gain If Pay Got Spread Around Ron Bartizek Business LOCAL

Feds to Slash Bankers' Pay, Spurs Debate

Daily Mail, London, Market Report Column

Pay Czar to Slash Bailout Banks' Salaries

Boeing Earnings Miss Expectations: Costly Delays for 787, 747 Jet Programs an Ongoing Concern

Boeing Shares Drop on Analyst's Downgrade

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Hosts Reception and Special Presentation with Wall Street Veteran Carla Harris

Colm Kelleher to Speak at the 2009 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Hosts Reception and Special Presentation With Wall Street Veteran Carla Harris

CORRECTING and REPLACING Morgan Stanley Restructures Investment Management Unit to Focus on Institutional Client Base

Morgan Stanley Restructures Investment Management Unit to Focus on Institutional Client Base

Morgan Stanley Schedules Quarterly Investor Conference Call

EDF to Sell U.K. Grid Operations, an Industrial Info News Alert

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Hosts Reception and Conversation With Four-Time WNBA Champion and Breast Cancer Research Advocate Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

James P. Gorman and Colm Kelleher to Speak at the 2009 Barclays Capital Global Financial Services Conference

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Form 4 GORMAN JAMES P For: Aug 11 (10K)

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Form 4 MORGAN STANLEY For: Jun 11 Filed by: MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC (10K)

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