Archive for March, 2008

  • Jos. A. Bank Down on Barron's Article
    , March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am

    This week, Barron’s criticized the inventory levels at Jos. A. Bank (JOSB): Chief Executive Robert N. Wildrick did a great job of shaking up the [...]

  • Jos. A. Bank Down on Barron’s Article
    , March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am

    This week, Barron’s criticized the inventory levels at Jos. A. Bank (JOSB): Chief Executive Robert N. Wildrick did a great job of shaking up the [...]

  • Investors pull almost $100bn out of equity funds
    , March 31st, 2008 at 10:29 am

    From the FT: Investors worldwide pulled close to $100bn (€63.3bn) out of equity funds in the first three months of this year – a record [...]

  • Let's Go Nats
    , March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 am

    Dad and I went down to the Nationals season opener last night at their brand-new ballpark. The park gets an A+ from me. They did [...]

  • Let’s Go Nats
    , March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 am

    Dad and I went down to the Nationals season opener last night at their brand-new ballpark. The park gets an A+ from me. They did [...]

  • Jimmy Cayne Cashes Out
    , March 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Jimmy Cayne dumps all of his Bear Stearns (BSC) stock. Only a year ago James E. Cayne’s stake in Bear Stearns was worth more than [...]

  • Goodbye Moto
    , March 26th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Instead of one big sucky company, we’ll now have two! Motorola said Wednesday that it would split itself into two publicly traded companies as it [...]

  • Goldman: $460 Billion More in Credit Losses
    , March 26th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    From Bloomberg: Wall Street banks, brokerages, and hedge funds may report $460 billion in credit losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, or [...]

  • Federal Reserve Announces Emergency Release Of Butterflies
    , March 26th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    The Onion Radio News is on the scene.

  • JPMorgan Sweetens the Pot
    , March 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    I won’t say I predicted it, but I did, in fact, predict it. Yesterday, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) announced that it will increase its bid for [...]

  • Bove: Bear Will End Up Costing JPM $65 a Share
    , March 25th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Richard Bove said that when you add it all up, Bear will eventually cost JPMorgan Chase $65 a share. While some may think that JPMorgan [...]

  • Pot Takes Out Ad on Kettle
    , March 24th, 2008 at 8:14 am

    Fox Business Network has taken out a big ad in the NYT and WSJ to question Cramer’s credibility over his Bear Stearns call. Here’s the [...]

  • Boozing British Bankers
    , March 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am

    The Independent is on the scene: Rumour-mongering and rogue traders; buy-outs and bonus cuts: it’s been quite a week for bankers. And, yesterday, as drizzle [...]

  • JPMorgan offers Bear Stearns staff bonuses
    , March 21st, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Reuters reports: JPMorgan Chase & Co is offering bankers at Bear Stearns Cos bonuses to stay and support the controversial takeover, a person familiar with [...]

  • Why Is the Stock Market Closed for Good Friday?
    , March 21st, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Today is Good Friday and the stock market is closed. I have no idea why this is since most of the rest of the country [...]

  • Pop!
    , March 20th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Gold has not had a good week. The April contract closed at $1004.30 on Tuesday. It dropped $59 yesterday and it’s down another $25.30 today. [...]

  • Santelli TV
    , March 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    I love this guy. Santelli needs his own reality show. This needs to happen.

  • The Long Shot
    , March 20th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    Matthew Yglesias comments on the absurdity of John Meriwether blowing up, yet again. He includes this parable: Imagine I find a kind of gambling machine [...]

  • The Return of Volatility
    , March 20th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    According to a recent report by S&P, market volatility is at a 70-year high. I think that’s merely going by 1% daily changes. Other measurements [...]

  • How NCAA Tournament Seeds Have Fared
    , March 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    The Chicago Tribune looks at how the NCAA tournament seeds have fared since 1985. I love the idea of a big tournament that invites a [...]

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