Archive for March, 2008
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Jos. A. Bank Down on Barron's Article
Eddy, March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 amThis 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 [...]
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Jos. A. Bank Down on Barron’s Article
Eddy, March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 amThis 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 [...]
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Investors pull almost $100bn out of equity funds
Eddy, March 31st, 2008 at 10:29 amFrom the FT: Investors worldwide pulled close to $100bn (€63.3bn) out of equity funds in the first three months of this year – a record [...]
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Let's Go Nats
Eddy, March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 amDad 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 [...]
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Let’s Go Nats
Eddy, March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 amDad 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 [...]
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Jimmy Cayne Cashes Out
Eddy, March 28th, 2008 at 9:39 amJimmy 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 [...]
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Goodbye Moto
Eddy, March 26th, 2008 at 10:27 amInstead 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 [...]
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Goldman: $460 Billion More in Credit Losses
Eddy, March 26th, 2008 at 9:34 amFrom Bloomberg: Wall Street banks, brokerages, and hedge funds may report $460 billion in credit losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, or [...]
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Federal Reserve Announces Emergency Release Of Butterflies
Eddy, March 26th, 2008 at 6:56 amThe Onion Radio News is on the scene.
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JPMorgan Sweetens the Pot
Eddy, March 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pmI 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 [...]
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Bove: Bear Will End Up Costing JPM $65 a Share
Eddy, March 25th, 2008 at 10:04 amRichard Bove said that when you add it all up, Bear will eventually cost JPMorgan Chase $65 a share. While some may think that JPMorgan [...]
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Pot Takes Out Ad on Kettle
Eddy, March 24th, 2008 at 8:14 amFox 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 [...]
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Boozing British Bankers
Eddy, March 21st, 2008 at 10:16 amThe 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 [...]
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JPMorgan offers Bear Stearns staff bonuses
Eddy, March 21st, 2008 at 7:59 amReuters reports: JPMorgan Chase & Co is offering bankers at Bear Stearns Cos bonuses to stay and support the controversial takeover, a person familiar with [...]
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Why Is the Stock Market Closed for Good Friday?
Eddy, March 21st, 2008 at 7:39 amToday is Good Friday and the stock market is closed. I have no idea why this is since most of the rest of the country [...]
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Pop!
Eddy, March 20th, 2008 at 3:17 pmGold 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. [...]
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Santelli TV
Eddy, March 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pmI love this guy. Santelli needs his own reality show. This needs to happen.
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The Long Shot
Eddy, March 20th, 2008 at 7:47 amMatthew Yglesias comments on the absurdity of John Meriwether blowing up, yet again. He includes this parable: Imagine I find a kind of gambling machine [...]
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The Return of Volatility
Eddy, March 20th, 2008 at 7:42 amAccording 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 [...]
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How NCAA Tournament Seeds Have Fared
Eddy, March 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pmThe 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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