After peaking this morning at $11.96, shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) are back down to $11.91, but up 0.21% overall after opening the day at $11.77.
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February 6 - News
Reed Hastings spent a few months in the proverbial dog house after separating Netflix, Inc.
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February 6 - News
The leading American player in the rare earths mining sector, Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) has revealed an intention to sell $200 million in stock and $100 million in convertible...
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February 5 - News
As first-quarter earnings get ready to kick into high gear, I can't help but point out that the majority of earnings reports we've covered over the past year have been better ...
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January 22 - News
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) finished 2012 with a broad based beat on higher debt and equity underwriting and financial advisory revenues also climbed.
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January 21 - News
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) isn't slated to release its fourth-quarter earnings until Thursday evening.
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January 15 - News
Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) – Shares in clothing and accessories retailer, Express, Inc.
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January 15 - News
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has had a wild ride over the past three weeks.
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January 10 - Hedge Funds
The two biggest hedge funds led by Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin posted returns of about 26 percent as of the end of the year compared to 2011 year end results, according to a person...
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January 4 - Hedge Funds
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is expected to experience a revenue declination of 18% this fiscal year, but should see revenue growth of 22% by the end of FY2013, thanks to a rebound...
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January 2 - Stock Analysis
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has become the second major brokerage to drop hedge fund manager John Paulson's Advantage and Advantage Plus Funds from their retail offerings...
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December 20 - Hedge Funds
Investors have generally been looking down on the financial sector for some time, but our review of recent 13F filings by hedge funds and other notable investors generally shows...
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November 23 - Hedge Funds
Navistar International Corp (NYSE:NAV) bond yields are rising while those of other U.S.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds
With election day just hours away hedge fund titan Whitney Tilson is putting his money where his mouth is and betting $25,000 that President Obama is re-elected tomorrow.
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November 6 - Hedge Funds
With Vikram Pandit gone, we believe now is a good time to buy Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C).
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October 22 - Stock Analysis
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has fallen 50% from its IPO price. Zynga is doing even worse, and might not be able to survive as an independent company.
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October 21 - Stock Analysis
Back in July, I noted that Pandit was re-orienting this banking giant to higher-growth markets.
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October 19 - Stock Analysis
Hedge-fund manager John Paulson famously made nearly $4 billion in 2007 correctly betting that the housing bubble, fueled by the subprime mortgage market, would pop.
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October 19 - Hedge Funds
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) fell almost 2% following its better than expected 3Q earnings release.
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October 18 - Stock Analysis
Ken Heebner, manager of Capital Growth Management, returned his investors 290.2% between 2000 and 2010, in a time when the S&P 500 returned just 16.4%.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds
America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, will eventually destroy the world economy, says respected Swiss investor Marc Faber.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), one of the world’s leading investment banking and securities companies, is expected to grow revenue 7% in 2012, a rebound from the 26% decline...
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October 15 - Stock Analysis
Veteran investors Jim Rogers and 'Dr Doom' Marc Faber have clashed over the merits of investing in Chinese equities.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds
David Gallo, one of the most infamous Tiger Cubs, is the hedge fund manager of Valinor Management.
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September 13 - Hedge Funds
Maverick Capital Ltd.'s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +3.64% for the hedge fund eight years ago, plans to leave the firm as soon...
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September 7 - Hedge Funds
Bowing to intense investor pressure, the chairwoman and chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. abruptly resigned and the company named an interim CEO.
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August 29 - Hedge Funds
A New York hedge fund that owns bonds of bankrupt Eastman Kodak has asked the US Trustee to probe the company's patent auction because it was concerned about the "unusually secretive...
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August 21 - Hedge Funds
Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called a mistake in the past because its value is being obscured.
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August 10 - Hedge Funds
Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp.
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August 7 - Hedge Funds
My post yesterday contrasting Seth Klarman with many of his more well-known hedge fund peers has generated a ton of feedback, which is cool.
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July 24 - Hedge Funds
A day after Moody’s downgrade of 15 large investment banks all over the world, markets today seem to care less about ratings and downgrades.
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June 22 - Macroeconomic Predictions
What other Credit Rating Agencies have been doing one step at a time, Moody’s did that and much more in a single stroke.
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June 21 - Macroeconomic Predictions
In a recent research note to clients, Morgan Stanley (MS) identified a list of dividend stocks that it considers “safe and fundamentally and quantitatively attractive.” The...
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June 12 - Dividend Stocks
Billionaire John Paulson, who controls an 8.4 percent stake in Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
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February 15 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
TPG Capital LLP agreeed to buy GlobeOp Financial Services SA, a hedge fund administrator, for about 508 million pounds ($800 million).
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February 1 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Texas’s Permanent School Fund may hire in-house money managers to oversee its $25 billion in assets because returns are being “eaten alive” by hedge-fund fees, according...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Elliott Management Corp., the hedge fund that backed filmmaker Relativity Media LLC, said the executive overseeing the entertainment investment is leaving as the company reduces...
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January 4 - Hedge Funds
Morgan Stanley Research analysts published a report titled “50 for 2105”on Dec 15, 2011.
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December 25 - Lists
Morgan Stanley (MS) reached a settlement with MBIA Inc.
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December 13 - Hedge Funds
At Aegon Capital Management, Glenn Paradis was a well-known growth manager who focused mainly on mid-cap names.
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November 2 - Uncategorized
Michael Novogratz’s Fortress Investment Group boosted its passive stake to 5% in Morgan Stanley (MS).
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October 29 - Hedge Funds
Jack Ma, chief executive of Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is looking for U.S.
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October 21 - Hedge Funds
Spain had its credit rating cut two levels by Fitch Ratings, which cited the “intensification” of the euro crisis, slower Spanish growth and regional finances as risks to...
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October 7 - Hedge Funds
Yahoo and ABC News have announced an agreement to share content including stories and web videos. Under the deal, announced Monday, Yahoo and ABC News will reach 100 million ...
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October 5 - News
“Guillaume Rambourg, the star trader whose run-in with UK market regulators led to the fall of asset management group Gartmore as an independent company, is poised to launch...
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October 5 - Hedge Funds
Moody’s downgraded Italy’s credit rating three notches, bringing it from an A2 to an Aa2, which is lower than Estonia and matches Moody’s rating of Malta.
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October 5 - News
Morgan Stanley (MS) declined 4% on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, before the opening bell after it received a downgrade from Egan-Jones.
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October 4 - Hedge Funds
Jim Cramer is the host of CNBC's "Mad Money" and the chairman of TheStreet.com.
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August 8 - Lists
Bloomberg published a brief interview with Paul Ruddock, Lansdowne’s co-founder and chief executive.
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July 29 - News