U.S. Federal Regulators continue to hit the money center banks with steep fines and penalties and investors should take note.
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August 3 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), UBS AG (ADR) (NYSE:UBS), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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July 29 - Hedge Funds
How does a company worth $60 billion manage to completely shock investors and deliver a 25% one-day gain? That's the question being asked at traders' desks across the country ...
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July 26 - Stock Analysis
The world's wealthiest people are returning to the private banks of some of the world's largest banking institutions, a welcome turnaround from the depressed numbers private bankers...
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July 10 - News
A former Cold War code breaker may have cracked the tax code for hedge funds. James H.
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July 1 - Hedge Funds
Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) was in 17 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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June 24 - News
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) was in 9 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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June 19 - News
Is Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE:CS) worth your attention right now? Prominent investors are turning less bullish.
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June 12 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 12 - Hedge Funds
Stocks of Europe’s biggest banks have outpaced Europe’s most important market indices in the past year.
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June 11 - News
When it comes to big, publicly owned investment management companies, there's little doubt which one investors love best: BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) is top of the heap.
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June 10 - News
Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) was in 13 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March. BCS investors should pay attention to a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money of late.
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June 10 - News
Is UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS) undervalued? The smart money is taking a bearish view.
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June 10 - News
Is HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE:HBC) a great investment right now? The smart money is taking a bearish view.
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June 6 - News
According to most shareholders, hedge funds are perceived as unimportant, old financial tools of yesteryear.
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June 6 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 4 - Hedge Funds
Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (NYSE:ITUB) was in 19 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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May 30 - News
The recession has been a tough time for workers everywhere.
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May 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) is 90 percent finished with retrofits of the battery system on its 787 Dreamliner and should finish the rest by next week, Ray Conner, president of...
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May 23 - News
Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors LP is giving clients more time to decide whether to pull money from the firm’s hedge funds amid a government investigation of insider trading...
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May 10 - Hedge Funds
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK),an investment management firm, has been doing exceptionally well for some time. Its stock has been outperforming the market every year.
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May 8 - News
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is pushing for new regulations that would affect the way American based banks are allowed to operate overseas.
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May 2 - News
Like the host of financial stocks pressured in the wake of the bursting of the real estate bubble, Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has been right there along with the best of them, ...
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April 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.
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April 23 - Hedge Funds
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are many metrics investors can use to monitor Mr. Market.
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April 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 16 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Theravance Inc (NASDAQ:THRX), VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS), Amgen, Inc.
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April 15 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL), The Gap Inc.
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April 15 - Hedge Funds
It's a question I asked Craig Martin, director of investment services at J.D. Power and Associates and the lead on the new 2013 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction study.
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April 11 - News
Last week at this time, I was writing about how Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and the rest of the big-four banks were tanking for no apparent reason.
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April 10 - News
If we've learned nothing over the past decade, we've learned that on Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans hate each other.
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April 9 - News
Read on for five of billionaire David Harding’s Winton Capital Management’s top picks as of the end of December with dividend yields of 4% or higher.
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April 9 - Hedge Funds
The "criticism is deserved," Ackman said on Friday of Ron Johnson, the former Apple executive who has been tasked with overhauling the staid retail chain and who has come under...
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April 6 - Hedge Funds
A day after one of the worst losses for the broad-based S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX) all year, we're seeing a small rebound, albeit on the heels of economic news that otherwise ...
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April 4 - News
In the eyes of most shareholders, hedge funds are assumed to be underperforming, outdated investment tools of the past.
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April 4 - News
Last week, Judge Naomi Buchwald ruled against a series of class action suits that had been brought against banks, alleging that the banks were guilty of market collusion.
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April 4 - News
S.A.C. Capital Advisors $602 million landmark insider-trading settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission is facing some dissent.
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March 29 - Hedge Funds
The worst drought in New Zealand in 30 years has pushed the latest international milk prices up more than 60% since the beginning of the year.
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March 26 - News
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." Today, we'll show you ...
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March 12 - News
The Federal Reserve just released stress test results for the nation's largest financial institutions. It paints an altogether flattering impression of the U.S.
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March 10 - News
On Feb. 18, 2009, Swiss banking giant UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS) reached a deal with the U.S. Justice Department over a major tax tussle.
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February 19 - News
The investigation into the LIBOR rate-rigging scandal continues, with regulators and investigators tackling each of the banks involved one by one. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS...
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February 15 - News