Recent Posts Tagged With 'financials'

• Earnings Season Update - Capitalism Rears Its Bruised, Pretty Head (GS, JPM, INTC, UFPI)

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 13:01 in technology, capitalism, Intel, goldman sachs, financials, jpmorgan, corporate earnings, tech earnings, crown holdings

  I have to say that I’m pleasantly surprised by many of the results we’re seeing in week 2 of this vital earnings season. So far 67% of the 43 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported have beaten estimates. As I have been spending s...

• NYSE Euronext Still Looks Strong on Improving Euro Volumes (NYX)

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 21:50 in financials, secular trends portfolio, stock derivatives exchanges

  I’ve been doing some thorough review of the holdings within the Secular Trends Model, as I see this earnings season as a major harbinger for the rest of the year. NYSE has been under the microscope the past few days, although I’m still aw...

• Federal Reserve Fires Last Bullet - Historic Day for Monetary Policy

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 02:43 in inflation, goldman sachs, federal reserve, mbs, financials, economic indicators, broad markets, reflation, reserve rate

  We’ve had more than a fair helping of Fed letdowns lately, so today’s announcement was just all the more impressive and historic. Even PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian could only say “wow” at the language and posturing made insi...

• Interest In NYSE, Euronext Only Serving to Boost Valuations (NYX)

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 08:20 in nyse, euronext, financials, stock derivatives exchanges, deutsche boerse ag, liffe

  The M&A rumor mill has been in full effect over the past 48 hours (ah, the memories…) over the prospects for a merger between Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext (NYX), first reported by German magazine Der Spiegel. The official response f...

• WSJ Reiterates Q4 Loss Potential for Goldman Sachs (GS)

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 in fundamental analysis, goldman, wall street journal, reuters, financials, tail risk

  An article in this morning’s WSJ is confirming what Reuters first reported a month ago - that Goldman Sachs is likely to report its first ever loss as a public company in the current quarter. While today’s article is apparently quite soun...

• Brain Purge - Links For Friday

  Posted on Friday November 21st, 2008 at 02:58 in metals, mining, goldman, td ameritrade, schwab, financials, alcoa, vix, asian markets, vxv, freeport-mcmoran

  For today’s Brain Purge, as with last week’s addition, I find myself spinning the electronic globe for any signs of inflection. At this point, inflections in sentiment are just as important - if not more - than outright good news. Fundame...

• Selling BBT out of Portfolio, Adding Electronic Arts (ERTS)

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 10:38 in technology, electronic arts, financials, gaming consoles, bbt, secular trends portfolio

  I’ve been reading up on BB&T’s commercial loan portfolio, and I’ve become nervous enough to want to eliminate this risk. Selling total position of 1000 shares (which were added @ $28.54) at $24.01, realizing a modest loss and pi...

• Brain Purge: Good Links For November 13

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 03:20 in china, warren buffett, retail, goldman, safeway, financials, grocers, berkshire hathaway, john mauldin, tail risk

  Given the retreat of major stock indexes back to year lows and below, I found myself needing a dose of international news and commentary. I needed to stretch out my gray matter and soak in news from around the world, because there are obviously still...

• Daily Catalysts Report - AIG, GM, SBUX, WSM

  Posted on Monday November 10th, 2008 at 21:05 in stocks, housing, retail, general motors, sbux, mcd, financials, aig, wsm, industrials, same-store-sales

  This post is about four stocks in the news today, each with a different tale of woe to tell. On our left, we have insurance giant AIG, recently made the 80% property of the U.S. government, and an auto maker in GM that is seeking $75 billion from sai...

• Barron’s Notes Disparity Between Individual Company, SPX Estimates

  Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 14:56 in home prices, fundamental analysis, unemployment, financials, economic indicators, barron's, broad markets, sector study, s&p 500 earnings

  There was an interesting article in Barron’s discussing the disparity between the consensus estimates for individual companies in the S&P 500, and the aggregate SPX earnings measure that has been assigned by global and U.S. strategists at t...

• Goldman May Report First-Ever Loss in 4th Qtr (GS)

  Posted on Saturday November 1st, 2008 at 15:23 in warren buffett, fundamental analysis, goldman, morgan stanley, financials

  As reported by Reuters, analyst at UBS is calling for Goldman Sachs to report its first ever loss as a public company in the 4th quarter, expecting lower revenues than the current consensus of $6.3 billion. The analyst notes continued weakness in glo...

• GFI Group (GFIG) Reports Loss in Murphy’s Law Quarter

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 04:39 in forex, fundamental analysis, derivatives, financials, u.s. stocks, gfig, secular trends portfolio, otc trading

  Investors weren’t expecting much in the way of good news as inter-dealer broker GFI Group reported earnings after the bell Thursday. Shares are down 80% YTD and over 60% in the past month, as several of the company’s core markets - OTC de...

• What Are Banks’ Incentives to Lend?

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 03:38 in banks, cds, financials, paulson plan

  Now that the TARP/Paulson/Bailout Rescue Plan has officially been put into motion, several companies have announced their application or intentions for part of the $250 billion allocation. It’s implied that the funds will allow the borrowers to...

• Goldman Sachs as a Confidence, Tail Risk Barometer (GS)

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 01:18 in Volkswagen, goldman, financials, short squeeze, investing philosophy, sector study, tail risk

  While most stocks are struggling to make a bottom in the past two weeks, Goldman Sachs is trying to preserve a low set earlier in the month. After dipping into the $80’s-level twice intraday in early October, the stock rallied nearly 50% to ove...