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Filed under: ScandalsIn 2007, Fortis was the 20th largest business in the world by revenue but a risky and overly leveraged acquisition of ABN Amro led to the bank's demise and government-led selloff that left shareholders all but wiped out.It's too late to do anything about the massive losses, but some angry shareholders did show up at the company's board meeting in the Netherlands to give the...
TARP Global economic concerns, fears of a global economic slowdown as well as disappointing readings of manufacturing activity adding fuel to the fears of investors and main street America as well as, around the world. The major U.S. market indices posted a heavy selloff consisted of triple digit losses, into the closing bell. The DOW posted its fourth worst point loss in history, today as we b...
The chart of the week looks like it will now be a regular feature in this space. This week’s theme, once again, has a bond focus and extends the flight to safety theme from last week. The graphic below captures the full 46 year history of the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note. While difficult to discern from the graph, this is the first week the yield on that bond has ever closed be...
The chart of the week looks like it will now be a regular feature in this space. This week’s theme, once again, has a bond focus and extends the flight to safety theme from last week. The graphic below captures the full 46 year history of the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note. While difficult to discern from the graph, this is the first week the yield on that bond has ever closed below 3....
Ben Graham, the father of Value Investing and teacher of Warren Buffett, was also a successful investor in 20th century. The four bread and butter strategies, employed by his firm, the Graham-Newman corporation between 1926 and 1956 included arbitrages, related hedges, liquidations and Net-Current-Asset or Bargain issues. Today I will provide a brief overview of the Bargain Issues strategy and ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Turns out he really does just keep going and going....
In the past month, gold mining stocks have hit new 52-week lows. On October 27th, Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) bottomed out at $17.27, Goldcorp (NYSE:GG) hit $13.84 on the same day, and Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) fell to $21.17. AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) waited a month to touch a low of $13.37 on November 20th.Then, on November 21, every one of these companies rose at least 30%. Was it...
Excerpts from Dr. Enzio von Pfeil's Novemer 26, 2008 appearance on CNBC Cash Flow: Discuss expectations and outlook for the U.S. economy, on the back the economic data due this week.America’s consumers as well as investment banks are de-leveraging.This means that banks won’t lend, or in the jargon of our Economic Clock®, there is an excess demand for money.That will intensify Am...
In a time of fast-breaking news, a trading system may lag the market.?? This is nearly impossible to avoid.?? Let us consider the problem more deeply.Characteristics of Trading SystemsTrading systems are not news-driven.?? Everything important is reflected in data that can be objectively measured.?? The best systems, like our own TCA-ETF model, have the following characteristics: There are no s...