Debra Borchardt reviews the most-searched stocks on TheSteet.com. Among the names are automakers GM and Ford and machinery companies like Caterpillar and John Deere.
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Hedge funds have had a lousy year, losing an average of 10.8%. But two hedge funds -- big winners in 2007 -- kept making money this year as well. Meanwhile, those two winners mask an awful lot of losers who will probably find their way into oblivion. The winners for 2008 (at least through September) are run by James Simons ( a math genius whose money-making techniques elude explanation) and Joh...
Options traders have descended on the smart phone sector Tuesday, with heavy activity in Research in Motion, Nokia and Palm, following poor earnings by the latter, and news of an introduction of Nokia’s entrée into this market. Research in Motion’s options were the most actively traded. The stock was getting hit, down 7.5% after Palm reported less-than-stellar results for its most r...
Investors are still seeking safe havens in low-risk government debt.
Today’s tickers: RIMM, BP, NXY, MMM, USB, WFC, GS & GE RIMM – Research in Motion – Terrible results from fellow-handset maker, Palm clouded the prospects for RIMM as well as the mobile phone industry sending shares of the Canadian manufacturer of the Blackberry device 7% lower to $37.02. The company recently faced delays in shipping its novel Blackberry Storm, but news tha...
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According to WSJ, former AOL (TWX) Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to buy part or all of Yahoo (YHOO). Miller, who runs venture capital fund Velocity Interactive Group with partner Ross Levinsohn, the former president of Fox Interactive Media (NWS), has discussed the idea with Yahoo board members, and believes that a deal in the range of $20 to $22 a share is possible. ...
What exchange traded fund (ETF) investors and Wall Street analysts have suspected for awhile is officially confirmed: the United States is in a recession, and it’s been going on for one year. The question now is, where does an investor go from here? Aaron Siegel for Investment News reports that the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. confirmed that, numbers and indicators aside, we ...
Calm returned to US and European stock markets, although concerns about the global economic outlook kept credit spreads wide and government bonds in demand
Filed under: Law, Bank of America (BAC), HousingEveryone cheered when Countrywide Financial, owned by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), agreed to modify loans under a settlement with 11 state attorneys general reached in October.Everyone, that is, except the people who held those mortgages and stood to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of slashed balances and reduced interest rates. S...