A financial trick named after the world’s most grating musical instrument can’t be good, says Breakingviews. So it is, the publication argues, with the so-called accordion feature, an option that lets companies increase their lines of credit with lenders. This peculiar mechanism, it notes, found its moment in the last wave of leveraged buyouts, used, [...]
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What type of blogger am I? According to Typealyzer : I am ESTJ - The Guardians The organizing and efficient type. They are especially attuned to setting goals and managing available resources to get the job done. Once they´ve made up their mind on something, it can be quite difficult to convince otherwise. They listen to hard facts and can have a hard time accepting new or innovative ways of d...
According to Reuters, Japan exports hit their lowest level since 2002. Reuters writes that hopes for an auto bailout in this session of Congress are poor. Reuters reports that the US is looking into lending practices at Golden West. Reuters reports that small businesses are being hurt by trouble on Wall St.Reuters reports that a bank analyst said financial firms need another $1 trillion in capi...
This 2 part series will cover recent market developments about Berkshire Hathaway, points to a strategy on how you may benefit more on the same trades he did recently and an option trading strategy that probably Berkshire uses for maximizing it returns on the underlying they find worth investing. Don’t forget to read the big picture of US stock markets. Markets are behaving pretty much th...
On SPY (SPY) yesterday we rallied 4.25% in the last hour of trading and today (Wednesday) we fell 3% in the last hour. This type of violence, with today alone being down over 6.33%, is what makes holding positions too difficult for the average investor. Volume was as heavy as yesterday with most of it coming toward the close like yesterday. But unlike yesterday the performance reversed. Breadth...
In early trade, AEM and ABX, my two gold watch list stocks rose to the top of the % gainers list on a weaker dollar. I was waiting for AEM to retrace or form some NRIBs at the base of resistance (blue line). The dollar ended up being a fade and gold pulled back in. However, I noticed that AEM was halted pending news. Briefing.com reported that AEM announced a $252 mln private placement; or 8 ml...
It was a nasty day for the broader market. By the closing bell recent lows had been broken on heavier volume. In my opinion, things are likely to...
Robert Powell: Next year 403(b) savers face fewer investment options, more rules
Wed, Nov 19, 7:07 PM ET
Come Jan. 1, more than 10 million American workers who save for retirement in 403(b) plans may not be so eager to hear the phrase “Happy New Year.”
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic data, RecessionElectronics giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is not only suffering from the worst consumer holiday spending meltdown in years, but its beleaguered customer base is now fleeing to discount retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST). So it appears Best Buy is getting hit with a double whammy...
The news of the day was hardly positive, what with poor housing figures, more worries about the automakers, and concern in credit markets, but the late-day implosion probably sparked more than a few corner-office types storming onto the trading floor and shouting to nobody in particular, “What the hell just happened?” The collapse of major financial stocks — Citigroup finishe...