Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
British Banks are Technically Bankrupt as BOE Prints Money in Secret / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
The Independent is reporting (was reporting but the post has been yanked) British banks are 'technically insolvent' . The link above as well as what follows is from Google cache. Not sure how long that cache will stay but here is the article that someone, for some reason, wanted to suppress.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Why did Barclays' Shares Drop 25% in a Day? / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Andrew_Butter
Answer: The market did not believe the valuations of assets and liabilities.
The Solution?
Well the management of Barclays went on record to say that the valuations were sound and even went so far as to pre-release their numbers. Last time I looked (early on 20th January) the shares had gone down 10% on that news.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Jim Rogers Says Buy These Stocks / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Q1_Publishing
“Historically, the way you make money in times like these is that you find things where the fundamentals are unimpaired.” – Jim Rogers
That sounds easy enough, right? Just find unimpaired companies, buy them, and wait. In essence, there couldn't be better advice right now.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on Sale for 12pence / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Royal Bank of Scotland's share price crashed by 66% on dreadful results. The latest crash in a string of price crashes during the past 18 months has seen RBS go from one of the worlds biggest banks priced at £7.20 per share to a penny stock that has been kept out of bankruptcy by the ever escalating scale of government capital injections and loans, with the latest cash handout taking the Governments stake to 70% and therefore defacto nationalisation of the Bank in all but name.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 19, 2009
Britain's Bailout of Bankrupt Banks Grows by Another £100 Billion / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
A new bailout of British lenders will take the government stake in Royal Bank of Scotland to 70% following the Treasury's £100bn lifeline .
Britain's bank bosses are on standby to be called to Downing Street today or tomorrow to hear details of the new rescue plan.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Global Financial Deleveraging Crisis Will Cost Western Banks Future China Profits / Companies / China Stocks
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: In mid November, Bank of American Corp. ( BAC ) ponied up more than $7 billion to nearly double its already existing investment in the state-owned China Construction Bank Corp ., a move that gave the biggest U.S. bank a 19% stake in China's second-largest lender. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Fed and Bank of England Shell Games to Bailout Insolvent Banks / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
The US banking system is insolvent. I gave 25 reasons on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When.... 1. Paulson appears on Face The Nation and says "Our banking system is a safe and a sound one." If the banking system was safe and sound, everyone would know it (or at least think it). There would be no need to say it.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Bailed Out Banking Stocks Dividend's Dilemma / Companies / Dividends
By: Richard_Shaw
Obama said he will order the Treasury Department to limit dividends paid by commercial banks and investment banks that receive “exceptional assistance” from the government to “de minimis amounts”.
That order will not likely receive any material resistance in Congress. Both Barney Franks and Chris Dodd have expressed similar views in the last several weeks.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time to Bottom Fish U.S. or Asian Automakers Stocks? / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_and_Markets
Tony Sagami writes: The government has spent so much and bailed out so many businesses that the news of the $17.4 billion bailout of General Motors and Chrysler failed to surprise many people.
The only surprise to me was that Ford didn't take any government money because they said they have access to enough credit for the time being. You watch; it won't be long before Ford is looking for a handout, too.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
TSX Stocks At Bargain Basement Prices / Companies / Canadian Stock Market
By: Dudley_Baker
Bargains Galore at the 5 ¢ & 10 ¢ Store: TSX - I'm sure many of our readers remember the 5 ¢ and 10 ¢ stores of the past. What a treat as a kid to browse through the merchandise looking for the chance to purchase some of our favorite items literally for pennies. Well, guess what? The 5 ¢ and 10 ¢ store is back and this time it is packed with many incredible values for us big boys and girls. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Indian Government Ponders Satyam Bailout in Wake of Raju Scandal / Companies / India
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: Rocked by scandal, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (ADR: SAY ) is embarking on a massive corporate restructuring, but with India's reputation as an investment destination and world leader in information technology at stake, time is of the essence and the government could be forced to step in with a financial bailout. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Bank of America The Next Citigroup? / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
Charles Darwin's theory was survival of the fittest. The Fed's policy is Survival Of The Weakest .
Rather than let the weak go under, the Fed tries to prop them up, draining resources from the strong. We see the Fed's losing play in action once again as Bank of America May Need More U.S. Aid to Absorb Merrill Lynch . Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Investing in Profitable European Companies / Companies / European Stock Markets
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Commentators are tripping over one another to declare this country or that country's stimulus package as a primary reason to pour money into its stock market. Yet if you look at the highly damaging long-term effects of such loose monetary and fiscal policies, an investor can come to only one conclusion: You should invest in the country with the smallest stimulus package. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Death of Blue Chip Stocks, R.I.P. / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Oxbury_Research
Have you ever heard of a “Bo Derek Stock?” Me neither. But it's a term listed in the seventh edition of Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms . When I was in college, we had to buy this book, and I'm embarrassed to say that the early edition that I bought back then did not seem half as thick as the current version. And I think the reason for the bloat of the new edition is that many dated terms have yet to be deleted. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Citigroup Goes To Sleep, the End of an Banking Empire / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Shedlock
It's the end of the line for Citigroup. The "group" will soon be gone as Pandit Dismantles Weill Empire to Salvage the Bank Within Citi . Vikram Pandit is unraveling his empire to save his bank. Citigroup Inc.'s chief executive officer said yesterday he would cede control of the Smith Barney brokerage to Morgan Stanley. Pandit may also dump the CitiFinancial consumer-lending unit, tag Tokyo-based Nikko Asset Management Co. for eventual sale and rein in trading with the bank's own capital, people familiar with the matter said.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
China’s Red Dragon Turns Financial Crisis into 2009 Investment Opportunity / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: The Chinese word for crisisis weiji . But get this - when translated literally, wei means danger and ji means opportunity. So to the Chinese, a crisis - or danger - represents an opportunity.
Of course, you don't have to actually speak Chinese to understand what this mindset means for investors.
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Friday, January 09, 2009
One Question You Need to Ask Before Buying Any Stock Now / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Q1_Publishing
Andrew Mickey writes: Warren Buffett is known for only investing in businesses which he understands. He says individual investors should look at being a shareholder as being a “part owner” of the business.
Too often this basic principle of investing is forgotten. Lately, it's been too easy to forget. The recent market volatility can drive the market value of a business up or down 10% in a day makes it tough to think of owning stocks as owning part of a business. At the end of the day though, what you're buying is part of a business.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Reasons Why Small Cap Stocks Could Lead the 2009 Stock Market Rally / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Justice_Litle
Which is better for playing the 2009 rally - small caps or large caps?
As a general rule of thumb, "small cap" stocks have a market cap of $1 billion or less. "Large caps," in contrast, have market caps in the $10 billion range or higher... often much higher.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Harry Boxer's Top Stock Picks for 2009 / Companies / Investing 2009
By: Harry_Boxer
Technical analyst Harry Boxer of TheTechTrader.com shares a few his Top 10 Stock Picks for 2009. For the complete list, and video chart analysis on each stock, please sign up for a free 15-day trial to Harry's Technical Trading Diary at www.thetechtrader.com. Once signed up, click on "Charts of the Week" and view the reports for Dec 29th (initial picks) and Jan 5th, which provides chart updates -- featured below -- on these picks. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 05, 2009
Developing Base for Home Builder Stocks / Companies / Housing Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
I view the Homebuilding Sector ETF (AMEX: XHB) chart pattern from October as a developing base that is maturing ahead of a counter-trend period that should propel prices above the December recovery high near 13.80 towards a confrontation with the declining 200 DMA, now at 17.48. Read full article... Read full article...