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5 NYSE Stocks with Highest Cash and Moving Average (GS, C, JPM)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 5:03am | 175Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) has a total cash of $788.12 billion and a last price up % versus 50-day moving average of 8.34%. Deutsche Securities initiated coverage of GS with a “buy” rating. Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) has a total cash of $714.03 billion and a last price up % versus 50-day...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (GOOG, GS, IBM, C, AMD, PPG)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 3:53am | 171Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is projected to post a third-quarter profit of $5.40 a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is likely to report a third-quarter profit of $4.24 a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters....
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Today’s Earnings Preview (GOOG, GS, IBM, C, AMD, PPG)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 3:53am | 171Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is projected to post a third-quarter profit of $5.40 a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is likely to report a third-quarter profit of $4.24 a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters....
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Trading Halted In Lazard (LAZ)--News Pending
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 3:45pm | 17Trading has been halted in Lazard (NYSE: LAZ) because of pending news.
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Blackstone (BX) Says The Best Is Yet To Come
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:39am | 300Blackstone Group's (NYSE: BX) CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the worst of the industry's (private-equity) problems were behind it, and dealflow and IPO opportunities are opening up again. Schwarzman said in letter that Reuters obtained that he's seeing "more than green shoots" of economic recovery,...
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Where to Invest; a Story Brought to You by the Good Folks at Goldman Sachs (GS)
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 2:00pm | 588It's always helpful to hear strategy from the guys who advise our government financial leadership, so courtesy of marketfolly below is a top down macro overview by the boys from Goldman Sachs (GS). More graphs and figures than you can shake a stick at.... While it is nice to see some sort of...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (SCHW, FAST)
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 5:50am | 73The Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) is projected to report third-quarter earnings of 17 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Friday, the stock closed at $19.49. Friday, the shares of SCHW closed at $19.49. Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) is forecast to post...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 10
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 12:53am | 2824Year 3, Week 10 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 72.4% (v 73.8% last week)26 long bias: 22.2% (v 21.1% last week) [includes 1 call option position]5 short bias: 5.4% (v 5.1% last week) 31...
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Waiting on S&P 1080; Ben Beranke Makes Vague Threats of Raising Rates - Market Calls Him On It
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 2:00pm | 977It is amazing how complacent it is, and remains out there. Everyone (and their mother) awaits S&P 1080 as our birthright. And after that S&P 1200. When (not if!) we get over 1080, we'll have the upteempth "double top breakout" - chasing into the market as computers rush in on that signal...
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Biggest Losers (SPPI, ACOR, LEAP, LXRX, CLRT)
Friday, October 9, 2009 - 11:45am | 254Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) fell 16.75% to $5.17 on huge volume of 7.73 million shares after it said U.S. health regulators have not approve its supplementary marketing application for its advanced metastatic colorectal cancer drug Fusilev in its current form. Acorda Therapeutics...
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Bookkeeping: Making Some Sales While Shaking My Head at Direction of Country
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 3:03pm | 2088In 4 sessions this week the market has almost completely obliterated the previous 2 weeks of losses. I am laughing at last Friday's employment report now - as if those things mattered. I proclaimed I'd be looking for a bounce and then be adding some short exposure as we got closer to S&P 1070...
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Blackstone Group (BX) Holding 'Team Health Holdings' Files $100M IPO
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 1:47pm | 880I have a very negative piece on private equity scheduled to hit at the end of the day, so let me preface that piece by saying I have very little exposure to our financial oligarchy simply because much of it revolts me. I can make money in other ways - and sleep at night. The obvious Russian mafia...
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If CIT (CIT) Fails, Goldman Sachs (GS) Wins The Jackpot
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 9:43am | 211This weekend is reported that Government Sachs, I mean Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) could reap as much as $1 billion if CIT (NYSE: CIT) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the FT. Goldman Sachs would earn approximately $1 billion, while us, US taxpayers, would stand to lose...
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5 Top Stocks with the Most Cash
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 7:44am | 170Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) has total cash of $788.1 billion and a PEG ratio of 0.85. The company was upgraded by JMP Securities from “market perform” to “market outperform.” Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) has total cash of $39.1 billion and a PEG ratio of 0.78. JP Morgan upgraded the...
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Fast Money Guys Like COST, RJF, F, PXP
Monday, September 28, 2009 - 6:35pm | 119CNBC's Fast Money guys gave their recommendations for September 29th. Steve Grasso would buy Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Joe Terranova wants to long Ford (NYSE: F). Guy Adami is keen on Raymond James (NYE: RJF), while Jon Najarian likes Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE: PXP). Their picks...