When Retail Sales Miss Forecasts, Expect Selloffs

If 2008’s pattern holds, investors should give up on expecting a market rally today ... produced an average loss of 0.35%. Wednesday’s report was a disaster, as retail sales fell 2.7 ... and stock prices, tight credit market conditions, and what remain onerous household debt burdens,” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:45:49

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When Retail Sales Miss Forecasts, Expect Selloffs

If 2008’s pattern holds, investors should give up on expecting a market rally today ... produced an average loss of 0.35%. Wednesday’s report was a disaster, as retail sales fell 2.7 ... and stock prices, tight credit market conditions, and what remain onerous household debt burdens,” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:45:00

Thanks for the Memories and the $50 Billion

The Bernie Madoff scandal has investors newly terrified of money manager fraud ... drain on your retirement dreams without breaking a single law. Your FREE report contains all the details. Grab your copy today! The Biggest Red Flag There were plenty of red flags, but Madoff’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 17:50:48

4 Defensive Plays With High-Dividend Stocks

Investors need a solid defense right now, says Martin Denholm. This means holding high-dividend stocks ... Profits Report: When it comes to investing, the ability to play solid defense can ease you through [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 12:57:24

Friday Worries Arrive Ahead of Schedule

Good Evening: Investors decided today not to wait until Friday to begin worrying about large scale job losses in the nonfarm payrolls report ... have to wait to see how the markets react to Friday’s employment report before deciding whether bad news ... . With global markets already on the defensive, the Challenger job loss survey and ADP report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:32:09

Stock Market News for September 30, 2009 – Market News

An unexpected drop in consumer confidence sent U.S. stocks lower Tuesday, as signs of stabilization in housing and Walgreen’s solid earnings failed to convince investors about the strength of an economic recovery.  Although stocks rose slightly after the opening bell, the early morning release of the confidence report took the Street by surprise and signaled the American consumers are not as hopeful about an economic turnaround. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 14:05:23

Putnam Fund closes after investors pull cash

Putnam Investments on Thursday suddenly closed a $12 billion money-market fund and announced plans to return investors' money after institutional ... as possible - an action Putnam said was "not related to the portfolio's credit quality, but was instead ... Report. Combined with an additional $80 billion removed in the five preceding business days, total [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 03:08:13

Toronto Condo Market Is Oversold, Developer Says

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying Tips BSN_aug_08_1 In May of this year the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released an optimistic report on Toronto's condominium market.  They raised some concerns about the share of condominiums currently under construction that are owned by investors.  Here [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 10:30:50

Tales of the Financial Crisis: KKR?s Next Fund Big, but Not Gigantic

Keenan Skelly and Laura Kreutzer, of LBO Wire, file this report on the private-equity fund-raising scene ... . It was 60% invested as of June 30, according to data from longtime investor Washington State Investment ... buyout firms, it has been having trouble dealing with the credit crunch and has had to mark down [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 21:49:54

Why Crude Oil Will Present Investors with a Golden Opportunity in 2009

Oil prices have fallen 70% since hittinga record $147 ... you an important new report for free: “The Three Best Investments in Asia.” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:22:51

Bill Would Make Ratings Agencies Share Liability

A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies — which have been widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning of the risks in subprime mortgage securities that triggered the financial crisis — responsible for each other’s assessments by holding them collectively liable for inaccuracies.The Associated Press reported that a new draft bill by the lawmaker, Representative Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, includes a plan meant to address what critics contend is [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 09:07:48

Malawi ranked 132nd out of 183 countries in economic survey

The World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) 2010 Report has position Malawi as number 132 out of the 183 ranked economies in the world. The report measures a set of regulations affecting ten stages of a business’s life, namely starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes , trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:37:46

BYD owner Wang Chuanfu named China’s richest man

According to Hurun Report’s annual Hurun China Rich List, Wang Chuanfu is China’s richest man. Chuanfu, founder and chairman of BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto, has a personal fortune estimated at $5.1 billion. American investor Warren Buffet, currently the world’s second richest man (correct me… Related posts: Ford to build fourth plant in China to produce next-generation Focus After unveiling the Ford Figo in India, FoMoCo CEO... China overtakes U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 21:15:32

News Round-Up: 21 Jul 2008

Economy Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt - NY Times Starbucks Gets Pleas Not to Close Stores - WSJ Credit crunch hits Hollywood as ... investors take up just 8.3pc of issue - Telegraph HSBC shares jump on CIC investment hopes - Telegraph ... forward on Maliki’s support for Obama, withdrawal - The Carpetbagger Report Al Gore’s tolerance for ‘ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 15:00:08

Research house upbeat on property stocks

Research house upbeat on property stocks It cites falling interest rates and possible favourable Budget measures By EMILYN YAP INVESTORS can ... credit for new investments,’ it explained. Banks may also introduce more attractive mortgage ... the operating environment for real estate companies this year, said Kim Eng Research in a report yesterday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:00:37

Stocks rise after big drop a day earlier

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street advanced cautiously Tuesday, as investors waded back into the market in search of bargains after Monday’s big selloff, ... wary of the health of the financial sector, following a report that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. could ... market turmoil. The report underscored concerns that banks will be saddled with more losses [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:37:07

Indian Growth below 6% says United Nations Report

India is expected to grow between 4.7 per cent and 6 per cent this calendar year because of the rapidly-worsening global financial conditions that ... countries. The report called for stronger regulation of financial markets and institutions, adequate ... and a hard-landing of the dollar. If the downside risks were to come true, investors would embark on [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:30:43

Financial stocks hit new lows despite U.S. cash infusions

If the government’s financial-system rescue plan was supposed to give investors comfort about holding stocks of banks, ... . But that obviously isn’t making shareholders feel better about the credit card giant’s prospects ... that Goldman will report its first quarterly loss since came public in 1999. Meanwhile, Newport Beach [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:26:16

Belief Still in Ascendancy

Good Evening: Today’s action in the capital markets did not appear very remarkable on the surface, but it did reveal once again that investors are ( ... on the monetary gas pedal for as long as they deem necessary to ensure an economic recovery. How long market ... were expected to take a 2.5% hit, so the report showing they dropped 4.6% was definitely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 06:04:03

Gwyn Morgan in today’s Globe and Mail - support Angel investing!

Today in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, founder and former CEO of EnCana Gwyn Morgan discussed what the government is or should be doing ... ventures that contain the seeds to grow into a Canadian global success, a prime example being Research ... requires an act of faith. Unfortunately, Canadian personal tax law provides investors with as much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:26:38

1-15-2009 (Thu Evening) Fin. & Econ. Activity

The U.S. Senate voted to allow the release of $350 billion in financial-rescue funds sought by President-elect Barack Obama ... investors with details on what kind of help the U.S. may give to the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank ... ., the largest U.S. lender, moved up its fourth-quarter report to tomorrow at 7 a.m. New York time amid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:19:27

CDS update: All eyes on North America

This CDS report was written by Markit's Gavan Nolan Events in North America have dominated global credit markets in recent days and today was no different. Investors welcomed news that the US House of Representatives approved a $14 billion loan to the "big three" Detroit car makers. However, the bill will also need to be passed in the Senate,... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 17:58:54

UAE banks assigned negative outlook

Financial Times: Moody’s Investors Service, the credit rating agency, has placed the United Arab Emirates banking sector on a negative outlook, ... . ... Tightening credit conditions, liquidity constraints, a collapse of regional equity markets and tumbling oil prices will also contribute to increased strains at UAE banks, Moody’s added in its report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:23:15

Eric Margolis: Send America to Rehab

For the complete report from The Huffington Post click on this link Send America to Rehab The US economy must be weaned off credit addiction ... . The economy needs a period of austerity in which remaining credit bubbles, bad debt, and financial ... is a sign of utter desperation and an act of folly. Once investors realize that Europe, Canada [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 20:28:55

If Japan Bounces Back in the New Year, Investors Will, Too

Japan has been an infuriating country for U.S. investors for almost 20 years now, since its benchmark Nikkei 225 index hit its trading high of 38, ... . Story continues below… Sign up right now, and we’ll send you an important new report for free ... at an average annual rate of 2.0% from 1990 to 2007, outstripping the U.S. productivity growth rate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:20:02

Nightly (Value) Investment Links #51

As Always Click on Titles To Access The Article Newspapers & Direct Sources: 1. A Time For Contrarian Investors - Via Financial Post 2. Credit Suisse Pays Top Execs With Illiquid Mortgage Securities - Via Clusterstock ... Telegraph.Co.Uk 6. World’s Larget Hedgefund Of Madoff Is A Fraud: The Original Report - Via Rational Angle [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 22:10:26

Investors should be wary of underestimating risks - again

Investors should be wary of underestimating risks - again By R SIVANITHY SENIOR CORRESPONDENT HOPE, it’s said, springs eternal ... tapping into its US$700 billion fund that was supposed to help unfreeze credit markets. In addition ... and rescues. To illustrate, here is what DBS’s Economics & Market Strategy report last week said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 21:58:15

Video-Rama: Will Markets Bail You Out in ‘09? (December 27, 2008)

Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... a black hole,” remarked Bill King (The King Report). Financial markets reacted negatively [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:29:25

US colleges likely to feel the pinch

The estimable Chronicle of Higher Education in the US held a shindig earlier this week with Moody’s Investors Service, ... The potential impacts of the combined credit freeze and recession on some colleges and universities ... . The problem with the mess we’re in at the moment, said a Moody’s report, is that it isn’t going to go away [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:44:12

Orange Finance the final failure of 2008

Orange Finance has announced that it has frozen debenture redemptions and stopped paying interest while its trustee decides whether to call in receivers, according to a report in the NZ Herald. This is the 44th finance industry failure in New Zealand during this credit crunch, and takes the total amount of investor funds affected [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:41:34

Junior Mining Stocks: Canada’s Subprime

Source: The Gold Report - Trey Wasser, Pilot Point Partners 12/12/2008 Prior to the recent market meltdown, ... bear market. Then the credit markets collapsed in September 2008. This caused another leg down which ... of easy credit, wild speculation and an “it’s different this time” attitude, many investors [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:30:10

A Look at LIBOR Shows Bigger Credit Problems on the Horizon

By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report More than a year ago, even before the subprime-mortgage crisis had revved itself up into the full-fledged credit... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 20:28:53

No last call for Brown-Forman

One advantage that today’s beleaguered investors have over their counterparts in the early 1930s: ... They can legally buy a drink or three to drown their sorrows. Jd_750_ml_2 That, at least ... unemployment report from the Labor Department, nonetheless found time to buy a few rounds of Brown-Forman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 19:27:05

How Subprime Borrowing Fueled the Credit Crisis

By Shah Gilani Contributing Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report Once upon a time, generous-minded social engineering resulted in the Community Reinvestment Act, which forced banks to lend... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:52:27

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 8 – 14, 2008)

Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... a black hole,” remarked Bill King (The King Report). Financial markets reacted negatively [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 08:22:17

(JPM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 8 – 14, 2008)

Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... a black hole,” remarked Bill King (The King Report). Financial markets reacted negatively [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 11:40:10

The Garrett, Watts Report (Christmas, 2008)

To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,   We know of one warehouse lender which doesn’t write WH lines to California mortgage bankers.  There was a time, many, many years ago, when sellers of whole loans to private investors got a better price for California loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 02:11:47

Sarasota-Based Hedge Fund was Ponzi Scheme

Investors in a Sarasota-based hedge fund could be out $350 million, and the man behind it has vanished ... and philanthropic circles, disappeared this week. His wife, Peg, filed a missing person report with law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:46:54

Trustee for Investors: Powers and Limitations (with livinglies annotations)— Critical in Your Presentation in Court

The complete Trustee powers from a standard Pooling and Servicing agreement:Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee ... , certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order, or other instrument.{Thus the Trustee [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:10:35

Gold Mining Stock for Nano-Investors?

Animas Resources: My First Resource Stock Recommendation in 8 Years Dear Nanotechnology ... metals mining share component in their portfolio. This letter contains our research report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 22:53:05

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