financial stocks

  • Jim Cramer: Doom Itself

    The line heard in every economic recession, and every single stock market pullback is: this time it's different. (…)

  • Lehman: Going Private?

    In the coming months and years, you will hear more publicly traded companies than ever before discussing the idea of GOING PRIVATE.  Even with the mortgage mess, there is STILL access to capital. (…)

  • Legg Mason Value Trust

    Ever heard of Bill Miller? He runs the Legg Mason Value Trust (LVMTX). Miller is literally splattered all over CNBC and other media outlets. (…)

  • Underlying Market Themes

     Looking at relative strength changes really helps to drive home underlying themes in the market. (…)

  • Recession Worse than Expected?

    There was an article distributed nationwide, written by the Associated Press, and carried locally in the Asbury Park Press on March 22, 2008. (…)

  • Goldman Stearns and Lehman Sachs

    All these firms hold the same investments.
    There is STILL considerable risk in the group.
    Why did this happen to just Bear Stearns? (…)

  • Bear Stearns, part II

    UPDATE: Sunday evening, 03/16/2008: Bear Stearns to be acquired by JPMorgan Chase for $2.00 in stock swap deal.
    That is NOT a typo!
    The stock closed at $30 on Friday. On Thursday, it was $57.00. (…)

  • Bear Stearns, part I

    The news surrounding Bear Stearns on Friday morning was not good! There are several important elements to this story. (…)

  • Dow below 12,000

    The Dow Jones industrial average dropped below 12,000 today, March 7. In technical terms, this is a significant move. (…)

  • Stock market yo-yo

    Another Weird Day on Wall Street
    Today, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 we received some negative economic news. (…)

  • Cutting Losses Short

    Most Wall Street recommendations to buy are based on projected future revenues and/or projected future earnings. Projected. Or you could say, "predicted". (…)

  • How The Subprime And Mortgage Mess Affects You

    I've labeled this “the yikes spiral” because typically this happens when certain markets are in free fall. (…)

  • Federal Reserve Rate Cut?

    The two big questions around my house these days are:
    1. What kind of Halloween candy will we be giving out this year?
    2. When EXACTLY do we change the clocks again? (…)

  • Wall Street Brokers

    The big reason why the market fell apart this summer was because the financial stocks — the brokerage firms in particular — really struggled. (…)

  • April Option Expiration Day

    Friday was a wild day — market up 130 points.
    Why?  Two reasons. (…)

  • Cautious Optimism

    Several indicators I follow have flipped positive recently. 
    That doesn't mean I don't want to run right out and invest every
    last dollar back into this market today. 
    Here's why:
     
    Financial stocks make up 20% of the S&P 500 Index.  At 20%,
    financial stocks are the largest piece of the S&P 500, one of
    the most widely watched "yardsticks" in the industry. 
    Well, just this week, as a group, these financial stocks gave
    a relative strength SELL signal…
    …for the first time in eleven YEARS. (…)

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