Archive for June 17th, 2009

IS TOPEKA, KAN., THE NEW OMAHA?

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Prairieland Prophet: Jim Schier (source: Smart Money)

While researching a stock, you learn that eight Wall Street analysts publish opinions on it. Five of them recommend a purchase and three say hold

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5 Stocks Wall Street Is Right to Love (Screens) (source: Smart Money)

That miles-earning card that earned you a free flight to Bermuda on your honeymoon five years ago isn’t going to offer you such valuable perks anymore. In fact, it is probably costing you more to earn less.

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Keep the Miles: Why Airline Cards Aren’t Worth It (Deal of the Day) (source: Smart Money)

Because of the magnitude of the recent downturn, experts say some of the statistics that are widely used to track the economy are now red herrings—misleading, at best, when it comes to predicting a rebound. Here are three indicators that could lead i…

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Red Herrings: False Signs of an Economic Rebound (Magazine Cover) (source: Smart Money)

While researching a stock, you learn that eight Wall Street analysts publish opinions on it. Five of them recommend a purchase and three say hold.

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5 Stocks Wall Street Is Right to Love (source: Smart Money)

Overhaul Leaves Rating Agencies Largely Untouched New York Times, United States By law, banks must take ratings into account when investing in bonds. Big money managers often base investment guidelines on them. But over the last decade, the rating services helped Wall Street repackage mortgages into securities, thereby fostering ..

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Overhaul leaves Ratingfirmen largely untouched – New York Times

Reuters Microsoft Edges Up; FedEx Falls Wall Street Journal “After one of the best three-month rallies since the Great Depression, a shallow, light volume pullback could be in place until earnings season kicks up next month,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research. …

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Microsoft borders above; Fedex cases – Wall Street Journal

Yesterday, the Turkish central bank decided to again lower its directing principal rate of a quarter of point, thus bringing back it to 8,75%. It is the eighth consecutive fall decided by the central bank whereas inflation fell to 5,2% in May, a level which was not reached any more since July 1970. Always seeking to be extracted most quickly from the economic crisis, Turkey is always in

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New fall of the rates in Turkey

US HOT STOCKS: Hospitality Properties, Immunogen Wall Street Journal Oppenheimer and Cowen both raised their investment ratings on the stock following the news. Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc

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US-HOT SHARES: Hospitality characteristics, immunogen – Wall Street Journal

MiamiHerald.com E*Trade To Sell $400M In Stock , Exchange Debt Wall Street Journal (ETFC) announced a long-awaited plan Wednesday to plug its capital shortfall as the online broker received another big lifeline from hedge fund giant Citadel Investment Group. E*Trade said it will sell $400 million in common stock and offer to exchange …

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E*Trade to sell to of $400M in stock, exchange debt – Wall Street Journal