Month: March 2008

Goldman, Lehman and Friends: A Breathe of Life…

Briefing Headlines:

Goldman (GS) Reports Q1 (Feb) earnings of $3.23 per share, $0.65 better than the First Call consensus of $2.58; revenues fell 22.4% year/year to $8.34 bln vs the $7.47 bln consensus

Lehman (LEH) Reports Q1 (Feb) earnings of $0.81 per share, $0.09 better than the First Call consensus of $0.72;...

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TDI Episode 48: LIARs, VISAs and BEARs – OH MY!

Guests: Zach Scheidt, Harry Dent and David Gaffen. Markets and the future with all that occurred this week is our initial topic. David Gaffen of the Wall Street Journal along with Harry Dent, famed author and economist, provide some clues as to where the markets and the economy is...

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IBKR plus FEAR = Buying Opportunity

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is part of the investment brokerage sector which was trashed and left for dead today after the MF Global (MF) news broke. Monday, the news was not pretty and has taken our some of the quality with the crap. But some of the reason’s behind this...

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Milli Vanilli Government: Latest Casualties – Bear and VISA

There is something odd, yet comforting when I watch a classic Bruce Lee or Godzilla movie. The people’s lips are moving and while I hear words, the two don‘t quite match up. In spite of that, somehow it works anyway and is a reminder that what is happening on...

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MarketMash: March 14, 2008

Brian Shannon of AlphaTrends did a great job wrapping the day up with a superb view of the the markets. You gotta love Brian’s way of explaining technical analysis. His videos get an A+.

The Big Picture did a blogging marathon throughout the day Friday as the Bear story unfolded. Like...

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