Month: May 2008

Capital One (COF) – Rising Charge-offs in April

Donna Kardos explained the recent monthly report released by Capital One (COF) that provides detail on the position of their outstanding credit and corresponding delinquencies. The original 8k can be found here.

The bottom line is that Capital One is in no way containing their problems. Write-offs approaching half a...

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Money Girl – 7 Common Investing Mistakes

I am continuing to guest host for the Money Girl Podcast (No funny comment!) Actually, it is great fun indeed. Mignon Fogarty, the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips “qdnow” Network has a great group of very committed hosts that are changing the landscape the portable audio world....

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The Week in Preview – Misery Loves these Companies

An excerpt from my weekly AOL Money/Finance column:

The earnings party of last week was full of fun and frolic. For the most part, if you followed my list of recommendations, you would have had you very own “Fiesta de Finance.” (See Week in Preview May 5)

The earnings season...

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TDI Episode 56: How to be a CNBC Millionaire

Guests: Brian Shactman, CNBC and Brian Shannon, AlphaTrends. As the CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge is about to get underway, we look at the competition, the strategy and the prizes.

Brian Shactman joined CNBC in June 2007 as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor...

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MarketMash – TDI Podcast Tops iTunes, Andrew on TWiT

A few things you may want to check out…

I was a guest panelist on This Week in Tech (TWIT). One of my all-time favorite shows that features hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Calacanis, Molly Wood, Wil Harris, and ME! Lots of action talking about Microsoft withdrawing the Yahoo! bid, Grand Theft...

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