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Interview: James Montier on 'Value Investing ? Tools & Techniques for Intelligent Investment'
Miguel Barbosa submits: James Montier Background via GMO: Mr. Montier is a member of GMO’s asset allocation team. Prior to joining GMO in 2009, he was co-head of Global Strategy at Société Générale (SCGLY.PK). Mr. Montier is the author of several books including Behavioural Investing: A Practitioner’s...
Tags: Seeking Alpha, Miguel Barbosa
External links 2010-03-09
M&A Lifts Stocks But Gains Fade Late in Day
By Edward KrudyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday as mergers and acquisitions supported selected sectors, but investors pulled back from recent gains in some big-cap technology and bank shares.The S&P 500 has risen for eight of the past 11 trading days, but there were signs of...
Tags: S&P 500, M&A, Stock, The Dow Chemical Co., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., American International Group Inc., Bank of America Corp., CF Industries Holdings Inc., Ford Motor Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Qualcomm Inc., Terra Industries Inc.
News items 2010-03-02
Is Cornerstone Progressive Return Fund an Investment Ruse?
Joe Eqcome submits: All things aside, one must be impressed by the careful design and implementation of what is a seemingly simple and apparently legal investment gambit by Cornerstone Progressive Return Fund CFP, ostensibly having the effect of transferring wealth from unsophisticated new investors to that of existing shareholders and...
Tags: ETF, Joe Eqcome
External links 2010-03-03
S&P 500 Hits 17-month High as Banks Lift Wall St
By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 hit a 17-month closing high as rising bank shares led a late rally that lifted stocks on Thursday, more than offsetting worries China may move to cool its overheating economy.Financial stocks added to recent sharp gains, helped in part by the...
Tags: Bank, S&P 500, Stock, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Wall, 3M Co., Amazon.com Inc., Citigroup Inc.
News items 2010-03-11
Cheap Cigars, Politics and the Volcker Rule
By Caren Bohan and Kristina CookeNEW YORK (Reuters) - In mid-January, a who's who of Wall Street gathered to hear Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman whose role in the White House seemed at best unclear.As the members of the Economic Club of New York tucked into their wild...
Tags: Bank, President, Federal Reserve Board, Financial, Cigar, White House, Chairman, New York, Wall Street, Proposal, Paul Volcker, Administration, Timothy Geithner
News items 2010-03-12
Wall Street Ends Flat as Banks Rebound Late
By Chuck MikolajczakNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Monday as a late rebound in financial stocks offset nagging worries the Chinese government may tighten credit, a move that could slow growth in the global economy.Banking stocks reversed course late in the session after Senate Banking Committee Chairman...
Tags: Bank, Stock, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Atheros Communications, Consol Energy Inc., Dominion Resources Inc., Google Inc., KLA-Tencor Corp., Lam Research, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
News items 2010-03-15
FTSE Up 0.5 Percent
By Jon HopkinsLONDON (Reuters UK) - Top shares gained 0.5 percent on Tuesday lifted by strength in banks and commodity issues after reassuring news on Greece's debt situation and as investors awaited the outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.At the close, the FTSE 100 was 26.58 points higher...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Greece, Investor, Chip, FTSE, Miner, Cairn Energy Plc., Fresh America Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Standard Parking Corp.
News items 2010-03-16
PulseCheck: Boston Scientific Needs a Defibrillator
Boston Scientific BSX fell the most in 17 months on Monday after the company's announcement it had stopped shipment and is retrieving inventory of all of implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators in the US. The latest bad news is Goldman Sachs' decision to place BSX on...
Tags: announcement, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific Corp.
News items 2010-03-16
Peak Oil Investments I'm Putting My Money On: Part I, Biofuels
Tom Konrad AltEnergyStocks submits: World oil supplies are stagnant, and in the not-so-distant future will begin to decline. If economic growth continues, demand for oil will increase as well. This will lead to a long term rise in oil prices, which will only stop if 1) high...
Tags: Materials & Industrials, Energy, Tom Konrad, Washington Mutual Inc.
External links 2010-03-17
Sallie Mae Borrowing Itself Into a Hole
Sometimes I have to actually read articles twice, because it really seems that I have somehow missed the point the first time around. Well, on my third glance at this Bloomberg article, I still don't get it: SLM Sells Debt at Higher Interest Rate Than Students Pay:...
Tags: Sallie Mae
News items 2010-03-18
Highlights from the Reconciliation Bill, and Maggieâ??s Comments on the Changes
Overall, the changes in the reconciliation bill will make the Senate bill more progressive—and fairer.  My prediction: the bill will pass. Those who oppose universal coverage are becoming angrier, louder, more abusive, and more frantic. This is because they realize that they are losing, and now they are just flailing...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Medicare, Family, Penalty
News items 2010-03-18
Court ruling a threat to bankers' M&A fees
JPMorgan Chase suffered a blow yesterday from an Australian court ruling that could affect the amount investment banks charge clients involved in takeover bids.The US investment bank had sought A$50.8m ($46.7m) in fees for its role in advising Consolidated Minerals, an Australian manganese miner that was bought by Palmary...
Tags: Bank, Fee, M&A, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Investment Bank, Financial Services, Finance, Company News, General News, Law & Legal Issues, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Times
News items 2010-03-18
Cryptologic Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [James Hollis – Daniel Stewart] [James Hollis – Daniel Stewart] Where exactly are you going to move these further costs out and clearly you mentioned an annual run rate of $55 million. Do you mean that during 2010 that...
Tags: Quarter, Earnings, CryptoLogic Inc., Call Transcript, Operational Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2010-03-02
How Will Sean Maloney's Stroke Affect Intel?
I called Intel to see if I could get some more detail about the condition of Intel executive vice president--and potential future CEO--Sean Maloney, who suffered a stroke earlier this week. Other than noting that he's expected to fully recover, Intel is being very careful about what it's saying. (It's...
Tags: Intel Corp., Paul Otellini
News items 2010-03-02
BMO Financial Group F1Q10 (Qtr End 01/31/10) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Andre Hardy - RBC Capital Markets Andre Hardy - RBC Capital Markets The trading revenues behaved a lot better than what global investment dealers have reported, just wondering if you have any insights on...
Tags: Revenue, Earnings, RBC Capital Markets, Call Transcript, Operational Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2010-03-02
BMO Rises the Most Since August After Profit Triples (Update1)
March 2 Bloomberg -- Bank of Montreal, Canada's fourth- biggest bank by assets, rose the most since August after the company reported first-quarter profit that almost tripled on growth in consumer banking and lower loan-loss provisions.Net income for the quarter ended Jan. 31 increased to C$657 million ($635 million), or...
Tags: Bank, Bank Of Montreal
News items 2010-03-02
Bristol-Myers Names Andreotti to Chief Executive Post (Update1)
Andreotti, 59, who has been president and chief operating officer at Bristol-Myers, will replace James Cornelius, 66, who will remain as chairman, the New York-based drugmaker said today in a statement. As CEO, Andreotti faces generic competition in 2012 to the blood-thinner Plavix, which generated $6.1 billion in sales in...
Tags: Investor, New York
News items 2010-03-02
Yahoo! Turns 15
Yahoo! is turning 15 years old, with a big party -- well, balloons and candy everywhere -- at the company HQ. Chief executive Carol Bartz is speaking at a commemorative luncheon with reporters (and you thought you knew how to have fun.) Here are some highlights: About the possible sale...
Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
News items 2010-03-02
StanChart Pays $1.1 Billion in Bonuses
By Steve Slater and Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Standard Chartered STAN said it would pay $1.1 billion (730.4 million pounds) in bonuses to retain staff in a fight for talent, after strong investment banking in its core Asian markets helped fuel record profits in 2009.The bank said on Wednesday...
Tags: Bank, Talent, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs, Standard Parking Corp.
News items 2010-03-03
Stock futures slip ahead of ADP payroll, services data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited data on the labor market for clues ahead of a critical employment report and Greece took steps to meet fiscal targets. The ADP Employment report for February is released at 8:15 a.m.,...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Investor, Greece
News items 2010-03-03
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