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Dow at 10,000?
'Hold the Cheering'

It's decent news, but let's not get carried away

Oct 14, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Dow hit 10,000 today, but most analysts aren't exactly falling off their chairs in excitement:
  • Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch: "It would be entirely in investors' rights to feel pretty good about it. But they're not, on the whole. That's surprising, and suggests to contrarian analysts" that
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stock market • Wall Street • investors • Dow Jones • recession

 Dow Hits 10,000 
 for First Time in Year 

Markets propelled by strong earnings from Intel, JPMorgan

Oct 14, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average reached 10,000 today for the first time since Oct. 7, 2008. The milestone, which triggered a whoop from the trading floor, was buoyed by surprisingly strong earnings reports from Intel and JPMorgan. The latter stoked the market's optimism as it handily beat Wall Street's... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • NASDAQ • investors • Dow Jones • S&P 500

Palin Plans Media Kiss-Off for China Talk

Foray into foreign affairs will unfold behind closed doors

Sep 14, 09 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A speech Sarah Palin plans for later this month in Hong Kong won’t leave the room, CNN reports. Not only will reporters not be allowed in, but they won’t even know what they’re missing. “We are not disclosing the topic of Sarah Palin's presentation at this... More »

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China • Alaska • investors • Hong Kong • Sarah Palin • keynote speech • media blackout • CLSA • remuneration

 Recession 
 Woes Penalize 
 NFL Franchises 

Overall revenues up, but some franchises lose value for the first time in a decade

Sep 3, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tight credit and the recession-driven scarcity of buyers and investors slashed the value of eight NFL teams this year, Forbes reports. It’s the first time in a decade that even one team has seen a decline. Though the average team value held steady at $1 billion, Oakland led... More »

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NFL • Dallas Cowboys • investors • Oakland Raiders • football • franchise • recession • credit market • team • value

 Palin to Make First Trip to Asia 

Former gov will speak at Hong Kong investment conference

Aug 31, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once pilloried for her lack of foreign policy experience—except for Russia, which she said she could see from Alaska—Sarah Palin will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a prominent conference of global... More »

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investors • Asia • Hong Kong • investment bankers • speaking engagements • Sarah Palin • speaking fee

Investors Ditch Once Lofty Cerberus Fund

Failed investments in Chrysler, GMAC have clients pulling $5.5B

Aug 29, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hedge-fund investors are leaving once-vaunted investment firm Cerberus Capital Management in droves, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm, whose acquisitions of Chrysler and GMAC turned disastrous, is seeing $5.5 billion in capital—or 71% of its hedge fund assets—walk out the door. "We have been... More »

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Chrysler • Cerberus Capital Management • investors • recession • hedge fund • Stephen Feinberg • liquidity • GMAC • economic downturn

Goldman Gives Trading Tips to Top Clients First

Research reaches regular investors
days later

Aug 24, 09 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Goldman Sachs is withholding stock tips from the thousands of clients who receive the company's written research reports until days after they're passed along to the firm's own traders and some 50 favorite clients, the Wall Street Journal has learned from an analysis of company documents. Confidential “trading huddles”... More »

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stock market • investors • Goldman Sachs

BofA Settles SEC Suit Over Merrill Bonuses for $33M

Commission says bank misled investors over Merrill payout

Aug 3, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bank of America will pay $33 million to settle a federal lawsuit, filed today, which says the bank misled its investors, Reuters reports. During its takeover of Merrill Lynch, the lawsuit charges, Bank of America told investors Merrill wouldn’t pay bonuses without BoA’s permission before the deal closed.... More »

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Bank of America • investors • Merrill Lynch • SEC • lawsuit • bonuses • defrauding investors • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - London investigators have uncovered a $130 million Ponzi scheme that duped hundreds of celebrities and businessmen around the world, reports the Telegraph. The scammers were so slick that many of their victims refuse to believe they were sucked in by the ersatz high-yield fund, and are still expecting payment, according... More »

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pyramid scheme • London • crime • investors • England • Britain • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors

 Feds Consider Limits on 
 Oil, Energy Speculation 

Commodity Commission to hold hearings on 'purely financial' energy futures trading

Jul 7, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal regulators may impose new limits on the amount of energy-futures contracts that speculators can buy, the New York Times reports, an attempt to curb severe price fluctuations in commodities like oil and natural gas. Oil prices swung from $145 per barrel last summer to $33 in December, movement some... More »

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investors • natural gas • Commodity Futures Trading Commission • commodities • commodities exchange • speculation • oil futures • oil prices • commodity prices • Gary Gensler

Where's the
Money, Bernie?


Jun 29, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have only recovered $1.2 billion of the $13.2 billion bilked from investors by Bernard Madoff since 1995, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eligible victims may be compensated up to $500,000 by the Securities Investor Protection Corp., but the rest will have to come from whatever investigators... More »

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Manhattan • investors • sentencing • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

(Newser) - The turmoil on Wall Street has left fewer analysts covering companies of all sizes, the Journal reports, leaving smaller operations struggling to connect with investors. Since September, there have been more than 2,200 instances of analysts formally dropping coverage—nearly a quarter of all research. That plunge has been... More »

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investors • Bear Stearns • Lehman Brothers • Scholastic • stock price • analyst guidance • analyst • financial crisis

 Investors Storm 
 Housing Market 

Aim to take advantage of current low prices

May 20, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investors are snatching up cheap houses, hoping to turn a profit when the market picks up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some are foraging far and wide for potential purchases; others are locals who know the ins and outs of the area market. Investors often make all-cash offers, helping them... More »

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real estate • investors • housing market • home sales • investment firm • real estate values • financial crisis

(Newser) - The Obama administration may create a government agency with sweeping powers to protect consumers who use financial products such as mortgages, mutual funds, and credit cards, reports the Washington Post. Current protections are scattered throughout several agencies. The new plan would corral them under one regulatory commission and create tougher... More »

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investors • consumer protection • Larry Summers • Timothy Geithner

Madoff Clients
to Get $100M
Back Soon

Funds address
fraction of 9,000
claims: trustee

May 14, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's a start. Some of Bernie Madoff's clients will get back at least a portion of the money that he stole. Trustee Irving Picard says he expects to approve at least $100 million of investor claims—mere hundreds out of nearly 9,000 filed claims—by May 25, Bloomberg reports.... More »

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investors • lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • clawback

 Financial 'Pearl Harbor' 
 Is Past, Says Buffett 

Oracle confident as he prepares to be buffeted by shareholders

May 1, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Oracle of Omaha still sees tough times ahead for the US economy, but he says he thinks the worst is in the past, CNCBC reports. “We’re at a war now to some degree, but Pearl Harbor was September,” Warren Buffett says. “There was a strike... More »

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investors • Warren Buffett • shareholders • recession • Berkshire Hathaway • investment fund • Oracle of Omaha • economic downturn • economic crisis

Venture Capitalists Start to Regain Their Nerve

Confidence gradually rebounding with stimulus plan

Apr 8, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists are starting to get their confidence back after an exceptionally timid year, the New York Times reports. A key index shows the administration's efforts to stabilize the economy have given investors glimmers of hope. "There is some degree of stability in the financial markets and that allows... More »

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investors • venture capital • investment • startup • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

 Hoe-town: 
 10K-Acre Farm 
 Eyed for Detroit 

Michigan investors seek to turn deserted streets into cropland

Apr 7, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Motor City could turn into Maize City if a Michigan investment group has its way and turns 10,000 acres of largely deserted streets into farm plots, reports BusinessGreen. Hanz Group hopes eventually to acquire almost 10% of Detroit's 143 square miles for development into cropland, Christmas tree and lumber... More »

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investors • Detroit • Michigan • crops • farm • cash crops • economy • fiscal crisis • Motor City

 Judge Denies 
 Madoff's Bail Appeal 

Fraudster will wait in jail until June sentencing

Mar 20, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court today denied Bernard Madoff’s request to be released on bail until his June sentencing date, the New York Daily News reports. “The defendant’s age and exposure to imprisonment are undisputed, and the court did not err in inferring an incentive to flee from... More »

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fraud • flight • prison • investors • bail • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff

Doubt Cast on $50B Figure in Madoff Case

Insiders think real losses closer to $20B; no one really knows

Mar 6, 09 9:35 AM CST
(AP) - Bernard Madoff and $50 billion. His name and that number have become inseparable in describing the enormity of what has been called the largest white-collar fraud in history. Investigators claim Madoff himself told them that he stole $50 billion, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the number may be... More »

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fraud • investors • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Securities and Exchange Commission

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