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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - As if he didn't have enough to do, President Obama is now taking a stab at being the nation's stockbroker. Asked about yesterday's huge sell-off, Obama said that it's "potentially" a great time to buy stocks. Presidents usually shy away from such advice, notes Eamon Javers of Politico, given... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • investors • President Obama

Sirius Creditors Ready
to Go After CEO

If company files for bankruptcy, they could ask judge to remove him

Feb 16, 09 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Sirius XM Radio's creditors want the company to make a deal with an investor rather than file for bankruptcy, and they're prepared to go after CEO Mel Karmazin's job if things don't go their way, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The board of directors should carefully consider the ramifications"... More »

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Mel Karmazin • satellite radio • investors • bankruptcy • debt • Sirius XM • creditor

 Jittery Investors 
 Seek Direction From 
 Feng Shui Gurus 

In Asia, when a feng shui master talks, people listen

Feb 9, 09 3:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hong Kong investors are invoking feng shui—the ancient Chinese art associated in the Western mind with interior decorating—to guide their depleted portfolios, the Wall Street Journal reports. Two inauspicious lunar eclipses have already predicted a grim year, and masters are warning investors to beware of the land of... More »

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Barack Obama • investors • Hong Kong • spirituality • financial markets • financial crisis • President Obama • feng shui • Year of the Ox

OPINION

Crisis Turns Econ Theory
on Its Ear:

Models, and pols, don't account for biases, insecurities: Brooks

Jan 16, 09 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Classical economics is based on the idea that “reason rides the passions the way a rider sits atop a horse,” David Brooks writes in the New York Times—which means classical economics is pretty much out the window right now. The recession proves the market is a psychological... More »

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investors • economics • psychology • free markets • consumer psychology • economy • financial crisis

Untangling Madoff Case Baffles Feds

Investigators struggle with mounds of documents

Jan 9, 09 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal investigators are struggling to piece together Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme almost a month after his arrest for securities fraud, Bloomberg reports. The FBI, SEC, and Manhattan US attorney are amassing piles of data, including transaction records and investors’ monthly statements, to determine who else may have been... More »

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FBI • investors • SEC • Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • Bernard Madoff


 Smart Money 
 Trickles Back Into Energy 

Those considered sectors 'smart money' see opportunity in sector

Jan 6, 09 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The energy sector is recharging, the Wall Street Journal reports, at least if a pair of deals by billionaire oil and gas investor George Kaiser is any indication. Kaiser, who built his fortune buying energy assets during downturns, is jumping back into the market, penning a $412 million natural gas... More »

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oil • Kirk Kerkorian • investors • natural gas • energy markets • Chesapeake Energy • financial crisis

(Newser) - If past fraud cases are a guide, investors rooked by Bernard Madoff will have to wait quite a while to see even a fraction of their initial investments returned, Reuters reports. Court action is notoriously slow, but that’s only half the problem: Recovering money is possible only if it’... More »

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fraud • investors • recovery • Ponzi scheme • litigation • Bayou Group • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Adelphia

Fund Warned Clients Madoff 'Could Abscond With Assets'

Kingate Global's prospectus highlighted risks associated with Madoff Securities

Dec 23, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the firms hardest hit by the $50 billion Bernard Madoff fraud warned investors in its prospectus that investing with Madoff was risky, saying explicitly that the brokerage “could abscond with those assets,” the Financial Times reports. Kingate Global told investors that they would not check the... More »

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private equity • investors • defrauding investors • hedge funds • Bernard Madoff • Fairfield Greenwich Group

As End Neared, Madoff Shook Down Friends

Desperate for cash, Bernie promoted new funds, begged partners

Dec 18, 08 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - As his fraudulent fund was sinking, a desperate Bernard Madoff demanded friends and investors pour in more cash, the New York Post reports. Carl Shapiro, the first person to invest with Madoff, got a call, as did his son-in-law, and close Madoff friend Robert Jaffe. Shapiro is reportedly among the... More »

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fraud • investors • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Carl Shapiro • Robert Jaffe

Jittery About Loss, Investors Stuff Cash In 0% T-Bills

Willing to take nothing for their money

Dec 10, 08 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The results of yesterday’s short-term bond auction were staggering. Investors snapped up $30 billion worth of Treasuries at a 0% yield—essentially lending the government money for free, the New York Times reports. Earlier, some investors even accepted a negative yield to park their cash in three-month Treasury bills.... More »

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investors • debt • national debt • bonds • bailout • Troubled Asset Relief Program • financial crisis • short term bonds • Treasury bills • recession depression

Hedge Funds Bleed Assets
as Investors
Flee Risk

By March, 40% of assets withdrawn

Nov 22, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Hedge Funds have never had a year this bad, and it's getting worse. Investors are pulling so much money from the once-prized investment vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reports, that redemptions are expected to claim 25% to 40% of hedge fund assets by March 2009. Add investment losses, and... More »

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investors • hedge funds • financial crisis

Ailing Biotech Firms Need
Shot in the Arm

Flatlining economy threatens breakthrough medical research

Nov 21, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time in years, the biotech industry is in desperate need of a lifeline, Bloomberg reports, as the economic crisis threatens to shove companies into bankruptcy and derail the development of potentially life-saving drugs. “I’m looking down the barrel of a gun,” admitted one CEO.... More »

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Wall Street • investors • pharmaceutical companies • GlaxoSmithKline • stocks • biotechnology • Parkinson's disease • IPO • multiple sclerosis • biotech companies • Alzheimer's Disease • financial crisis

Startups Seek Ways Around Venture Capital

Twitter, others explore other revenue streams to avoid investors' raised demands

Nov 12, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - While Wall Street investors have taken advantage of the tanking economy to nab low-priced stocks, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists have likewise enjoyed a buyer’s market, demanding larger ownership stakes in startup outfits in exchange for their coveted funds. Companies like Twitter—initially funded with $22 million in venture... More »

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Silicon Valley • investors • recession • venture capital • startup • venture capitalists • economy • Twitter • financial crisis

Tanking Hedge Funds Take Chunk Out
of Market

Investor panic could shrink industry 15%

Oct 25, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now is not a good time to run a hedge fund. Panicking investors are pulling out of the underperforming funds, and that alone could cost the industry 15% of its assets by year’s end, Bloomberg reports. Hedge funds aren't seen as a primary cause of the global financial crisis,... More »

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investors • markets • hedge funds • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

 Hedge-Fund Exodus 
 May Add to Woes 

Deadline looms tomorrow for investors to bail from already-struggling market

Sep 29, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hedge funds are bracing for a major test of wills tomorrow, the deadline for investors to withdraw from the funds for the rest of the year, the New York Times reports. A spate of withdrawals could cause a cascade of flight from the $2 trillion industry, which has seen its... More »

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investors • financial markets • bailout • credit market chaos • hedge funds

Treasury Taps $50B to Insure Money Market Funds

As investor confidence dims, a backing from the government

Sep 19, 08 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Treasury moved today to temporarily insure investors against losses on money-market funds, Bloomberg reports. As much as $50 billion from the government’s Exchange Stabilization Fund will be used to back for a year funds that pay to participate in the program. Money-market funds, in which investors normally... More »

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investors • Lehman Brothers • Treasury Department • market turmoil • investment banks

Fed Considers AIG Bailout; Ex-CEO Weighs Proxy Fight

Hank Greenberg, forced out in 2005, among investors mulling options

Sep 16, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reversing course, the Fed is considering a bailout package to help boost the liquidity of suddenly beleaguered AIG, even as the mega-insurer's ex-CEO considers a move to take control through a proxy fight or buyout, Bloomberg reports. In a regulatory filing, Hank Greenberg, who retired under pressure in 2005, says... More »

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investors • Lehman Brothers • AIG • Hank Greenberg • subprime crisis • banking industry • financial crisis

Apple Stock Dives Amid Jobs Health Rumors

Shares take a hammering despite robust 3Q results

Jul 22, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple reported one of its best third-quarter results ever yesterday, but its stock took a 17% nosedive amid rumors that CEO Steve Jobs is in poor health, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Jobs, who beat pancreatic cancer four years ago, appeared gaunt at a conference last month. Investors were... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • investors • Apple • stock

 Forget Stocks: Invest in Soccer 

Brazilian companies bank on young talent

Jul 19, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The hottest new commodity in Brazil is its soccer stars, and investors are taking note. Companies like Traffic are buying up the contracts of the next wave of potential Ronaldinhos and then lending their acquisitions out to poor but visible Brazilian teams. When European leagues come knocking with huge offers,... More »

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investors • Brazil • soccer • FIFA • sports contracts

ANALYSIS

Fierce Lobbying Deflected Warnings on Fannie, Freddie

Mortgage giants deflected calls for stricter capital requirements

Jul 14, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, critics have warned that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s special status as government-sponsored enterprises allowed them to shoulder risk far beyond their minimal capitalization requirements, the Washington Post reports. The firms have used their unique position in the financial system, and high-intensity lobbying efforts, to quash any... More »

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investors • Alan Greenspan • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • credit crisis • regulation • financial crisis

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