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Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Sunday, September 28, 2008
US Banking Crisis Explained / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Bradford & Bingley Nationalised Another UK Bank Wiped Out by Tulip Backed Securities / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Nadeem_Walayat
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Credit Crisis Truth: The Real Story Behind the Collapse of AIG / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani: In Part II of his three-story investigation of the credit crisis, Money Morning Contributing Editor Shah Gilani shows us how American International Group, a perfectly sound company that's survived for 89 years, was destroyed by some errant bets on a derivative security called a “credit default swap,” or CDS. It's
a story you'll read nowhere else . Editor
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the core insurance business units of American International Group Inc. ( AIG ). Nothing at all. What imploded the venerable insurance giant was an accumulation of misplaced bets on credit default swaps.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Bernanke's Confidence Trick Game / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
MSN Money is reporting Buffett takes a stake in Goldman
The world's most famous investor is betting that it's time to buy into one of the battered financials. Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett said late Tuesday that he is buying a $5 billion interest in Goldman Sachs (GS), one of the two investment banks left standing amid the fallout of the mortgage crisis. Berkshire Hathaway gets a perpetual preferred stock that pays a 10% annual dividend, which takes precedence over other payments to common shareholders in Goldman.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A Bounceback for the Mid-cap Energy Sector? / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Evan_Smith
In the first half of 2008, mid-cap energy stocks significantly outperformed their large-cap counterparts as investors prized the faster production growth found in many of the mid-cap names.
The trend line fell off abruptly at the beginning of July, when market sentiment for energy and other commodities underwent a dramatic change. Distressed hedge funds and other investors have scrambled for cash in the third quarter, and to get that cash, they have sold the best-performing stocks of the first half of the year -- energy stocks, and more specifically, mid-cap energy stocks that are challenged to absorb the selling pressure.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
$700 Billion Banking System Bailout Profit Bonanza? / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Bank of America Says "Paulson Bailout Plan Benefits Mostly Goldman, Morgan" / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Guess who the Paulson plan benefits?Bank of America's top credit strategy analyst says Paulson Debt Plan May Benefit Mostly Goldman, Morgan .
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley may be among the biggest beneficiaries of the $700 billion U.S. plan to buy assets from financial companies while many banks see limited aid, according to Bank of America Corp.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Lehman's Bankruptcy and the Hidden $138 Billion Bailout of JP Morgan / Companies / Derivatives
By: Rob_Kirby
We are living in heady times. On Monday morning, something VERY strange occurred:
$138 Billion Post-Bankruptcy JP Morgan Advance to Lehman; At Least $87 B Repaid by Fed
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Collapse of Ambac Financial As Moody's Downgrades / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Mike_Shedlock
In what would have been major news nearly any other week this year, MarketWatch is reporting Ambac warns downgrade would put unit under pressure .
Ambac Financial said late Friday that a downgrade by ratings agency Moody's Investors Service would leave its guaranteed investment contract business short of collateral to meet liabilities.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Institutional Greed Responsible for Financial Collapse / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: There's nothing like greed and avarice to bring the entire U.S. financial system to the brink of collapse.
With the demise of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. ( MER ), the thundering herd has galloped off the cliff – taking 94 years of history with it. Same, too, with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (OTC: LEHMQ ). Lehman's bankruptcy filing last week caps 158 years of solid history. No doubt they'll be others with American International Group Inc . ( AIG ) spreading the credit-default-swap contagion like a financial Typhoid Mary .
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Friday, September 19, 2008
AIG Insurer Nationalization Analysis / Companies / Nationalization
By: Christopher_Laird
Now that we got past the latest mega financial storm, I was thinking about what caused the mess. And if there is anything anyone can do about it. After all, my site is called the PrudentSquirrel.
They key problem in this ongoing credit crisis
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Morgan Stanley, Wachovia- Dumbest Merger Proposal In History / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Mike_Shedlock
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Inquiring minds are considering As Fears Grow, Wall St. Titans See Shares Fall .
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lloyds TSB Takeover of HBOS for £12 billion, £2.32 per share / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Nadeem_Walayat
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hedge Funds Crash Halifax, HBOS Rescued by Lloyds TSB / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Nadeem_Walayat
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
AIG Bailout and Federal Reserve Act Loophole 13.3 / Companies / Nationalization
By: Mike_Shedlock
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It's a good question given that the Fed is widely thought to be authorized to lend only to banks. It turns out the Fed can lend to pizza parlors if it wants to, with a questionable interpretation of the Federal Reserve Act.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Nationalization of AIG, US Treasury Get 80% Stake for $85 billion / Companies / Nationalization
By: Mike_Shedlock
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Let's have the government run insurance companies, auto companies, banks, mortgage companies, home builders, brokerages, gas stations, and for good measure let's throw in pizza parlors.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Surviving the Credit Crisis Chaos / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Kurt_Kasun
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The Billion Dollar Domain Name Babies / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Naseem_Javed
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Fed Plans $200 Billion Bailout of AIG To Prevent Financial Collapse / Companies / Nationalization
By: Mike_Shedlock
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Futures sold off on the news then came roaring back when the Fed decided to consider to extend its moral hazard policy on a case by case basis.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Wall Street Bargains Amongst Decimated and Bankrupt Banks / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
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