Archive for October, 2009:

Judge Is The Highlight Of The Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Trial

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Erin Geiger Smith }
Categories : All, Clusterstock
So far the best lines from the trial of the ex-Bear Stearns fund mangers have come from the judge. Unfortunately for the prosecutors, it's often been at the prosecution's expense.  Judge Frederic Block has prodded the prosecutors and made pointed comments ...Read More »

Has The S&P 500 Broken The Almighty Uptrend? Watch The Tape

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Sell Puts }
Categories : All, Clusterstock
(This guest post originally appeared at the author's blog) Today price action told the story. We had a trending down day where we broke previous days low in the S&P cash market of (1037.25)with sustained selling on higher than average volume(132,000,000 ...Read More »

On CNBC’s Kudlow Report Tonight

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
This evening at 7pm ET:IS THE BEAR GOING TO TAKE OVER?Panel:*Dan Fitzpatrick publisher of The Stock Market Mentor*Ron Kruszewski chairman and CEO of Stifel Nicolaus & Co*Holly Liss, Citigroup Global Markets VP*Bob Froehlich, senior managing director ... Read More »

What Links the Great Depression and the Great Recession

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/29/depression-recession-gdp-imf-milton-friedman-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.htmlNotationsThe Great Depression and the Great RecessionMore alike than everyone thinks.Bruce Bartlett, 10.30.09Eighty years ago this we... Read More »

Mid-Cap ETFs: Take Your Pick

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by ETF's Sector - Latest Expert Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
When we listen to the news, we mostly hear about large, brand-name companies. However, mid-sized companies and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have shown some decent gains as the economy rights itself.According to Will McClatchy for ETFZone, ove... Read More »

Watch How Arrogant SEC Employees Dismissed Harry Markopolos

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Joe Weisenthal }
Categories : All, Clusterstock
Here's another great gem we just found in the big SEC document dump on Madoff. It concerns the independent fraud investigator Harry Markopolos, who tried for years and years and years to blow the whistle but tno avail. How were ...Read More »

Top 10 Hottest ETFs For November 2009

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by ETF's Sector - Latest Expert Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
Looking to add some hot Exchange Traded Funds ETFs to your investment portfolio?If so you need to read the list below which consists of the 10 best ETFs based on overall return ...Read More »

SEC Makes MASSIVE Friday-Afternoon News Dump Of Madoff Documents

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Joe Weisenthal }
Categories : All, Clusterstock
You like transparency? Here you go. The SEC just made a MASSIVE document dump related to its failure to catch Madoff. Of course, it's all embarrassing, so it's on a Friday afternoon, when everyone's too lazy to go through it. There ...Read More »

Equities Update: Averages Tumble As Traders Fret Over Economy

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
4:13 PM, Oct 30, 2009 -- DJIA down 249.85 (2.5%) to 9,712.73.S&P 500 down 29.92 (2.8%) to 1,036.19.Nasdaq down 52.44 (2.5%) to 2,045.11.GLOBAL SENTIMENT ... Read More »

Amgen: Cuomo’s Full Of It

{ Posted on Oct 30 2009 by Lawrence Delevingne }
Categories : All, Clusterstock
Amgen has responded to the charges of corruption and fraud related to its big anemia drug, Aranesp, made by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today along with 14 other states. Amgen spokesman David Polk told us "We ...Read More »