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Friday November 21, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
As discussed here, I have resurrected a scan that focuses on companies that are heavily shorted. The purpose is to find stocks that could be in the midst of a potential short covering rally. More details about the methodology are listed below and more information on short interest is here.
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Wednesday November 5, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Treasury Department is considering using more of the $700 billion it has set aside (to help banks and insurers) in a broad range of companies. This decision was made after early signs show that the program has been successful (according to "people familia...
Monday September 22, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
After ratings firm Moody's warned last week that it may downgrade bond insurers Ambac Financial (ABK) and MBIA Inc.
(MBI:
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, both companies have stepped up with responses. While Ambac admitted that a ratings cut could leave it short of collateral, MBIA...
Friday September 19, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
News reports are circulating that a plan is being worked on to put capital into beleaguered financial firms. Senator Charles Schumer was quoted by Bloomberg News as saying a 'comprehensive solution' is being discussed.
Details are few, but the government could pump capital into beleague...
Friday September 5, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are the results for this week's leading stock scan. The query looks at the returns for the last five trading days and then sorts the stocks by those showing the strongest performance. As a contrarian, the stocks of particular interest to me would be ones where we have skepticism so I have ta...
Friday August 29, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume. It then sorts the stocks based on those that showed the biggest increase (the "unusual" part) in volume.
Companies included in today's scan are...
Thursday August 28, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The shares of MBIA Inc.
(MBI:
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spiked sharply higher out of the gate this morning, thanks to some positive news for the battered bond insurer. The company announced late Wednesday that it will reinsure a $184-billion portfolio of U.S. public finance bonds...
Thursday August 28, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
A management shakeup at Fannie Mae (FNM)...
A rally in MBIA Inc. (MBI) as the company announces a reinsure deal...[Note - according to data collected by our Quantified Analysis group, 37% of the stock's flo...
Wednesday August 13, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Following two quarters of heavy losses, MBIA Inc. (MBI) posted positive results for 2Q08 driven by $3.3 billion in pretax unrealized gains on insured credit derivatives.
However, ratings downgrades by Standard Poor's and Moody's should impact MBI's asset management business and its abil...
Friday August 8, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
A "surprise profit" from MBIA Inc (MBI)...
Upbeat comments from the CEO of Washington Mutual Inc (WM)...
A look into Nike Inc. (NKE) and the Beijing Olympics...
A loss and dividend cut for Fannie Mae...
Monday August 4, 2008 — StockWeb
Perhaps the most interesting day of the week is Tuesday. Earnings reports from Cisco, Procter Gamble and AIG are coming. Also we receive another FED interest rates decision from FOMC meeting. Widely expected is hold action from FED.Monday:Economic Inc Spend (-0.1%, 0.5%), Factory Orders (0.7%)Ea...
Saturday July 5, 2008 — StockWeb
I run my fundamental stock screener searching stocks with the highest dividend yield. Report list only companies included in index SP 500. Not surprisingly except one (GM) there are only financials and banks in top ten. The one of the highest yield was for financials compared to other sectors alre...
Monday May 12, 2008 — StockWeb
MondayEconomic: Treasury Budget ($157.5B)Earnings: CryptoLogic (CRYP), Holly (HOC), Hecla (HL), JA Solar (JASO), MBIA (MBI), Sprint (S), XM Satellite (XMSR), Clearwire (CLWR), Fluor (FLR), LDK Solar (LDK), Time Warner Tcom (TWTC), McDermott (MDR), Nuance (NUAN)TuesdayEconomic: Import / Export, Ret...
Wednesday March 19, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Rather than giving investors the 100-basis point cut many had hoped for, the Fed voted to lower its target for the fed funds rate by 75 basis points. The discount rate, however, was also cut by 75 basis points. With Sunday's 25-basis point cut, this resulted in a three-day 100 basis-point...
Monday February 25, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/022508A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's Price...
Monday February 25, 2008 — WC Power Tech Fund
Wall Street indices were headed higher to end the day Monday as bond insurers Ambac Financial (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) received affirmations of their ratings by Standard & Poor's. Having the credit crisis cripple bullish attitudes in the last few months today seemed like a sigh of relief more than any...
Friday February 15, 2008 — MBIA Inc.
ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MBIA Inc. , in response to media and other inquiries, today released the text of the letter it sent to New York Superintendent of Insurance Eric Dinallo and other regulators in response to William Ackman's letter detailing what he termed concerns ra...
Monday February 11, 2008 — StockWeb
This rainy season is attracting attention to municipal bonds from several reasons. FED is cutting interest rates which boosting bond prices. If Democrats win Presidential election, most probably they enhance muni's tax advantages. Apart from, single A rated munis are having 80 times lower historic...
Thursday February 7, 2008 — BeaconEquity.com
DALLAS, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of TraderNotes on stocks that are making news today.Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/ -- Click on TraderNotes.Today's TraderNotes include: MBIA, Inc. , Soh...
Wednesday February 6, 2008 — Korn/Ferry International
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Korn/Ferry International , a premier global provider of talent management solutions, today announced that it has appointed Debra J. Perry to its Board of Directors.Ms. Perry worked at Moody's Corporation from 1992 to 2004. From 2001 to 2004, she was a...
Thursday January 31, 2008 — Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its open letter to regulators yesterday (available at http://www.yousendit.com/download/Mmd0UXVuQzMzeUxIRGc9PQ), Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. released today a series of questions to management of MBIA Inc. to be addressed on MBIA's conferen...
Saturday January 19, 2008 — Keller Rohrback L.L.P.
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (http://www.erisafraud.com/) announces an ongoing investigation into MBIA Inc. ("MBIA" or the "Company") for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). In light of the Comp...
Thursday January 10, 2008 — Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, Bensalem, PA
BENSALEM, Pa., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating claims against MBIA Inc. ("MBIA" or the "Company") concerning whether the MBIA Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") imprudently invested in MBIA stock and whether the Plan's administrators breached th...
Thursday January 10, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at:http://www.go7now.com/nb/0109Y (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's Seven ...
Wednesday January 9, 2008 — Keller Rohrback L.L.P.
SEATTLE, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (http://www.erisafraud.com/) announces that it has commenced an investigation into MBIA Inc. ("MBIA" or the "Company") for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). The inv...