WallStreetBlips - All Finance News, Videos, and Blogs

10 dividend stocks for your nest egg - MSN Money

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:30:30 +0000

By Barron's The whipsawing of share prices over the past two years has left many investors anxious and uncertain. For the young, there's plenty of time to recover from big stock losses. But for anyone who recently retired or plans to do it soon, the 2009 rally has effectively applied a Band-Aid ...

Dividends Value found this 9 hours ago on articles.moneycentral.msn.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

How Bad Could It Have Been?

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:30:30 +0000

A recent academic study called Financial Crises and Economic Activity, written by Stephen G Cecchetti, Marion Kohler and Christian Upper, has implications for the current strength and trend of the U.S. and Global economic recovery. The paper examined 40 systemic banking crises since 1980 and ...

Dividends Value found this 9 hours ago on marketprognosticator.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Gross Domestic Product , Global Downturn

Weekly Links: December 5, 2009

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:30:30 +0000

Each Sunday I highlight the Carnivals I participated in over the past week, along with any notable articles that I came across. For those readers not familiar with carnivals, it’s where personal finance bloggers submit their best articles of the week with one blog serving as the ...

bbkjbbkj posted 9 hours ago from dividendsvalue.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

A workout can fail because the ‘package’ was not designed appropiately even though the offer was adequate.

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:29:24 +0000

A potential client just explained to me, he had made an offer for approximately $450,000 on a 1.1 million dollar SBA guaranteed debt, and with the banks support, the SBA rejected the offer to every one’s surprise. Usually if an offer has the support of the lending bank the odds are ...

dtod@comcast.net posted 10 minutes ago from dtod.wordpress.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Early Hedge Fund Best Practices Book Review

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:52:16 +0000

Book Feedback ($82,500 Worth of Advice) My book is now complete for Wiley on hedge funds. It covers information gathered through my own experience and interviews I have conducted with over 30 experts and fund managers in the hedge fund industry. The book discusses strategies of ...

rich4495 posted 47 minutes ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

TradeStation Hedge Fund Incubation Services

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:46:42 +0000

TradeStation Hedge Fund Incubator TradeStation Group Inc. Chairman, CEO and President Salomon Sredni believes his company's prime brokerage division can help create the hedge funds of tomorrow. TradeStation announced the launch of the prime brokerage division in September, and Sredni ...

rich4495 posted 52 minutes ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

Landlords and small business tenants, you are both in the same boat, pull together for success. Here is how.

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:34:39 +0000

Landlords and small business tenants, you are both in the same boat, pull together for success. Here is how. There is a tug of war going on, between landlords and their small business tenants, and it is a war with few winners and many losers. However there is a smarter way to create a win-win ...

Don Todrin posted 65 minutes ago from secondwindconsultants.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

“Consumer fraud”: The new online speech control law?

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:03:24 +0000

Originally posted 2008-03-19 13:10:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Get this: New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of JuicyCampus.com, a Web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students. Language on the site ranges from catty to hateful and ...

Ron Coleman posted 3 days ago from likelihoodofconfusion.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Landlords and tenants, you are both in the same boat, pull together and you will both win. Here is how.

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:22:04 +0000

There is a tug of war going on, between landlords and their small business tenants, and it is a war with few winners and many losers. However there is a smarter way to create a win win situation, in this difficult and challenging economic downturn supporting success for both, if you work ...

dtod@comcast.net posted 3 hours ago from dtod.wordpress.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Personal Finance

Huntsman Options Trading Explosion (HUN, DD)

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:41:23 +0000

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is seeing a surge in options activity. There have been 30,698 calls traded, 15X average, and implied volatility is spiking 44% on rumors that Dupont (NYSE: DD) is looking at a possible $18 offer for shares of the company. The action has been extremely bullish ...

24/7 Wall St. found this 4 hours ago on vsinvestor.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, NYSE, DuPont, Huntsman Corp., American Greetings

What is Happening to the Reform in Health Reform? - Swampland

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:03:13 +0000

That's the subject of my story in the newest issue of dead-tree TIME, which looks at some of the ways that Congress is already undercutting many of the promised reforms in the health care system. As is often the case when politicians and interest groups get hold of a big and complicated piece of ...

Economist's View found this 13 hours ago on swampland.blogs.time.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Small Business Owner Confidence Plunges

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:47:25 +0000

" Although the Fed and most economic forecasters are all looking ahead to the recovery, small business owners do not seem convinced. Please consider Economic Confidence Plunges; Low Expectations for the Holidays."

iehi posted 5 hours ago from hf-implode.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Recent vintage Alt-A RMBS delinquency rates continue to rise

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:51:15 +0000

"Standard & Poor’s October performance report shows just how poorly recent vintage “not-quite-prime” Alt-A residential mortgage-backed securities are performing in absolute terms and relative to earlier vintages."

iehi posted 5 hours ago from hf-implode.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Rambus

Best Penny Alerts-Review

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:43:12 +0000

If you are seriously looking to invest in the penny stock market and ACTUALLY make profit, then this will be the most important website you will ever read.

GuruAg posted 5 hours ago from docstoc.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:30:10 +0000

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations , IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal ...

jamesykwak posted 5 hours ago from baselinescenario.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, The Financial Modelers' Manifesto

Saving Money on Credit Card Fees and APRs

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:00:44 +0000

The best advice anyone can give you on credit card fees and APRs is that the easiest way to save money is not to owe money. The conditions in today’s market also mean that you can find a credit card that matches the way you spend. If you maintain a balance constantly, it makes more sense to ...

dning88 posted 7 hours ago from moneyning.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Best Penny Alerts - Stock Trading Service

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:38:16 +0000

If you are seriously looking to invest in the penny stock market and ACTUALLY make profit, then this will be the most important website you will ever read. David Roy have spent around 7 years and developed a secret system which analyzes multiple factors for determining when a stock is about to ...

GuruAg posted 7 hours ago from slideshare.net

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-12-05

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:55:00 +0000

Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending Dec. 4, 2009 (SD) http://bit.ly/80d93r # FINRA Execs Rake It In While Organization Loses Money http://bit.ly/4OQ0iV # Galleon Figure Kumar No Longer With McKinsey http://bit.ly/5SE1Ci # House Passes Enhanced SEC Enforcement ...

bcarton posted 8 hours ago from securitiesdocket.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, SEC

High and Low Finance - A Primer on Why Many Home Loan Modifications Fail

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Homeowners sought help avoiding foreclosure at an event in Daly City, Calif., in October.

Calculated Risk found this 15 hours ago on nytimes.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Personal Finance

Best Buy Co. Inc.

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:08:04 +0000

delbertino Dec. 04 at 12:42 PM # Using Toshiba Satellites form $BBY; jus sayin' Ticker: BBY baam60 Dec. 04 at 12:33 PM # short $BBY $43.71 stop $44.51 swing Ticker: BBY JEMFinance Dec. 03 at 3:59 PM # Bot 4500 $BBY @ 43.52 Ticker: BBY AndySwan Dec. 03 at 11:40 AM ...

Abnormal Returns found this 4 days ago on stocktwits.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Best Buy, Travelers Group Inc, Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, Target Corporation

Europe's SWIFT Bow

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:17:48 +0000

Remember when US President Obama bowed to the emperor of Japan? And when he was...

Atlantic Review found this 32 hours ago on eurotrib.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government

Joshua Kosman, Predicting The Next Credit Crisis

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:24:58 +0000

Private equity firms buy undervalued or underappreciated companies, impose short-term improvements and sell them for a fast profit. Some of the companies they've bought include Hertz, La Quinta, Dunkin Donuts, and Toys R Us. Josh Kosman, a private equity expert, says that the way the firms have ...

Rolfe Winkler found this 5 days ago on npr.org

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Credit Crisis

The Automatic Earth

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:49:26 +0000

Unemployment has exploded: "We've lost a ton of jobs since I was here last," Davidowitz says, noting the "real" unemployment rate is 17.5%. "That's an astounding number." Housing continues to sink: "The consumers' biggest asset is down trillions" in value while "foreclosures are exploding" and a ...

GoldSeek.com found this 11 days ago on theautomaticearth.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Unemployment , Housing Market, The New York Times Company

OurFuture.org: Before You Appoint Ben, Audit Ben

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0000

As the Senate Banking Committee holds hearings on the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, we are joining forces with organizations from across the political spectrum to demand an audit of the Federal Reserve's books before that nomination goes forward.

Angry Bear found this 11 days ago on ourfuture.org

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Korea

Taylor Swift Stock Index Outperforms the Stock Market

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 06:15:00 +0000

Taylor Swift is the famous country singer, winner of 40 awards, and made more famous by the incident with Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. But she is successful for another reason. Taylor is connected to a lot of publicly traded companies, acting as spokesperson for their products, ...

Trading Goddess found this 13 hours ago on stockerblog.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, CSI 300 Index, Jakks Pacific, Dow Jones & Company, The Walt Disney Company

Dividends: On the Rise Again?

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:00:12 +0000

Companies like AT&T;, Wal-Mart, and Progress Energy may hike dividends as a rebounding economy boosts cash available for payouts

The Dividend Guy Blog found this 9 hours ago on businessweek.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, AT&T, Wal-Mart

Carnival of Personal Finance #233: Welcome to Webcomics

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:19:00 +0000

If this is your first time visiting A Gai Shan Life , you can read about me here , or follow me on Twitter . I've been blogging about all the personal aspects of money since July 2006 and hope you enjoy your stay! My regular readers know that I'm a huge fan of comic books, but I also love ...

Free Money Finance found this 33 hours ago on agaishanlife.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Personal Finance

December 2 2009: It's foolish to ask for luxuries in times like these

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:00:10 +0000

IEHI Feed: The Hedge Fund Implode-o-Meter found this 2 days ago on theautomaticearth.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Unemployment , Housing Market, The New York Times Company

Posen calls for 'bubble tax' on homes

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Homeowners must be charged penalty taxes on their properties if the UK is to avoid a future housing crash, say one of the Bank of England's policymakers.

The Mess That Greenspan Made found this 3 days ago on telegraph.co.uk

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, Bank of England

Tom Brokaw Involved in Fatal Car Accident

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:02:45 +0000

Former Anchor and Wife "Saddened" By Loss of Life After Woman Thrown From Vehicle and Killed

Rover found this 21 hours ago on cbsnews.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, NBC

Former Guantanamo detainee now al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula's Mufti

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:03:00 +0000

Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish, al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula's Mufti. A former Guantanamo detainee has emerged as a leading ideologue and theologian for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates in the world. Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish ...

Jihad Watch found this 12 hours ago on longwarjournal.org

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

Why a cap-and-trade system can be bad for your health

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 07:03:13 +0000

Daniel Gros , 5 December 2009 The purpose of a cap-and-trade system is to help in the fight against global climate change. This column warns that a unilateral approach could increase global emissions by shifting production to more carbon-intensive methods abroad. Acting alone, the EU’s Emission ...

Economist's View found this 13 hours ago on VoxEU.org

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Cheap Oil is Here to Stay; Forget "Peak Oil," We Now Have "Peak Demand," We'll Never Run Out

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:59:00 +0000

CNN Money -- A growing number of experts are saying that oil prices will remain well below $100 a barrel as the economy remains fragile and efficiency measures kick in. "The world will never run out of oil," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a recent research note, echoing the old logic that ...

Scrivener.net found this 15 hours ago on mjperry.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Commodities, Oil, Deutsche Bank

The Public Choice of the Ancient Hebrews

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:59:00 +0000

(December 4, 2009 12:18 AM, by Bryan Caplan) I just finished Richard Friedman's Who Wrote the Bible? It's a classic popularization of the Documentary Hypothesis, which claims that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) is actually a medley of four earlier sources called J (the...

Scrivener.net found this 15 hours ago on econlog.econlib.org

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Aaron's

Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945 (video)

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:16:21 +0000

Herr Professor has his latest manuscript reviews back, and he's not thrilled with the editorial decision.

Organizations and Markets found this 3 days ago on youtube.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Peer Steinbrück

Bernanke’s Two Magic Numbers: 60 and 16

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:46:23 +0000

Bernanke’s Two Magic Numbers: 60 and 16

Abnormal Returns found this 2 days ago on blogs.wsj.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, 60 Minutes, Ben Bernanke

What Brown can do to you

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:03:23 +0000

Originally posted 2008-03-27 17:30:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGo figure: United Parcel Service Inc., the world’s largest package-delivery company, sued a lawyer in Lakewood, N.J., for trademark infringement. Samuel Z. Brown, of The Law Offices of Samuel Z. Brown, infringed the ...

Ron Coleman posted 3 days ago from likelihoodofconfusion.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, Gordon Brown

New Debtor's Revolt (video)

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 05:27:40 +0000

There is a growing movement happening. Not to mention the debtors revolt and now an increasing number of people (Workers) going against the grain. God bless this girl and her courage to stand up for YOU.

jackieramos posted 14 hours ago from youtube.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other

Don't expand the Fed's roles and responsibilities

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:49:34 +0000

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who ...

EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty found this 2 days ago on washingtonpost.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, Federal Reserve

Lowly Nets set mark for futility with 18th straight loss

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:42:00 +0000

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) All those losses in what's now the worst start in NBA history had already beaten down the New Jersey Nets. So when the Dallas Mavericks hit them with a 49-point second quarter, the Nets simply had no fight left.

Rover found this 47 hours ago on search.japantimes.co.jp

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Mark Cuban

Line in the sand

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 01:59:00 +0000

The line in the sand was drawn for many commodity stocks today. Take a look at these levels: ANR bounced on the trend-line today. If you're a bull, you want this to hold: The 50 SMA stopped the bleeding on BTU. Through this level and next stop is the trend-line at 40, and if that doesn't ...

hcpg posted 18 hours ago from highchartpatterns.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks

Press Releases - PR-220-2009 12/4/2009

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:11:00 +0000

State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, Assumes All of the Deposits of First Security National Bank, Norcross, Georgia First Security National Bank, Norcross, Georgia, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance ...

Calculated Risk found this 21 hours ago on fdic.gov

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, FDIC

Press Releases - PR-219-2009 12/4/2009

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:11:00 +0000

State Bank and Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, Assumes All of the Deposits of the Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia The Buckhead Community Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ...

Calculated Risk found this 21 hours ago on fdic.gov

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, FDIC

Sen. Gregg's GOP Tactics For Political Obstruction Of Healthcare Reform Laid Bare

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:21:44 +0000

Instead of developing substantive proposals to reform the U.S. healthcare system, Senate Republicans have assembled a point-by-point plan designed to do nothing but stall and obstruct the Democrats' reform legislation, the Senate majority leader charges.

MediaMan posted 19 hours ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, Republican

Doing business just to keep your employees employed? Noble idea, but a failing strategy

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:16:36 +0000

We must review this issue again, as I continue to talk to small business owners who tell me they are accepting marginal business, even loss leaders, non profitable business just to keep their men employed. This must stop. There is no logic whatsoever to this strategy and in the end all it ...

dtod@comcast.net posted 19 hours ago from dtod.wordpress.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Steve Jobs

How to successfully buy or sell a business in this down economy

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:07:59 +0000

Want to buy a business but the owner won’t lower the price so he can pay off his debt? Want to sell a business to get rid of your debt but because of declining revenues you cannot get your price, or anywhere near it? We have a solution. We see this every day, a nice previously ...

dtod@comcast.net posted 20 hours ago from dtod.wordpress.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Foreclosure Crisis

Workouts do not allow for many important financial and lifestyle expenses.

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:53:46 +0000

Surprise, many commitments you have made will not be tolerated in a workout, be prepared to make some difficult adjustments. The most blatant example of commitments made that must be undone to conclude a favorable workout, is the tithe. Despite religious convictions, and personal beliefs, ...

dtod@comcast.net posted 20 hours ago from dtod.wordpress.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, Financial Crisis

Unemployment Rate Falls to 10%

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:26:00 +0000

U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers. Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last month, slowing down from a downwardly revised ...

CARPE DIEM found this 29 hours ago on online.wsj.com

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Stocks, Dow Jones & Company, Unemployment

New York Community Bank, Westbury, New York, Assumes All of the Deposits of AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:12:00 +0000

New York Community Bank, Westbury, New York, Assumes All of the Deposits of AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, was closed today by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, ...

Calculated Risk found this 20 hours ago on fdic.gov

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Government, FDIC

Father of Amanda Knox 'very hopeful' as Kercher jury retires to consider verdict

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:59:46 +0000

The father of Amanda Knox said today that he was “very hopeful” that his daughter would be acquitted of murdering the British student Meredith Kecher as the jury retired to consider its verdict at the end of the 11-month trial.

Rover found this 33 hours ago on feeds.timesonline.co.uk

Find more top finance news, videos, and blogs on WallStreetBlips: Other, British Retail Consortium