alephblog.com - 8/28/2009
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When Robert Benmosche was named CEO of AIG, I thought it was a good thing. Ed Liddy, possibly tired of the abuse, wanted to move on. Liddy was primarily skilled with personal lines P&C insurance, which was a small part of AIG, and has been sold off. Benmosche’s skills extend to ...
zerohedge.com - 8/22/2009
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zerohedge.com —
Since the beginning of July, the most prominent
feature of the market has been the divergence in...
volume between financials and "all other" stocks. While overall stock market volume has been flat if not down over the past two months, and a continuation ...
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Five Financial Stocks Dominating Market Volume
vixandmore.blogspot.com - 8/31/2009
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vixandmore.blogspot.com —
Back in September 2007, when I thought the
markets were a little too frothy, I created a...
list of Overripe High Fliers . A few weeks later, in From Overripe to Vulnerable? I took the current list of 14 overripe high flier stocks that had been drawing a great deal of speculative attention into ...
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JunkDEX Tracks Speculative Frenzy in Junk Financials
traderfeed.blogspot.com - 8/30/2009
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traderfeed.blogspot.com —
This story began with simple reader inquiries concerning
a stock market indicator called TRIN and their perceptions...
that TRIN was "broken". For the uninitiated, TRIN assesses the proportion of stock exchange volume that is going to advancing ...
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More on the Massive Trading Volumes in Troubled ...
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AIG Bubble: Irrational Exuberance (By Janet Tavakoli)
The Daily Bail —
... is currently worth zero, whatever manic depressive Mr. Market may say today. It is likely to remain zero based on AIG’s own analysis of its future over the next few years. In fact, its obligations to the U.S. Treasury would trade at a discount today. The only reason AIG’s stock should trade above zero today is if you believe crony capitalism will fund the birth of an AIG clone—in other words if you believe AIG’s future will be a rigged game. ...
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