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With a new Administration in the wings, and the financial crisis, if not resolved, somehow moving into a state where we can think about something besides today's Dow Jones, thought leaders are starting to emerge with suggestions on lessons learned and what to fix.  Some of the most interestin ... Read more

Financial services, as a sector, has been clobbered.  Bankruptcy, forced takeover, government support -- no news here, the situation is dire.  Basically, if a firm is associated with subprime or CDS or, now, consumer credit, the news is horrible.  I'm not telling you anything you do ... Read more

Day traders might appreciate high market volatility, but lending banks like the once proud Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, who rely on successful short term funding to keep their banks solvent, do not. With the former heading into bankruptcy, and the latter being purchased by Bank of America, i ... Read more

Morgan Stanley has made several key downgrades in technology, as well as a few lesser upgrades.  Both IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) were downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight.  Also cut to underweight were Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) and Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK).  ... Read more

I've long recommended just letting everyone write their tax checks directly to Wall Street management. Would save a mint in clerical expenses. Looks like we should start at JP Morgan. Morgan Stanley revealed today that it had set aside 72 percent of its second-quarter revenue for compensa ... Read more

FINTAG COMMENT Feeding frenzie. Let's face it. This blog is at the bottom of the pile of financial news, propaganda and analysis that permeates our brains every second of the day. So why I get tens of thousands of you hanging onto my typos and ramblings every day is quite frankly silly. ... Rea ... Read more

This is a very important week for earnings from brokerage firms (or the new bank holding companies).  Tomorrow morning we have earnings from Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and on Wednesday morning we have earnings from Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).  Because of the new de-leveraged ... Rea ... Read more