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Dendreon Halted And Reopened After The Stock Spikes Triggering Circuit...
UPDATE:Cancer drug developer Dendreon announced Q4 revenue early. And revenue was good. Gross product revenue jumped 230% year-over-year to $82 million. This also represents a 25% increase from Q3....
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First Year Sales Of Volt Fall Short Of Chevy's Goal, But Still Beat Toyota's...
While the Volt fell short of selling Chevy's goal of 10,000 cars in 2011, it still outsold one of its main competitors, just not in the way you might think. According to Fox News, Chevy only sold...
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BLACKROCK SEES 2012 MIRACLE: Stocks Will Rise While Earnings Disappoint! (SPY)
Last week, BlackRock's Bob Doll released his 10 Predictions for 2012. Today, Doll released a detailed version of his list, with full commentary and a lot of quantitative forecasts. BlackRock's...
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Italy Gets Demolished And European Markets Limp To A Disastrous Close
European markets in Spain and Italy tanked today, hit by negative headlines from all sides. The German DAX, British FTSE 100, and French CAC limped along, weighed down by the periphery. Last month's...
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The 12 Biggest Questions For Apple In 2012 (AAPL)
This is going to be a really big year for Apple. It's set up to totally overhaul its iPhone line, introduce a television set for the first time ever, and perhaps most importantly, try to stay on top...
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Here's The Real Reason The British Prime Minister Is Desperately Trying To...
At the end of last year, I have written two stories on the United Kingdom and in particular its Prime-Minister David Cameron: PM David Cameron of the United Kingdom is ‘stuck between a rock and a hard...
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This Is NOT What Socialism Looks Like
This guest post previously appeared at The Bonddad Blog One of the thing that really infuriates me about our political dialog is how politicians throw words around which have absolutely no basis in...
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Dan Loeb Just Revealed A Huge New Position In His Most Recent Investor Note
Whereas we have already noted that Dan Loeb's Third Point closed 2011 unchanged due to a disappointing December, today we note that according to his latest monthly performance update Loeb appears to...
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Bank Of America Is Exploding Higher -- Is This Blog Post The Reason Why?
Shares of Bank of America are up 8% today and are now back above $6.20/share. What's going on? We're not sure, but.... There's some trader chatter going around that it has to do with gossip about...
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A Punch To The Mouth—Food Price Volatility Hits The World
Perfect Storms 2011 was an abysmal year for the global insurance industry, which had to cover yet another enormous increase in damages from natural disasters. Unknown to most casual observers is the...
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Here's Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Tomorrow's Big Jobs Report
Tomorrow (Friday) the BLS will release the December Employment Situation Summary at 8:30 AM ET. Bloomberg is showing the consensus is for an increase of 150,000 payroll jobs in December, and for the...
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Federal Reserve: Here's How Fannie And Freddie Are Hurting The Housing Market
The Federal Reserve has put out a white paper on the housing market. There’s a lot in there to digest so I’ll be picking out points and writing up posts as I go through it. One point that shows up...
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STOCKS RALLY AGAIN AFTER GREAT NEWS ABOUT JOBS: Here's What You Need To Know...
You would think that the jobs data we got today would've sparked a monster rally. But we also got some weak guidance that made investors a bit more skeptical. Nevertheless, the 2012 rally continues....
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Jeffrey Gundlach Speaks On The Markets And The Economy
Legendary bond manager Jeff Gundlach is just gave his first presentation of the 2012. You can see the whole thing here. A few interesting takeaways: -Italian yields are high, but they would be much...
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UH OH: A Major Dow Component Just Announced Capacity Cuts Of 12% (AA)
Global aluminum producer Alcoa has announced it will cut global capacity smelting by 12%, or approximately 531,000 metric tons. Alcoa is targeting the reductions to reduce excess supply in the market...
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CHART OF THE DAY: The Final Word On ADP, The Most Controversial Economic...
This morning we got some great news on the jobs front: ADP, the payroll company, said that 325K new private sector jobs were created in December. Of course, that's got everyone excited for the BLS'...
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A Raid On A Luxury Ski Resort Has Uncovered The True Scale Of Tax Evasion In...
A raid by Italian tax officials on a luxury ski resort revealed dire rates of tax evasion, reports the Telegraph. Officials traced the license plates of several of the Lamborginis, Ferraris and other...
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There's A Revolution Coming In Global Finance
HONG KONG – In March 2011, the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that hit Japan halted production of key components on which many global supply chains depend. The sudden...
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JEFFREY GUNDLACH: This Presentation Has Every Chart You Need To Understand...
Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Funds just wrapped up a conference call with clients, which included this presentation, the first of 2012. In it, Gundlach reviews what happened in the financial...
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The Best Way To Reduce Risk In The Banking System Is To Stop Rewarding It
In the previous section I argued that some opponents of a stock transaction tax bill actually give evidence that supports the imposition of such a tax since their proposed cost—a 10% drop in the stock...
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