Topic: Financial Markets

Stocks started September with a bang as investors cheered a rare dose of good economic news but investors may need to buckle in for the coming ...
Clint Carlson's hedge fund firm Carlson Capital just filed a 13D with the SEC regarding shares of Hot Topic (HOTT). Due to portfolio activity on...

Hedging bets on takeover decision

HEDGE funds have flocked to the key companies involved in the proposed National Australia Bank and Axa Asia Pacific merger.. . They are taking huge...

Hedge Funds Applaud the 'I-Profit'

Computer geeks and electronics freaks are not the only ones applauding Apple's new line of iPods, a new device for the Internet-television market ...

Market to open higher on US lead

The Australian share market is expected to open higher when trade resumes on Monday after a better than expected US jobs report eased concerns ...

Israel stocks up; deals in property, cars in focus

Israel stocks advanced on Sunday, led by strength in energy, real estate and the banks.. . In the real-estate sector, Melisron Ltd. said in a...

Apocalypse and Bubbles

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, VC, angel, Facebook board member, and hedge fund manager, has penned a long and thoughtful piece about the possibility...

Sunday links: lacking leadership

Doug Kass thinks shorting bond may be the trade of the year. (TheStreet). . Josh Brown, "Stocks need strength in other stocks at this junction."...

Over the Hedge: Investment Banker Busted Farming the Green

Here's a hilarious story coming the internet's way from Zombie Forbes/Slant: an executive at a billion-dollar hedge fund was caught running an...
I don't have to tell you that this is a very tough time for our country. Millions of our neighbors have been swept up in the worst recession in...