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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Volkswagen’s Bizarre Trading Bug	Trading in Volkswagen shares Tuesday has been a bit, well, buggy. (Howstuffworks.com) Christoph Rauwald and Sarah Turner of Dow Jones Newswires report: Volkswagen shares soared more than 50% in Frankfurt to an all-time high of 452 Tuesday, as a short squeeze combined with the collapse of the spread between the ordinary and preferred shares forced hedge funds to chase the shares to fill short positions, according to traders. “When prices increase, the calculation of their share expos...	October 07, 2008
TiVo/Nero Team Up to Offer PC-Based TiVo System	Remember back in November, we told you about Tivo jumping in the sack with Nero AG? Me either. Later today, presumably in the afternoon when everyone is awake, they will finally announce the software kit that will turn your PC into a Tivo box. Set to launch on October 15th, the Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC will retail for $199, but those with a built-in TV tuner can opt for just the software, which will go for $99. The kit also entitles you to a year’s subscription with renewal fees of an additi...	September 29, 2008
A Weekend of Bank Takeovers Has Futures Reeling	Another rough weekend has put the markets in a sour mood headed into the opening bell Monday. While the U.S. government managed to put together a $700 billion bailout package to buy up Wall Street’s toxic assets, several bank failures overseas, along with the announcement of Citigroup’s purchase of what remains of Wachovia, has futures dropping sharply ahead of the start of trading. Last week investors were worried that the bailout would not pass. Now, the bailout feels like pushing ...	September 29, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Lehman Talk Ratigan moved the conversation on to the general market action. Jeff Macke explained that the Lehman Brothers (LEH) news was hanging over the market all day. The “Chart of the Day” was Lehman Brothers. The stock had a huge volume spike mid-day and shares finished sharply lower by 44%. Pete Najarian said the market is concerned about Lehman right now with all the activity in the put options. “The more the government has to be involved the less ...	September 09, 2008
Stockerblog.com Exclusive: Interview with Ken Fisher – Part 7	Brains, Benchmarks, and Best SectorsStockerblog.com had the pleasure of recently interviewing Ken Fisher, head of the $30 billion Fisher Asset Management, a very long time Forbes columnist, and author of the books Super Stocks, The Wall Street Waltz, 100 Minds That Made the Market, and The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't. He is also coming out with a new book in the Fall, The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!), publis...	September 08, 2008
Stockerblog.com Exclusive: Interview with Ken Fisher – Part 1	The Price Sales RatioStockerblog.com had the pleasure of recently interviewing Ken Fisher, head of the $30 billion Fisher Asset Management, a very long time Forbes columnist, and author of the books Super Stocks, The Wall Street Waltz, 100 Minds That Made the Market, and The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't. He is also coming out with a new book in the Fall, The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!), published by Wiley.St...	August 24, 2008
Top High Priced Share Stocks	Everyone is looking for a low share price bargain. But what about the high priced shares? There are plenty of great stocks, besides Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A), that sell for over $100 a share.Here are some stocks, all trading in excess of $100 a share, that have P/E ratios less than 20, PEG ratios less than 1, market caps above $15 billion, and all but one pay a dividend.Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) the large investment banking firm, has the highest priced shares on the l...	August 21, 2008
More Lead Paint Tantrum's and True Irony...	Irony first since it is soooo sweet here.. Remember the DuPont (DD) "settlment" with the State of Rhode Island that at the time allowed them to be dropped from further litigation and left Sherwin Williams (SHW) and NL Industries (NL) the target of a billion(s) dollar lawsuit? Yeah, the one in which the "settlement" money when to the RI AG's Alma Mater, The International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a DuPont controlled charity?I know what you are saying, "I...	August 19, 2008
Sherwin Williams Files Response in Legal Cost Issue	Once again Jane Genova got the scoop. Jane probably had a copy of the response before the Court Clerk in RI did. Sherwin Williams (SHW) has officially filed its response to RI. Anyway, here is her postThe line that gets me:"Here you can download the Rhode Island lead defendants' rebuttal of the state's contention of sovereign immunity as well as the state's argument that costs should be denied because defendants' "failed to exhaust the remedies available to them from the outset."Exhaust remedies...	August 13, 2008
SEC Naked Short List	On July 15, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission came out with an emergency order which said that effective July 21, no short selling may take place in any of the following stocks unless the trader "borrowed or arranged to borrow the security or otherwise has the security that is being shorted available to borrow in its inventory prior to effecting such short sale and delivers the security on settlement date". In other words, strictly enforcing the "no naked short sale" rule.Maybe there ...	August 13, 2008

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