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The Financial Crisis: Views From the Private-Equity Front	Our friends at sister Dow Jones publication Private Equity Analyst asked a number of people in the private-equity industry what they make of the debt crisis and its likely effect on the business. Here’s a sampling of those responses: Buyout Robert S. Morris, managing partner, Olympus Partners If the current drama does not end with there being only one U.S. bank, one U.S. auto manufacturer and one U.S. insurance company, each of which report to government-appointed Soviets to make operating...	October 09, 2008
Bank Capital-Raisings Are an Inside Job	In these vengeful markets, companies need to raise money to stay afloat. But they can’t reveal that they are planning to raise money, or else their stock price becomes a victim of roiling markets. What to do? Simply pick a group of deep-pocketed investors, designate them “insiders,” and swear them to secrecy while collecting their money. As financial institutions reach out for more capital-raisings, there has been a corresponding increase in the popularity of so-called &ldquo...	October 01, 2008
Comfort Zone Investing: Overweight doesn't mean speculate	Filed under: Dell (DELL), General Motors (GM), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), CIT Group (CIT), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Washington Mutual (WM), U.S. Steel (X), Deere and Co (DE), Wells Fargo (WFC), Comfort Zone InvestingTed Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth And Sleep Well At Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started. You may see a recommendation to "overweight" a stock or sector. An analyst is b...	August 16, 2008
Lone Star loves toxic mortgages	Filed under: Deals, Industry, Private equity, CIT Group (CIT), Merrill Lynch (MER)Lately, there's been lots of dire talk about the private equity world. Returns are likely to be much lower and perhaps there will be many firms that shut down.Indeed, such things may turn out to be true.However, whenever there is extreme turbulence and a pervasive credit crunch, there are also big opportunities to make money. Just look at Apollo Management and Cerberus Capital. Both firms made a killing during the ...	July 30, 2008
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Mid August	Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.There are over 30 stocks going ex-dividend in mid August. The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, and yields over 1%. Several stocks...	July 26, 2008
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Early August	There are over 35 stocks going ex-dividend in early August. Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, yields over 1%, and are going ex...	July 18, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - July 1, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. U.S. Stock Futures Tumble, Tracking Overseas Selloff The third quarter looked set for a grim start, as U.S. stock-index futures tracked steep declines overseas on concerns about rising oil prices and the downtrodden financial sector. UBS Sets Board Overhaul, Adopts New Governance Rules ZURICH — UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) Tuesday said it adopted new corporate-governance rules and ushered in major board changes to deflate...	July 01, 2008
Barclays, The Godfather, and the New World Wide Web of Cash Infusions	In “The Godfather,” Michael Corleone shares the advice he learned from his father: “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” So it is with the modern-day global banking system, in which rivalries are being redrawn on the basis of financial expediency. Witness the supplication of the British bank Barclays to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui for a cash infusion of more than $900 million. The Barclays-Sumitomo talks prompted Deal Journal to think about the Japanese ...	June 20, 2008
Stocks to consider under $10 from CNBC	Filed under: Forecasts, Ford Motor (F), Motorola (MOT), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), CIT Group (CIT), Economic dataDragged down by the challenging market conditions, many stocks have fallen under $10 lately. CNBC's Cindy Perman suggests that some of these stocks could be become good investments for traders. However, not everything that is cheap could be such a good bargain, Perman reminds us. You must always do your homework on potential investment before buying.For example, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) fell...	June 19, 2008
Stock picks under $10, 10 worst managed companies & historic site foreclosures	Filed under: Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), Pfizer (PFE), Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), Motorola (MOT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Money and Finance Today, Boston Scientific (BSX), Circuit City Stores (CC), CIT Group (CIT), Kellogg Co (K), Sears Holdings (SHLD), FedEx Corp (FDX), Morgan Stanley (MS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Liz Claiborne (LIZ)In the News: · Morgan Stanley 2Q Profit Plunges 57% · FedEx...	June 18, 2008

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