realy deep in heebs

What is striking about 2008 is that so many of the stocks that showed up in the penny-stock category were household names, or at least well-known on Wall Street. They include retailers Rite Aid (RAD), Pier 1 Imports (PIR), and Eddie Bauer (EBHI); radio broadcasters Westwood One (WON) and Sirius XM Radio (SIRI); auto-parts giants Dana Holding (DAN) and Noble International (NOBL); and financials Friedman Billings Ramsey Group (FBR) and Thornburg Mortgage (THMR). As a category, penny stocks have attracted even more attention as AIG (AIG) entered their realm and Citigroup (C) hovered near it.

Cramer: Don't Be a Debbie Downer on Financial Stocks
Jim Cramer says we need failures in private equity before investors can be negative.

Click here to watch the video.

Pharmaceutical Product Dev. (PPDI) was upgraded to Buy rating from Neutral at UBS. Price target upped to $55 from $45 and FY 2008 eps estimates lift to $1.83 from $1.70.

Financial Federal (FBR) said it is downgrading FIF to an Underperform rating as reserve build will negatively affect earnings. Target price is $18.

Not really sure

Investment Banking (structured as a REIT, however)

form 4 activity
RSI

appreciation & dfividend

Beaten down stock should have upside for high percentage gain.

lousy management

Do not trust them. Looks like they play game with private venture capital fund at expenses of stockholders.

Bad mortage paper.

Financial Instability - Low Yield

Yield and growth

mavens pick