Hedge Funds Lose Tons Of Money After Family Dollar Drops 7%

  Hedge Funds Lose Tons Of Money After Family Dollar Drops 7% By Bob Luochang Yu Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO) drops about 7% today after the company reported its 10Q for fiscal first-quarter…


BlackRock And Pimco-Led Group Targets Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Securities - Forbes

BlackRock And Pimco-Led Group Targets Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Securities While Bank of America saw a steady decline in share price leading up to their agreement to pay the $8.5 billion dollar…


Five Dumb Things Investors Do With Their Money

Five Dumb Things Investors Do With Their Money Investors are human.  We all make mistakes with our money, yet for some reason it's the losses we remember most rather than the successes; the instances…


Get Asymmetrical in 2012 - Barrons.com

Get Asymmetrical in 2012 By STEVEN M. SEARS | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Learn to look at the stock market through the options market. Options are arguably the most sensitive instruments for divining…


Transocean Stock Appears to Have Bottomed - Barrons.com

A Smooth Transition for Transocean By DIMITRA DEFOTIS | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR With the oil field service company's stock near a 52-week low after CFO Ricardo Rosa suddenly resigned, we see deep…


Bank of America Blows Past $6 as Financials Surge - Stocks To Watch Today - Barrons.com

Bank of America Blows Past $6 as Financials Surge Bank of America (BAC) has recently displayed a strong reaction to headlines, especially having dipped below the $5 handle just over a week ago.…


Options Traders See Higher Volatility Ahead - Barrons.com

Bracing for a Return of Volatility By STEVEN M. SEARS | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Savvy options traders are taking advantage of the subdued VIX to buy low-cost protection   On Thursday, the stock…


Hedge Funds End 2011 on a Very Bad Note - NYTimes.com

Hedge Funds End 2011 on a Very Bad Note By KEVIN ROOSE and AZAM AHMED When the history books are written, 2011 may go down as the dark ages for hedge funds. Last year was dismal for hedge fund…


Big downside potential if this controversial deal gets killed by emboldened Obama Justice department anti-monopolists

So the detailed Morningstar analysis is summarized below: What if the Obama Justice Department nixes this deal? If they didn't like AT&T and an also ran T-Mobile combining for anti-competitive…