Supply chain problems and competition take Toyota down to Aa3….
Comments »Monthly Archives: June 2011
Greece, Germany, Portugal and Spain are Expected to Have Banks Failing ECB Stress Tests
10-15 banks out of 91 are expected to fail stress test designed to show the banks can stand on their own two feet.
Comments »MSFT Moves Office Suite Software to the Cloud
Outlook email, Excel spreadsheets, and SharePoint collaboration tools move to the cloud this week.
Comments »Global Central Banks See The Dollar Losing Fiat Reserve Status
Thankfully if this happen it is estimated to happen over a long period of time.
Comments »Fund Managers Round Table
Global funds have rebounded nicely, but have failed to surpass peak assets seen in 2007. Fund managers meet in Monaco to discuss how and where to make money.
Comments »U.S. Beef Exports Rise as Fears of Mad Cow Disease Fade
The U.S. has increased exports of beef in 2011 despite doubling exports over the past four years….
Comments »Asian Markets Hold Overnight Gains on Hopes of a Greek Debt Solution
The Euro Falls on Greek Debt Worries
The Euro reversed early gains and is now trading approximately 1.42E to the Yen
Comments »Inflation Holds Steady Above 2% in Germany and Greater Europe
Steady inflation puts a wrench in the ECB engine when dealing with Greek debt problems as interest rate hikes would hinder bailouts…
Comments »Google Gets Sued in France For Advertising Query Manipulation
1PlusV, a publisher in France, filed a lawsuit for 295 million Euros for said anti- competitive behavior….
Comments »European Markets Pare Gains and U.S. Futures Move into Slightly Negative Territory
George Papandreou called on his country’s lawmakers to back tougher austerity measures; which pared gains on European markets taking Germany into the red.
Comments »Global Filings for IPOs Catch up to 2007 Levels
European deals have seen the highest rate of deal pulling, but for the most part filings are up. This quarter were looking at around 720 + companies filing for initial share offerings….
Comments »Gold and Oil Manage to Hold Some of Their Overnight Gains
Greek Protesters Take Demonstrations to the Next Level
Anarchists begin to turn protests into something a little more violent and destructive….
Comments »CNBC: Bob Parker Says Banks are Forming a Bottom
Bob Parker, Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management, said in an CNBC interview “banks are forming a bottom” based upon value propositions and three years of gross underperformance.
Related: he also believes investors should swap out of western companies with emerging market exposure for emerging market companies, based upon the premise that monetary policy will cease tightening, helping set the tone for outperformance.
He suggested making that trade “now” or within the “next three weeks.”
Comments »Mega Cap Companies with Smaller Caps than Facebook
Recent investment by GSVC puts FBOOK valuation at $70 bill. The following giants of industry are now smaller than Facebook,
No. Ticker Market Cap
1 MT 50,140,000,000
2 SHPGY 50,280,000,000
3 DEO 50,790,000,000
4 ACL 50,800,000,000
5 F 51,120,000,000
6 GLD 51,333,367,098
7 AIG 51,760,000,000
8 DB 51,840,000,000
9 CHA 52,110,000,000
10 V 52,130,000,000
11 BA 52,880,000,000
12 AMGN 53,810,000,000
13 FTE 53,960,000,000
14 EMC 54,530,000,000
15 UNH 55,290,000,000
16 MO 56,040,000,000
17 HD 56,050,000,000
18 ABB 56,440,000,000
19 CAJ 57,190,000,000
20 SU 58,890,000,000
21 AXP 59,550,000,000
22 KFT 60,650,000,000
23 NTT 61,580,000,000
24 BNS 63,430,000,000
25 TSM 64,940,000,000
26 CAT 64,960,000,000
27 MMM 65,550,000,000
28 MTU 65,620,000,000
29 UBS 65,990,000,000
30 CMCSA 67,140,000,000
31 AZN 67,210,000,000
32 WBK 67,310,000,000
33 GS 67,670,000,000
34 NVO 68,190,000,000
Fun With The International Mafia Federation
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Comments »Companies Begin To Spend Cash
Companies are spending cash and some are hopeful this will stimulate the economy.
Hopefully productivity gains will ease a little an we can see unemployment tick down some….
Comments »SEC to Widen Investigation of Stifel Financial on CDO Sales
If you have to ask if CDOs are suitable for schools and widen your probe then maybe you should not be a regulator…oh and why not investigate the top 15 banks while your at it.
Comments »Japan Explores An Aid Package For TEPCO
The aid package is about $2.8 billion and will go to help TEPCO with radiation monitoring…..
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