FTB - Top Yesterday

Icahn Mulling Yahoo Proxy Fight

finblogger — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:28:25 -0400

Carl Icahn, it seems, bought a cool 50 million Yahoo! shares in the past week alone, worth about $1.3 billion which gives him a 3.5% stake in Yahoo! Inc., and is now said to be considering a proxy fight with the Yahoo Board. He has also sent out feelers to Microsoft, trying to get them to reopen negotiations.

Barron's Analyst Recommends Oceaneering International (OII)

ceoblogger — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:09:46 -0400

Barron's analyst recommends Oceaneering International as demand for deepwater exploration for oil and natural gas continues to increase, and company's stock has dropped 20% since last October (creating a buying opportunity).

Retail Sales Data Show We’re In Recession (or at least acting like we are)

realist123 — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:02:39 -0400

Wal-Mart & Costco show good earnings, translates into a recession.

Price of oil passes $122 a barrel

neelakantha — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:58 -0400

The price of a barrel of oil has passed the $122 mark for the first time. US light crude hit a fresh high of $122.73 in New York trading, while London's Brent crude has passed $120 for the first time, hitting $120.99.

Massachusetts Endowment Tax Debate Heats Up

finblogger — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:32:25 -0400

Rep. Paul Kujawski of Webster, MA, sponsored an amendment to the House budget for studying whether university endowments worth over $1 billion in the state should be slapped with a 2.5% tax. This has a created a little storm in academic circles in MA, with every two bit economist and every major media outlet coming out against the proposal.

Combining Fundamental and technical analysis

goodmast3r — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:05:18 -0400

There has been many discussion about which strategy is better, fundamental analysis or tehcnical analysis. Technical aproach has been reinforced by trading software which can be used to predict price based on price simulation. The technical analysis is easier to use than fundamental. But when the market crash on October 1987, traders started to pay attention on the fundamentals.

Berkshire Meeting Recap - Things You Didn't Read in the Mainstream Media

Travisbickle — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:15:27 -0400

Here are some good quotes from the Berkshire meeting in Omaha that took place last weekend. Most of these were not reported in the mainstream media...

Billionaire Born - Commodity Bull Run Over?

HF Markets — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:55:25 -0400

"When the LBO firms went public, the next day, the game was up,” said Jarislowsky, whose firm manages about $56 billion. “Why is he going public? If it’s going that well, why would you let anybody in on it? Why doesn’t he just sell to his partners?”