The biggest bear of all, Dr. Doom (Marc Faber), discusses the future of the euro and whether a global catastrophe is on the way, with CNBC's Brian Sullivan and the Money In Motion traders.

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:43 GMT

Barry Sine, Drexel Hamilton and Paul Miller, FBR Capital Markets, share their take on JPMorgan as the charts tumble amid trading losses; and discussing Facebook's IPO, Sine says, "This is an IPO that doesn't work and if it hasn't worked the first day, then I don't think it's going to work."

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:24 GMT

Felix Salmon submits:
Clare Baldwin and Sarah Lynch are unambiguous: “As U.S. regulators review rules on shares issued by private companies,” they write, “they must not make it too easy for hot Internet companies such as Facebook or Twitter to avoid the scrutiny that goes along with an initial public offering.”
They're talking, of course, about the letter which SEC chairman Mary Schapiro sent to Darrell Issa on Wednesday. It's a long and pretty boring document, and it's certainly not as revolutionary as some of the press coverage would make you think. Jean Eaglesham, who broke the news without printing the letter, set the tone of the subsequent discussion by saying that the SEC review “could remake the way American start-ups raise capital,” “would upend the normal path for fledgling companies to raise funds,” and “could shut out many ordinary investors from one of the fastest-growing market sectors.”
But it's hard to see
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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:54:54 -0400

Kapitall submits:
Below we present you with a list of four companies releasing earnings this week that have seen significant insider buying over the last six months.

If you're interested in getting ahead of the market, this list might offer you an interesting starting point given that managers are buying into their own companies. Full details below.
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1. Bank of America Corporation (BAC): Banking Industry. Market cap of $136.43B. Earnings release scheduled for April 15. Net shares purchased by insiders over the last six months at 79,500 shares, which represents a 1.8% increase in insider ownership. Note that this is a risky stock that is significantly more volatile than the overall market (beta = 2.21). The stock has lost 27.53% over the last year.



2. SUPERVALU Inc. (SVU): Grocery Stores Industry. Market cap of $2.0B. Earnings release scheduled for April 14. Net shares purchased by insiders over the
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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:19:01 -0400

Price Headley submits:

The bulls just didn't have enough gas in the tank to make it three weeks in a row. The lack of gain, however, isn't even the alarming part; stocks only lost ground to a tiny degree. The red flag is the shape of the chart and the way things progressed over the last five days.
We'll look at that idea in detail below. First up though, a quick review of the major economic numbers.
Economic Calendar
Last week was minimal in terms of economic data flow, and only a small amount of the small amount we got actually meant anything. What's that? Unemployment claims – both new and continuing – sank a tad (not enough), while consumer credit levels soared well beyond expectations (up $7.6 billion versus the forecasted $2.0 billion increase).
The coming week will be more turbulent; here are the biggies to watch for, in that they actually
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