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Hedge Funds Can't Stop Buying Apple

Mon, 12/13/2010 - 09:58 by Eric Bleeker

 With the way Apple  (Nasdaq: AAPL) not only straddles the burgeoning tablet and smartphone markets but also holds sway across the computer, home-entertainment, and media fields, the moves it makes can have an impact on the future of hundreds of companies. With that in mind, we're taking a look at the week in Apple news to see how the latest activity affects the Cupertino giant, its suppliers, and even its competitors.

 

Arbitron Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

Fri, 12/10/2010 - 12:26 by Sean Williams

 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

10 Things I Wish WikiLeaks Would Release

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 12:33 by Nick Kapur

 Each morning, the world is greeted with new, fascinating, and potentially very dangerous disclosures on the WikiLeaks website. Abuzz with the possibility of what might be next and whose names might be exposed, politicos and plebeians alike are hooked.

 

It's Time to Buy Bank of America and JPMorgan

Tue, 11/02/2010 - 11:42 by Anand Chokkavelu

 This article is part of our Rising Star Portfolios series.

The Fool Looks Ahead

Sun, 10/10/2010 - 09:54 by Rick Aristotle ...

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As the new trading week kicks off, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) hosts a media event that's likely to include the unveiling of the Windows Phone 7 platform. Mr. Softy is more than a little late to the smartphone space, and it has a lot of ground to make up if it wants to contend in this hot field.

7 Stocks the World's Greatest Hedge Fund Managers Love

Wed, 09/15/2010 - 00:48 by Morgan Housel

Niccolo Machiavelli put it best:

Robert Shiller: "More Than a 50% Chance" for a Double Dip

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:58 by Jennifer Schonberger

It can't happen to us again. This time it's different. This is a popular attitude about the U.S. economy. As we watched bank earnings from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) to Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC)rocket back from the depths of the crisis, and gross domestic product bounce back, victory was declared. The worst was over. And while growth wouldn't be as robust as traditionally seen coming out of such a sharp recession, we'd have sustainable growth.

A Less Profitable Future for Goldman and Wall Street

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 12:41 by Andrew Bond

Lawrence G. McDonald is the author of New York Times bestseller A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers. McDonald was a former Vice President and bond trader at the firm and is now managing director of Pangea Capital Management. I had the opportunity to speak with McDonald, fresh off a whirlwind trip to Europe in which he was a keynote speaker at a number of prestigious economic events.

JPMorgan Chase eyes CIT Group

Fri, 07/17/2009 - 21:06 by Inderjit Singh

New York -- A JPMorgan Chase spokesman said the bank was keeping an eye on the fate of CIT Group, the struggling New York lender, as a possibility for expansion.

"It would be an opportunity for us in these states if CIT was unable to continue lending to borrowers," spokesman Tom Kelly told The New York Times Friday.

JP Morgan, along with Goldman Sachs, is now sitting at the top of the heap of financial firms, having posted a profit of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, the Times said.

The bank has been opportunistic throughout the financial crisis, taking over Bear Stearns at garage sale prices when the New York investment firm collapsed last fall and following that up with a purchase of retail bank Washington Mutual.

JP Morgan’s profit beats expectations

Thu, 04/16/2009 - 21:53 by Jamie Anderson

New York, April 16: At a time when banks in the United States of America are falling like nine pins, JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) reported better-than-expected first-quarter profits.

JPMorgan Hunkers Down

Wed, 02/25/2009 - 14:19 by Morgan Housel