Kohl's Corp. (KSS)
Loading...
Symbols:
KSS Forum Topics
- All Comments on KSS
- General Discussion on KSS
- Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
- Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
- Driven By Fear - Cramer's Mad Money (9/17/08) [view article]
- When Energy Goes Lower - Fast Money Recap (9/10/08) [view article]
- How Did Major Retailers Do in August? [view article]
- Options Trader: Thursday Outlook [view article]
- U.S. Consumers Could Feel Heat from Higher Fuel Costs [view article]
- 41 Stocks Returning 10% or More Last Week [view article]
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
- Huge Opportunity - Fast Money Midday (8/14/08) [view article]
- Retail on a Tear - Fast Money Recap (8/11/08) [view article]
loading ...Recent KSS Articles
- Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
- Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press
- When Energy Goes Lower - Fast Money Recap (9/10/08)
- How Did Major Retailers Do in August?
- Options Trader: Thursday Outlook
- U.S. Consumers Could Feel Heat from Higher Fuel Costs
- Housing-Related Industry Update [Housing Tracker]
- 41 Stocks Returning 10% or More Last Week
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
- Full List of Articles »
Trading Center
Hedge Fund Jobs
Job Seekers: Search jobs by category, get job alerts by email or live feed, apply online See full list of jobs »
Employers: See all recruitment options, get applications online or by email Post a job »
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
Stone Fox Capital, "Banks will be able to lend without risking the unknown."Good. Let nationalize the entire financial system and have Soviet States of America. Shit did not worked there and it will not work here. Reply
gordon
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
curbs - the reason hoobert heever said that was that the bankers told him to say that. remember, a bank is an institution that will lend you some money if you can prove you don't need any.aster - if credit default slops were government-regulated as insurance (which they really are) problem would be minimal rather than maximal.
> jack Reply
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
I agree with you that the best solution is just to cleanse the bad assets from the banks by giving put free money. But that is not politically viable by any standard. It has never been done in that way in any financial crisis. Pouring in capital is the second best solution, though it punishes investors that bought in the cheap as it dilutes them.Now, if i where to invest in recapitalizing a bank in the cheap, i will certainly wait to see if the government goes in, and this behaviour will certainly end up in that the government will be the only capitalist pouring in money. True, but from the government point of view, there is no other solution as at this moment there are no private investors out there willing to put in money.
Reply
Capital
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
So punishing existing investors is a good thing? Thats anti-capitalism. All of the risk takers that caused this problem have already been punished. They all hold stocks down 50 to 90%. How will punishing somebody that bought MS last week at $15 help??? Nobody will want to invest if thats the thought process. Buying the toxic assets off the balance sheet is the best answer. Not really sure anybody has a goal of deleverging past existing levels and nobody still holds 25:1 ratios. Even MS will be much lower then that with the $9B deal.The key is to get these assets off the BS so that counterparties won't fear further writedowns. Banks will be able to lend without risking the unknown. Giving a bank $5B that sill has exposure to $50B in loans that could be written down $25B doesn't really help. The issue is to make the downside known. Providing the investment holds to solidify banks that may wish to sell loans at the same time. Govt must buy at market values though. Screwing investors will just cause market instability. Reply
now
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
Is anyone concerned about the state of municipal finance? I worry that this is the next significant show to drop. I am hearing more and more from my colleagues and friends that municipalities are in deep trouble. I would like more insight and information about the fiscal health of munis. Banks have a lot of money - liability and asset side - that depends on munis. ReplyPaulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
Isn't final demand the determining issue of recovery, all else equal ? The banks are just utilities and we do need them to function reliably but they are not the final objective which consumption. We need money in the hands of consumers, you decide how you want it there. I hate stimulus hand-outs. I like tax holidays, and government backed loans to homeowners in trouble. I know, the dollar goes to Hell, but not if we can stabilize the economy and the consumer. Those the magic buttons that will cause the elevator to rise again. The first bounce gets tested, so no long term investing yet. But, one find day.... ReplyPaulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
That quote can not be anymore true today then when Churchill said it. Paulson should have done this a year ago. It would have saved the sates or at least cushioned the fall. ReplyPaulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
Investing in those companies won't solve the real problem. The credit default swaps and all that other exotic garbage are the issue.The SEC should declare them illegal products and the head of the
SEC should resign.
The Treasure should buy up all that junk at 5-7cents to the dollar.
Presto. Trust comes back. Banks start to function. Things will get better.
Reply
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
Oh! Since you are offering quotes... Here are a couple...-Prosperity is just around the corner... (Herbert Hoover, 1932)
-Faced by failure of credit, they have proposed only the lending of more money. (FDR, 1933)
Reply
Paulson Finally Doing the Right Thing [view article]
I don't think there's many people who would agree with that...Paulson is still running behind the curve and offering solutions for month or two month ago problems. The snowball is getting larger and larger, Paulson and Bush are running behind it, huffing and puffing.
If Paulson and Bush ever do get in front of it, the snowball will be so large it will plow them both under. They offer yesterday's solutions. Reply
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"long on oil" , you are 100% correct. The problems are those numheads at the Congress."pockclips", my apology to you. Got over the line there. Sorry. Reply
Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
Root Problem: FRE & FNM used up to 100x leverage, AIG & LEH used up to 30X leverage; and that's after the banks used up to 10X Leverage on financial debt. This has to be stopped. The root problem going back to 1912 has to be fixed.WWW.GrandfatherReport....
Richard Fuld, CEO of LEH, admitted to 30x leverage contributing to the problem.
Now I read on seekingalpha.com about FRE and FNM doing 100:01 leverage on their debt insurance.
Most investment banks were leveraged by a ratio of 30 to 1, and they were dealing with billions of dollars instead of thousands. Government sponsored mortgage giants Freddie (FRE) and Fannie were using leverage closer to 100 to 1, because of their supposedly stricter lending standards and implicit government backing.
seekingalpha.com/artic...
How can "we the people" know the root cause is being "fixed" if we don't know about the root cause. Most of the news is telling us the root cause is a lack of confidence about all those mortgages being paid as agreed.
And are we sure we understand what happens when 100:01 leverage is applied after the fractional banking reserve requirement is applied? Maybe if this subject needs a spotlight to get people's attention. Then maybe the "lack of confidence" could be better understood.
GrandfatherReport.Us Reply
Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
Root Problem: FRE & FNM used up to 100x leverage, AIG & LEH used up to 30X leverage; and that's after the banks used up to 10X Leverage on financial debt. This has to be stopped. The root problem going back to 1912 has to be fixed.WWW.GrandfatherReport....
Richard Fuld, CEO of LEH, admitted to 30x leverage contributing to the problem.
Now I read on seekingalpha.com about FRE and FNM doing 100:01 leverage on their debt insurance.
Most investment banks were leveraged by a ratio of 30 to 1, and they were dealing with billions of dollars instead of thousands. Government sponsored mortgage giants Freddie (FRE) and Fannie were using leverage closer to 100 to 1, because of their supposedly stricter lending standards and implicit government backing.
seekingalpha.com/artic...
How can "we the people" know the root cause is being "fixed" if we don't know about the root cause. Most of the news is telling us the root cause is a lack of confidence about all those mortgages being paid as agreed.
And are we sure we understand what happens when 100:01 leverage is applied after the fractional banking reserve requirement is applied? Maybe if this subject needs a spotlight to get people's attention. Then maybe the "lack of confidence" could be better understood.
GrandfatherReport.Us Reply
Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
Richard Fuld, CEO of LEH, admitted to 30x leverage contributing to the problem.Now I read on seekingalpha.com about FRE and FNM doing 100:01 leverage on their debt insurance.
Most investment banks were leveraged by a ratio of 30 to 1, and they were dealing with billions of dollars instead of thousands. Government sponsored mortgage giants Freddie (FRE) and Fannie were using leverage closer to 100 to 1, because of their supposedly stricter lending standards and implicit government backing.
seekingalpha.com/artic...
How can "we the people" know the root cause is being "fixed" if we don't know about the root cause. Most of the news is telling us the root cause is a lack of confidence about all those mortgages being paid as agreed.
And are we sure we understand what happens when 100:01 leverage is applied after the fractional banking reserve requirement is applied? Maybe if this subject needs a spotlight to get people's attention. Then maybe the "lack of confidence" could be better understood.
GrandfatherReport.Us
On Sep 17 01:17 PM kmca1989 wrote:
> yep - i'm getting spanked - having only invested @ august 1, i've
> still managed to catch up w/ the rest of the market's hideous downturn
> by being overly optimistic (and overweight) concerning financials. Reply
o.com
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Awe Shucks – What’s the Matter – That Golden Calf – Not Coming Through?You see – It was simple and easy – Greed always proceeded a fall – Of all the most powerful Nations through out History.
Even less then a Hundred years ago – There was also a great fall – But did anybody learn – Greed was the cause – NOPE – Now here we go again – Hitler was born out of that last – Golden Calf Builders greed.
So now we must ask ourselves – What – Have we planted – and - What will grow out of this greed – Planted seed?
Through out History – You have been warned – Countless times.
When you go to sleep – ask yourself – What have you planted – For your children to bear – Will that cross be heavy or shall it be light – But either way – It might be - a trip to the hill.
Reply