joshuaodonnell's Comments joshuaodonnell's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/292902/comments James Saft: There's no good time for a pandemic. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22675?source=feed#comment-479212 479212 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:38:38 -0400 Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch have evacuated their downtown buildings. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22667?source=feed#comment-479085 479085 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:43:50 -0400 Biotech stocks with swine-flu upside: NVAX +123% premarket. BCRX +73%. GSK +3%. AZN +3%. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22635?source=feed#comment-478783 478783 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:21:22 -0400 U.S. government declares a public health emergency over the swine flu outbreak. (WSJ) http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22600?source=feed#comment-478604 478604 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:24:39 -0400 Insiders are unloading shares at the fastest rate since 2007. "They should know more than outsiders would, so you could take it as a signal that there is something wrong if they’re selling." http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22545?source=feed#comment-475738 475738 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:00:45 -0400 Nouriel Roubini laughs off the "V" seekers. "My analysis of the data suggests that the global economic contraction is still in full swing with a very severe, deep and protracted U-shaped recession." http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22517?source=feed#comment-475067 475067 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:19:02 -0400 Taking a look at today's jobless claims, James Picerno sees the possibility of a peak - but can't rule out another surge of bad news. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22458?source=feed#comment-474446 474446 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:12:52 -0400 The whispers continue: Is Tim Geithner nothing more than Henry Paulson lite? http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22316?source=feed#comment-473041 473041 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:15 -0400 Breaking news on WSJ.com: GM's (GM) CFO says the company won't make its June 1 debt payment of $1 billion. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22318?source=feed#comment-472897 472897 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:05:53 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472862 472862 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:48:08 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472791 472791 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:17:10 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472789 472789
this is just the beginning.]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:16:11 -0400
this is just the beginning.]]> Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472773 472773 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:09:38 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472771 472771 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:07:37 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472761 472761 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:04:41 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472753 472753
The economy will be fucked for the next 10 years. You want to get out, get out now!]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:02:02 -0400
The economy will be fucked for the next 10 years. You want to get out, get out now!]]> Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472748 472748 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:57:55 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472726 472726 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:49:12 -0400 Perhaps unsurprisingly, student loan defaults are skyrocketing as rising tuition costs clash with a weak job market. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22262?source=feed#comment-472687 472687 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:33:34 -0400 Financial firms worldwide face losses of up to $4.1T, says the IMF, and efforts to purge toxic assets and replenish capital have been 'piecemeal and reactive.' The fund urges governments to take 'bolder steps,' including nationalization when necessary. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22257?source=feed#comment-472253 472253 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:31:15 -0400 Bank stress tests are harsher on loans than on other troubled assets (like, say, MBS), according to a document obtained by AP. Under one scenario, tests (astonishingly) assume banks will see no further losses on the complex securities at the heart of the credit crisis. The approach favors the big Wall Street firms, while potentially threatening regional banks. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22214?source=feed#comment-471680 471680 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:13:58 -0400 Your credit's no good here: "U.S. banks need to stop the charade, ignore the political and public pressure and admit they're not lending," David Wiedner writes. "It's not because they don't want to, but because it's bad business." http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22204?source=feed#comment-471544 471544 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:30:52 -0400 Yesterday's revelation of a backdoor bank nationalization (shh... the n-word) is the latest in a series of missteps, and one more example of how the Treasury isn't keeping its word. When will lawmakers realize they have to address systemic problems bank by bank? http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22186?source=feed#comment-471151 471151 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:07:41 -0400 Yesterday's revelation of a backdoor bank nationalization (shh... the n-word) is the latest in a series of missteps, and one more example of how the Treasury isn't keeping its word. When will lawmakers realize they have to address systemic problems bank by bank? http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22186?source=feed#comment-471115 471115 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:51:46 -0400 So did Chrysler executives really refuse TARP money over fears of a pay cut? Or were they worried government-imposed compensation limits would scare off Fiat? Or is the explosive accusation a targeted leak by an administration frustrated by having to negotiate with unwilling partners? (Megan McArdle) http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22183?source=feed#comment-471065 471065 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:29:53 -0400 Brett Arends thinks a covered-call options strategy might be just what the doctor ordered for today's turbulent markets: "Any buy-write or covered-call fund is going to underperform the stock market during a bull market. But after what you've been through, do you really care?" http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22109?source=feed#comment-470669 470669 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:43:26 -0400 On the brink of deflation, the U.K.'s recession may be on the brink of a new and very dangerous phase: "There's a real danger here that we could get into a situation of constantly falling prices," economist Nick Bate says. "Firms cut wages, nobody buys anything and policymakers find it very difficult to deal with." (ETF: EWU) http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22062?source=feed#comment-469751 469751 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:40:43 -0400 After injecting over $800B of cash into the financial system over the last eight months, the real test for the Fed will be figuring out when to turn off the money pump. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22053?source=feed#comment-469730 469730 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:30:55 -0400 Matthew Yglesias wonders what suddenly changed to awaken sleeping M&A giants from their protracted slumber. An indication the bottom's really in, or a contrarian signal for the next leg down? http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22059?source=feed#comment-469665 469665 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:00:16 -0400 GM's (GM) Henderson concedes bankruptcy is a 'probable' outcome: GM took its AC Delco off the market after failing to get enough cash for the business, negotiations with bondholders and its union have shown few results, and GM may sell its Opel stake for zero gain. http://seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents/post/22018?source=feed#comment-469357 469357
Just do it already and stop talking about it. Please. The bondholders are not going for this debt-equity swap. Not gonna happen. Its time to pay the piper!]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:46:30 -0400
Just do it already and stop talking about it. Please. The bondholders are not going for this debt-equity swap. Not gonna happen. Its time to pay the piper!]]>