S&P analyst Matthew Albrecht rates MERRILL LYNCH a SELL: a. Writedowns of mortgage and lending commitments and hedging losses totaled $9.7 billion, and sizable gross exposure remains. b. MER confirms sale of Bloomberg stake, and is also selling Financia...

Gene Marcial thinks it is time to Snap Up Fallen Angels a. Inflation fears are the new culprit behind the massive selling and the decline in price-earnings ratios, or what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of future earnings, and oil prices, obvi...

Sandra Ward of Barrons recommended shares of Nasdaq OMX today: a. The best evidence of the current malaise is in the share performances of the companies that make the markets: NYSE-Euronext, CME Group and Nasdaq OMX have each seen their share prices plummet...

Darren Fonda, SmartMoney journalist/analyst, recommended the following bank stocks as bargains worth picking out and dusting off: 1. BB&T -solid loan portfolio will keep the bank prosperous in the south 2. Comerica - conservatively managed, poised to reb...

Actrade Ltd. is one of my successful investments. In 2002, The company, founded by Amos Aharoni, was caught into existential crisis because of anonymous allegations and rumors which until today have not been proven (the actions filed against former managers...

Goldman Sachs is soaring on record revenues and earnings. The blistering pace may slow, but the long-term outlook remains bright, says Fortune`s Yuval Rosenberg. (Fortune Magazine) -- On Wall Street there`s good and then there`s Goldman. Widely considered t...

`Gaming the whims and needs of aging baby boomers represents the single greatest secular growth theme out there!` declares Cramer who believes that his generation is not only interested in having hard bodies and wrinkle-free skin, but is also `working longer,...

A distinctly less speculative name, Goldman Sachs (GS), is `going to $300,` Cramer said, off Wednesday afternoon`s 3% rise to $219 and change. He said it`s time the market gave the trading giant `the Merrill (MER) multiple.` Note: Merrill is currently trad...

From its founding in 1967 commercial property casualty insurer W.R. Berkley has thrived in a notoriously competitive business by going after underserved niche markets. `We didn`t have the resources to compete head-on with the big players,` says Chairman Willia...

Capital One Financial, which Cramer owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS, is a triple buy, he told his viewers. Even though the company offered earnings guidance that was worse-than-expected last Thursday, it turns out there was nothing to fea...

Simply put, the stock is significanly undervalued. Yes there is a reason for that, the company has been underperforming and the stock has languished for more then 5 years. However, recently increased investor scrutiny is sure to lead to major changes, changes...

John Mack`s record for the biggest bonus on Wall Street didn`t last even a week. It was smashed by the $53.4 million that Goldman Sachs gave its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein. Blankfein included a cash bonus of $27.3 million, with the rest paid in stock and...