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Goldman Settles Sham Suit With SEC

July 15, 2010  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Politics, SEC, Stocks
The SEC announced a few minutes ago that they settled their suit against Goldman Sachs (GS) for $550 million.  Goldman did not admit or deny the SEC's allegations though it acknowledged that its marketing materials for the ...
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Steve Eisman’s Epic Takedown Of The For-Profit Education Industry

June 7, 2010  ·  Category: Stocks
A couple weeks ago, Steve Eisman of FrontPoint Partners (made famous by Michael Lewis's The Big Short) made an epic takedown of the for-profit education industry at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference in New York.  ...
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HP’s Hurd: “Exceptional Quarter”

May 19, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Stocks
Outstanding quarter from Hewlett Packard (HPQ): Revenues up 13% from the year ago period which is a big increase for a company of this size.  All goods categories (servers, computers, printers, supplies) were strong.  Net income ...
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Cisco’s Chambers: “It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This”

May 13, 2010  ·  Category: Macro Economics, Market Commentary, Stocks
It doesn't get any better than this. - John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems Blowout quarter from Cisco: Revenues up 27% year over year to peak levels seen in the May-July and August-October 2008 quarters.  Non-GAAP Net Income ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Pilgrimage To Omaha

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Barry Ritholtz Strongly Defends SEC’s Suit Against Goldman

April 28, 2010  ·  Category: Blogs, Business Culture and Current Events, Politics, SEC, Stocks
Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture has been out in force lately defending the SEC's case against Goldman.  It started last Friday with this post: "10 Things You Don't Know (Or Were Misinformed) About The ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Blowout Earnings Overshadowed by SEC Suit Against Goldman

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Crossing Wall Street: The Absolute Worst Stock To Buy Right Now

April 20, 2010  ·  Category: Blogs, Fundamental Analysis, Stocks
Source: "The Absolute Worst Stock To Buy Right Now", Crossing Wall Street, April 20 Disclosure: Top Gun is short shares of Netflix (NFLX).
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Gasparino: Goldman Source Calls SEC Suit A “Hit Job”

April 16, 2010  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Politics, SEC, Stocks
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SEC Charges Goldman With Subprime Fraud

April 16, 2010  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Politics, SEC, Stocks
Today's SEC announcement was a well timed and perhaps not coincidental effort to sway some on the fence Republicans to support a tougher financials bill. - Roger Freeman, Barclays Capital (via Bob Pisani) Disclosure: Top Gun has ...
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