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Top Tweets From Stocktoberfest 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 10:16am | 1858Read More...The drive from San Diego airport to beautiful Coronado, California is only about 15 minutes, but it is miles away from any major financial hub. That is, until you get to Stocktoberfest, an annual conference geared around thought leaders and FinTech trailblazers brought together to talk shop....
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Are Banks Doomed Now That Google Has Invested in Peer-to-Peer Lending?
Friday, May 3, 2013 - 11:17am | 585Read More...Should banks be nervous? Not yet, but they should be paying attention to the fact that search giant, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), along with existing investor, Foundation Capital, just plunked down a $125 million investment in peer-to-peer lending platform, Lending Club. Peer-to-peer lending,...
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The Number-One Mistake Investors Make During Tax Season
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 1:33pm | 622Read More...There are only 10 more days for Americans to pay their taxes. Those who haven't paid may be starting to scramble, turning to H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) for last-minute assistance. Others may be choosing to file their own taxes with the help of Intuit's (NASDAQ: INTU) TurboTax. Either way,...
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Super Bowl Ads that May Affect Your Portfolio
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 11:27am | 524Read More...Sure, the Super Bowl is the marquis sporting event of the year, but it may have an effect on your portfolio too. It’s all about the commercials. A study by University at Buffalo School of Management and Cornell University found that when a company produced an ad that the public liked, its stock...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 15
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:54am | 1457Read More...The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...
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Barron's Recap (3/10/12): Online Brokers Ranked, a Looming Financial Storm
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 12:11pm | 875Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the 17th annual ranking of online brokers, an impending “financial storm,” ANN on the rebound, Harman International finds the sweet spot, and more. Cover Story “Online Investors Cut the Cord” by Theresa W. Carey offers Barron's 17th annual ranking of online...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 17
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 9:36am | 1322Read More...The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 18
Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 9:18am | 1316Read More...Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...
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Goldman Sachs Moves ETFC To Buy, Lowers AMTD To Neutral
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 7:58am | 97Read More...Goldman Sachs is moving E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) to Buy and lowering shares of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) to Neutral “in advance of what is likely to be a "seasonally slower trading period.” “Moreover, the decline in recent yields will lead to lower asset...
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Trade On The Dark Markets (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 2:48pm | 237Read More...Have you ever wanted to buy shares in companies that aren't available from Scottrade or E*TRADE (NASDAQ: ETFC)? Now you finally can, thanks to new sites like SharesPost and SecondMarket that have opened the market to private investments. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are among the hottest private...
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Goldman Sachs Adjusts E*TRADE Estimates
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 12:51pm | 90Read More...Goldman Sachs reports that E*TRADE Financial Corporation's (NASDAQ: ETFC) CEO Steven Freiberg presented a new corporate strategy for ETFC today and, while not a simple list of target ideas, the strategy focuses on ETFC's strengths – robust brand, solid brokerage, mix of businesses – to offset other...
