http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/mer Blog Articles Tagged with 'mer' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147334?rsstype=tag&tag=mer If you are figuring out why a good thirty days after the US government officials announced bank debt guarantees no issuer has tapped the marketplace, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Interim Rule (posted on the agency's website) is a self-... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:39:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147334?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1146064?rsstype=tag&tag=mer John Thain of Merrill Lynch (MER) spent most of his time at the financial firm saying that the markets would improve as would the fortunes of his company. He...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and mor... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:26:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1146064?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145602?rsstype=tag&tag=mer When the credit crisis first hit last year, Goldman Sachs (GS) was crowned the king of Wall Street due to the fact that they not only had little or no exposure to subprime, but they were actually short the stuff. When the rest of Wall Street was... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:55:46 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145602?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144172?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Below we highlight current credit default swap prices for 13 global financial firms. The prices indicate the cost per year to insure $10,000 of bonds for five years. These prices were much, much higher a few weeks ago, so it's good to see them co... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:26:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144172?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139353?rsstype=tag&tag=mer The last several weeks have given us a truly epic, slow-motion crash in equity prices. Friday's lows had the S&P 500 down by more than 45% from its intraday high of October 2007. That's a mauling for the ages. Market participants aren't just upset ab... Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:29:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139353?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1137182?rsstype=tag&tag=mer According to Reuters, Japan markets were higher on a broad government bailout plan. Reuters reports that Merrill Lynch (MER) will cut 500 trading jobs. Reuters...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and m... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:47:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1137182?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1136805?rsstype=tag&tag=mer There's an excellent article in this morning's New York Times which begins: The financial crisis is forcing regulators to encourage the creation of bigger, more interconnected institutions. In the short term, this may serve a useful purpose by allowi... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:06:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1136805?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1135925?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Bank earnings were hit hard this week. Even if the results at Citigroup (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), and JP Morgan (JPM) did not drive the credit system into...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:09:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1135925?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135480?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Market madness. Despite global best efforts and a brief relief rally, markets resumed their downside bias as bank rescues fail to avert fears of a global recession. In the U.S., the Dow and the S&P 500 had their worst day on Wednesday since the 1... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:18:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135480?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135201?rsstype=tag&tag=mer A very busy day tomorrow.... not sure if it matters at this moment, but we'll keep reading about the fundamentals, hoping that by 2010 it will matter again. For the short run, remember it is not the news but the reaction to the news that matters - wh... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:21:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135201?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134858?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Seeking Alpha's Housing Tracker reviews housing-related excerpts from various sources, grouped by topic. Feel free to post any interesting links on the subject in the comments section below.Overview GE's enormous commercial real estate portfolio coul... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:21:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134858?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133687?rsstype=tag&tag=mer The surprise: no price support at pre-auction bond prices. (No inside bid exceeded 10%, and the inside market midpoint was 9.75%.) The relief: despite a substantial net open interest to sell bonds for physical settlement, barely half of which would... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:42:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133687?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132378?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Bank of America (BAC) The pain continues to trickle down the pipeline for Bank of America whose shares have slipped a further 7.2% to $22.03 today. Options activity at 330,000 is huge for the morning and there are some chunky amounts in play. It ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:15:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132378?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132115?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Recap of Jim Cramer's comments on Stop Trading! Tuesday October 7. Solar No Good - Merrill Lynch (MER), First Solar (FSLR), NYSE Euronext (NYX)... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:43:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132115?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132038?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Sebastian Mallaby says deregulation is not the cause of the financial crisis. Jamie Galbraith would disagree (more direct disagreement here and here): Goodbye, Conservatives. Hello, Predators, by James K. Galbraith: Back in the Reagan days, Republi... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:08:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132038?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131785?rsstype=tag&tag=mer The Wall Street Journal Bank of America in Settlement Worth Over $8 Billion (online) and Bank of America Settles Countrywide Suit (print) report that Bank of America (BAC) settled with the attorneys general in multiple states regarding ri... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:53:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131785?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129990?rsstype=tag&tag=mer The figure in the title of this piece is the amount of money committed by the Federal Reserve Bank since December 17, 2007 until September 23, 2008 in an effort to boost confidence in the financial system. Since December 17, 2007, we've had the failu... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:53:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129990?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129915?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Fear and Greed are regularly embraced and exploited by professional traders. At no time has this been more evident than in early September 2008. Professional traders, hedge fund managers, and specifically short sellers exploited the fear in th... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:17:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1129915?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128416?rsstype=tag&tag=mer During the presidential debates last Friday, Senator John McCain [R-AZ] said that we are at the end of the beginning of the economic recession that is affecting the US and the entire world. We completely agree. So let us try to describe in financi... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:56:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128416?rsstype=tag&tag=mer http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1127238?rsstype=tag&tag=mer Lawmakers set to draft bailout bill. Congress inched toward approving the Treasury's $700B plan to rescue the U.S. financial system. President Bush called an emergency meeting for Thursday to hammer out details, after addressing the public Wednesda... 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