http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/08/21/global-investing-roundups-111/ Investment News Provider Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:54:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/08/21/global-investing-roundups-111/comment-page-1/#comment-11661 Global Investing Roundups Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:35:56 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/08/21/global-investing-roundups-111/#comment-11661 [...] Global Investing Roundups Thursday, August 21st, 2008 addthis_url = [...] [...] Global Investing Roundups Thursday, August 21st, 2008 addthis_url = [...]

]]> http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/08/21/global-investing-roundups-111/comment-page-1/#comment-8969 Worrisome Stagflation Becomes More Real All the Time Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:23:52 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/08/21/global-investing-roundups-111/#comment-8969 [...] Meanwhile, the respective stocks plunged to 18-year lows.  On the "lighter" side of the financial news, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (MER), and Deutsche Bank AG (DB) joined UBS AG (UBS), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), and Morgan Stanley (MS) in reaching settlements with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (doing his best pre-scandal Elliot Spitzer imitation) over past sales of risky securities.  On an even more positive note, analysts at JPMorgan stated that the next two years would be more favorable for financial firms than for energy companies  (Anyone interested in a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) hostile takeover?).  In earnings news, retailers Home Depot Inc. (HD), Target Corp. (TGT), Saks Inc. (SKS), and Staples Inc. (SPLS) each posted worse-than-expected quarters, revealing that consumers are steering clear of just about every type of store these days.  Techs, however, got a boost as Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) reported surprisingly strong results.    [...] [...] Meanwhile, the respective stocks plunged to 18-year lows.  On the "lighter" side of the financial news, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (MER), and Deutsche Bank AG (DB) joined UBS AG (UBS), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), and Morgan Stanley (MS) in reaching settlements with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (doing his best pre-scandal Elliot Spitzer imitation) over past sales of risky securities.  On an even more positive note, analysts at JPMorgan stated that the next two years would be more favorable for financial firms than for energy companies  (Anyone interested in a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) hostile takeover?).  In earnings news, retailers Home Depot Inc. (HD), Target Corp. (TGT), Saks Inc. (SKS), and Staples Inc. (SPLS) each posted worse-than-expected quarters, revealing that consumers are steering clear of just about every type of store these days.  Techs, however, got a boost as Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) reported surprisingly strong results.    [...]

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