Citi, Morgan Stanley in brokerage talks; Rubin quits

09 Jan 09Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley, ... this year. He joined Citigroup in 1999.A combined brokerage would have more than 23,000 financial advisers before attrition, ranking as the world’s largest retail brokerage, surpassing rivals Bank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:41:55

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Thinkorswim- The Best Brokerage

by Walter Fox A time when the financial institutions because of their harsh conditions easily was not getting credit ... categories including equities, the fund currency, bonds, futures trading of mutual funds can help ... . More and more people jumped into the competition, introduction of online options trading systems. They are aware [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:17:10

What are the Most Efficient and Effective Forex Trading Systems …

Forex or Foreign Exchange (FX) trading is the latest buzzword today on the global investment front where banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms and other large financial institutions generate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 05:40:02

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and the Future of Citigroup

The short story is that Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are allegedly combining the retail brokerage operations into a standalone entity with enough financial advisors to top the merged Bank of America (BAC) Merrill Lynch herd. Morgan Stanley is reported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:16:00

SEC Gives Social Investing Site kaChing Green Light To Take On Mutual Funds

Every social investing site wants to turn the insights of its trading members into financial products that people can actually link to their brokerage accounts. Finding the few brilliant stock [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 05:01:25

Roger Biduk; Wall Street Lower on Earnings Concerns

Roger Biduk writes:   U.S. stocks fell on Monday for a fourth consecutive session with investors stepping tentatively before Alcoa Inc ... components trading lower.    Weighing the most on the blue-chip index, shares of Alcoa (AA) declined 9.6 ... its brokerage business with Morgan Stanley (MS). Morgan led all S&P 500 financial stock gainers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:24:15

The Economy: Peter Schiff- "Beware the Bond Bubble"

“In the beginning, there was a Nasdaq bubble. When the air went rushing out of it, a housing bubble formed, ... in the emerging markets, in oil, and in other commodities. Pop, pop, pop, pop. Can there possibly ... Capital, a brokerage firm based in Connecticut. He's one of a small number of financial pros who called [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:25:00

Thinkorswim- The Best Brokerage

by Walter Fox There was a time when people were not getting easy credit from financial institutions due to their rigid conditions ... trading business found great new methods of detection. Online option and people with the beginning of the trading system jumped into the fray. Within a few trading sessions, felt the importance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:51:33

Gold Prices and Financial Spread Betting Strategy

Precious metals gain in commodities tradingGold prices are on the rise again, ... Brokerage Group Inc. in Closter, New Jersey. “When most else is unsafe, or yielding virtually nothing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 21:24:03

Just “Bail Out” Freakin’ Everybody!

Battered E*Trade banking on government funds Fri Nov 21, 2008 By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK (Reuters) - The troubles at E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) have worsened and now hinge on whether it can secure ... of the discount brokerage tumbled below $1 to its lowest price ever this week, indicating that investors [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 00:55:58

Battered E*Trade banking on government funds

Battered E*Trade banking on government funds November 26th, 2008 By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK (Reuters) - The troubles at E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) have worsened and now hinge on whether it can secure ... of the discount brokerage tumbled below $1 to its lowest price ever this week, indicating that [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 04:54:02

Another Wall Street casualty

This Wall Street Journal report($) detailing one more casualty of the financial crisis really makes you stop and think ... Stearns manager. Barry Fox, a research supervisor who worked for nine years at the brokerage firm ... weeks later, a Chicago futures trader fatally shot himself after reportedly sustaining big losses [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:35:00

When trading stops - Major stock exchange outages this decade

The recent world-wide financial chaos has reminded us how sensitive the stock market is, with sharp up- and downturns ... for more than three hours due to an outage caused by a software glitch. May 25, 2005: Moscow Interbank Currency ... -time stock prices to banks and brokerages. July 18, 2000: Frankfurt Stock Exchange Trading was stopped [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:13:35

Obama Appoints Mary Schapiro

Barack Obama has named Financial Industry Regulatory Authority chief executive Mary Schapiro as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Schapiro is a former SEC commissioner who also headed the commodity futures trading commission and is now the head of Finra, which inspects U.S. brokerage firms, writes rules for those selling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:47:01

Stocks sink after government bailout of AIG

Wall Street stumbled again Wednesday, with anxieties about the financial system still running high even after the government bailed out the insurer ... of $250 million. Over the weekend, Merrill Lynch, the world's largest brokerage, sold itself [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 16:45:14

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