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Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM ), can it get any worse? Kathleen Shanley of Gimme Credit wrote: “We won’t use the phrase 'run' on the bank, but we would be remiss if we did not observe that many creditors have quietly been pulling funds.” read...

France 24 recently filmed a documentary dealing with rogue traders , featuring the case of Joe Jett from Kidder Peabody. As part of the feature, they wanted to get an inside look at how a trading firm avoids blowups. Only one firm in Chicago, Kingstree...

A great day! 4.6% in the RUT or 4.3% in the TWM. If you don’t know, TWM is an ETF that gives you 2x inverse of the RUT daily close. I cutback my index short at the close significantly to protect profits. I went from being heavy or all in short to...

Regulators may be trying to keep short sellers out of a few financial stocks, but that is not keeping large bets against most other stocks from rising. While some of the shorts may have moved on from the "protected" stocks, as of July 15, the short interest...

Click charts to ENLARGE. Dedicated to the Hanky-Panky-Bernanke axis. It wasn't pretty. Actually, it was way worse than that. The financials rally fell on its head as the manipulation situation ran out of gas. The SP500 crashed under the short-term...

If you’re not reading William S. Lind, you’re doing yourself a disservice. He’s not as cool or hip or abrasive as the War Nerd, but he’s every bit as good. Evidence by William S. Lind: From the perspective of 4GW theory, it...

That would be new Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB ) CEO Bob Steel, throwing down to a tune of  $16 million buying WB shares. Bob Steel bought 1 million shares of Wachovia’s stock at prices ranging from $15.32 to $17.02. Should you be buying too? ...

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) just joined the category of stocks that the old term of "S.N.A.F.U." would apply to. The maker of the faddish and notoriously ugly shoes came out warned for the quarter and for 2008. The warning isn't just a small one either....

I've been negative on restaurant stocks since the beginning of the blog for reasons that are very apparent now but not back then in the "economy is fine, and inflation is a ridiculous concept" era. Sept 19 - Tough Times Ahead for Restaurants? ] ...

Oil futures have come down off of their highs and have taken oil companies with them. Is this the end for oil?