36 min ago | Financial Planning
Fund Giants Discuss Money Market Reforms With Schapiro
Executives from fund giants BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
4 hrs ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Are Exxon Mobil's Top Institutional Supporters More Confident About This HUGE Deal?
So far this year, Exxon Mobil Corp.'sA shares are down 3.4 percent. On Monday, it was announced that the company along withA Eni SpA A andA Royal Dutch Shell Plc A had agreed to fund $986 million in costs owed by Kazakhstan's state energy producer, Kazmunaiga, for one of the world's largest oil fields, Kashagan, reported Bloomberg .
8 hrs ago | Forbes.com
This Stock Has A 3.50% Yield and Insiders Have Been Buying
In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel "DividendRank" report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
11 hrs ago | Barron's
Moody's: Institutional ETF Use - Credit Negative' For Fund Firms
Ratings firm Moody's is no fan of the unusually large junk-bond trade we highlighted on this blog a few weeks back.
15 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha
The 10%/10% Club: BlackRock International Growth & Income Trust
This article is the first in a series on closed-end funds that pay a distribution to shareholders of greater than ten percent and trade at a ten percent discount to net asset value.
M&A Weekly Recap: Eaton to Acquire Cooper Industries, Siemens Shopping for Industrial Software
Barclays will divest its $6.1 billion investment in BlackRock , which comprises a 19.6 percent economic interest in the company.
Weekly Top Insider Sells: BLK, MNST, GOOG, PSA, and KO
Director of Blackrock Inc Bank Plc /eng/ Barclays sold 35,210,022 shares on 05/22/2012 at an average price of $171.26. BlackRock, Inc.
Sterne Agee Reiterates Neutral on BlackRock
's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Sterne Agee in a report released on Friday.
Weekly Top Insider Buys: HD, EPD, BLK, AFL, MJN
According to GuruFocus Insider Data , these are the largest insider buys during the past week: Home Depot , Enterprise Products Partners L.P. , BlackRock Inc.
Money manager assets dip after 2-year rebound
U.S. institutional tax-exempt assets of the 500 largest money managers declined 5.3% in 2011, the first slip after two years of rebounds from the global financial crisis, Pensions & Investments' latest annual money manager survey shows.
5 Noteworthy Insider Buys And 4 Sells Last Week In Finance And Industrial Sectors
Insiders made noteworthy buys in five finance and industrial sector stocks this past week , and sold four others.
Friday 5/25 Insider Buying Report: BLK, HD
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy - they expect to make money.
500 largest money managers see 5% asset decline
U.S institutional tax-exempt assets of the 500 largest money managers declined 5% in 2011, the first slip after two years of rebounds from the global financial crisis, Pensions & Investments ' latest annual money manager survey shows.
Daily Dividend Report: CBS, BLK, NEE, BG, AIN
CBS Corporation maintained its quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share. The dividend is payable on July 1, 2012, to shareholders of record as of June 11, 2012.
New York Thruway Bonds Suffer With New Bridge Cost: Muni Credit
New York Thruway Authority bonds are slumping the most in at least a year as the operator of the longest U.S. toll road faces a potential downgrade and prepares to finance the biggest project in its 62-year history.
Carl Icahn Rumors Aren't a Reason to Buy Chesapeake Energy
NEW YORK -- With rumors again circulating that activist investor Carl Icahn is amassing a big stake in Chesapeake Energy , it's important for investors to remember that a shoring up of the balance sheet will be the key focus for the oil and gas company in 2012.
ETFs Lure Bearish Bets as JPMorgan Spoils Swaps: Credit Markets
Distortions in credit-default swaps prices fueled by JPMorgan Chase & Co. trader Bruno Iksil are pushing investors to exchange-traded funds to make bearish bets on junk bonds.
Late Radar: BlackRock Ups CHK Stake, VeriFone Crashes 9%
After closing 3.25 percent higher during regular trading, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
UPDATE 1-BlackRock group raises Chesapeake stake-source
BlackRock Inc's Global Resources team increased its Chesapeake Energy Corp stake to 4 million shares from fewer than 1 million shares, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
BlackRock's Fink Says Equity Repurchase Shows Stocks Are Cheap
Laurence D. Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., said the money manager's repurchase of stock from Barclays Plc demonstrates his belief that equities are cheap compared with bonds.