Top 10 News Items 11/16-11/20: Dell Blows It Again, Geither Gets Roasted on Capitol Hill, Again, IPO's A-Plenty Nov 20, 2009 03:58PM

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street:

1. Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) shares tumbled more than 9% on Friday following a Q3 earnings miss, reported on Thursday after the close. Traders had been bidding up the school prior to the results as Dell's turnaround story has been a hot tech story recently.

2. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was grilled on Capitol Hill this week, taking on a flurry of questions -- maybe even accusations -- related to his role in the financial crisis. Several members of Congress even went as far as asking Geithner to step down from his position.

Meredith Whitney Thinks Paulson's Timing On a BofA (BAC) Double May Be Wrong Nov 19, 2009 02:53PM

Popular banking analyst Meredith Whitney questioned the time frame billionaire hedge fund manger John Paulson thinks Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will double by.

In a recent letter to investors, Paulson said he believes BofA will rise to $29.81 by December ...


Best of the Web 11/19: Paulson Letter, Wall Street Can't Control Itself, Ken Griffin Rebounds, $6300 Gold? Nov 19, 2009 11:52AM

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Hedge fund guru John Paulson's letter to investors on third quarter performance. Paulson's comments in the letter that Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) could still double made the rounds yesterday. The ...


Paulson Thinks Gold's Bull Run Has Just Started, To Set Up New Gold Fund (GLD) Nov 18, 2009 12:47PM

Hedge fund guru John Paulson is looking to step-up his bet on gold with a new fund, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. Paulson told investors he plans to start a new fund ...


Notable Midday ETF Movers 11/18: USO, XLF, SEA; UNG, EWJ Lower Nov 18, 2009 12:15PM

HIGHER;United States Oil Fund LP (NYSE: USO) is up about 0.82% to $40.81. Crude inventories dropped by about 887K, fueling Sweet Crude futures to rise $0.88 to $80.02.

Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) trading up modestly to $14.95 ...


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Nov 18, 2009 12:06PM John Paulson to launch new gold fund January 1 and personally invest about $250M - WSJ
Nov 18, 2009 10:34AM John Paulson Thinks Bank of America (BAC) Shares Will Double
Nov 16, 2009 10:47AM Paulson Pick-Up Of Citigroup (C) Shares Is Nothing New
Nov 13, 2009 04:19PM Conseco (CNO) Completes 16.4 Million Share Offering of Common Stock and Warrants
Nov 12, 2009 12:25PM Hedge Fund Founder John A. Paulson Gives $20 Million to NYU Stern
Oct 16, 2009 03:54PM Top 10 News Items 10/12-10/16: Dow Crosses 10,000; Google Blows-Out Earnings; Goldman Continues Earnings Dominance, But Traders Sell
Oct 14, 2009 01:52PM Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 10/14: CHIO, ACPW, JADE, CNO Higher; CXM, HILL, UCBH, UPI Lower
Oct 14, 2009 09:58AM FBR Capital Upgrades Conseco Inc. (CNO) to Outperform
Oct 14, 2009 09:50AM Morning Movers 10/14: ACPW, CNO, ZIOP, CHIO, JADE Higher; UPI, UCBH Lower
Oct 14, 2009 09:43AM Conseco (CNO) Agrees to Sell up to $293M of 7% Convertable Senior Debentures Due 2016
Oct 13, 2009 05:38PM After-Hours Movers 10/13: CNO, MYRX, VOXX, INTC, GPI, CSX Higher; BMTI, PURE Lower
Oct 13, 2009 04:34PM Paulson Comments on Conseco (CNO) Investment in E-Mailed Statement
Oct 13, 2009 04:09PM Hedge Fund Guru John Paulson Invests In Conseco (CNO)
Oct 13, 2009 04:07PM John Paulson buys stake in Conseco Inc. (CNO)
Oct 5, 2009 11:26AM StreetInsider.com's Best of the Web 10/5
Sep 30, 2009 04:00PM Speculators Hit The Exits On CIT Group (CIT)
Sep 29, 2009 04:03PM Paulson or No Paulson Speculators Are Loving CIT (CIT) Today
Sep 29, 2009 11:05AM Reports Paulson's CIT/IndyMac Hook-Up Rumors are "Pure Nonsense"
Sep 29, 2009 07:01AM Hedge Fund Guru Paulson Considering Plan to Save CIT Group (CIT)
Aug 27, 2009 09:52AM Hedge Fund Kingpin John Paulson Scooping Up Shares of Citi (C)
Aug 20, 2009 01:00PM Is John Paulson Going Long the U.S. Dollar?
Aug 14, 2009 04:59PM Top 10 News Items for 8/10-8/14: Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged; John Paulson Takes Massive Stake in BofA; Atticus to Close Main Hedge Funds
Aug 14, 2009 10:27AM StreetInsider.com's Best of the Web 8/14
Aug 14, 2009 09:23AM Rosenstein's JANA Partners Shows New 3.6M Share Stake In BofA (BAC)
Aug 13, 2009 02:49PM Cramer Says Paulson's Large Position In Regions Financial (RF) Is Big News
Aug 13, 2009 12:08PM Is There Anybody Not Buying BofA (BAC) Stock?
Aug 12, 2009 05:02PM John Paulson Hedge Fund Gets Long BofA (BAC) and Other Bank Stocks
Aug 12, 2009 04:35PM John Paulson's Hedge Funds Shows 1.94% Stake In BofA (BAC)
Jun 10, 2009 04:13PM Paulson's Investment in CB Richard Ellis Can't Boost Real Estate Sector Today (CBG, CBL, CMO, NLY)
Jun 10, 2009 07:02AM John Paulson Invests $100M In CB Richard Ellis (CBG)
May 22, 2009 04:18PM Top 10 News Items 5/18-5/22: S&P Places UK Ratings on Negative Outlook, Creating Fears That US Could Be Next; BankUnited Closed by Office of Thrift Supervision; 2 IPO's Hit the Market
May 19, 2009 04:53PM Smart Money Makes BIG Bets That Inflation Is Coming (GLD, GDX, OIH)
May 5, 2009 04:35PM Dow Chemical (DOW) Announces $1.625B Equity Offering
Mar 27, 2009 12:34PM Could the Four Horsemen of Tech Return as the "Reining" Champs?
Mar 25, 2009 10:49AM The Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers For 2008
Mar 17, 2009 03:44PM Hedge Fund King John Paulson Getting Long Gold Through $1.3B Stake In AngloGold Ashanti (AU, GLD)
Mar 12, 2009 12:47PM Paulson Hits The Jackpot On His Short British Banks Bet
Mar 9, 2009 02:27PM Dow (DOW) and Rohm and Haas (ROH) Reach Settlement: Ordinary Shareholders to Receive $78/Share
Feb 20, 2009 04:26PM Top 10 News Items 2/17-2/20: Obama Unveils Housing Plan; Financials Continue Getting Smashed; GM Asks for Additional $4.5B
Feb 17, 2009 03:55PM John Paulson's Hedge Fund Making Big Bet on Telecom (T, BCE, EQ, CYCL)
Feb 13, 2009 03:45PM Lloyds Banking (LYG) Plunges And John Paulson May Have Reaped Over $65M In Under 30 Minutes
Jan 27, 2009 10:45AM John Paulson's Hedge Fund Makes A Killing Shorting Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Jan 12, 2009 05:54PM Top 15 For 2008 (No. 6): Hedge Fund Meltdown
Dec 31, 2008 02:58PM John Paulson Criticizes Hedge Fund Managers for Restricting Redemptions
Nov 18, 2008 01:55PM John Paulson's Hedge Fund Steps Up And Buys Mortgage Assets
Nov 13, 2008 09:46AM Hedge Fund Managers To Testify In Washington Today
Nov 10, 2008 03:16PM October Hammers Several Hedge Funds
Oct 27, 2008 05:46PM Paulson & Co. Raises Stake in Cheniere Energy (LNG) to 14.6%
Oct 24, 2008 11:18AM Paulson & Co. Does It Again
Oct 17, 2008 04:15PM Lahde Capital's Andrew Lahde Calls It Quits And Publishes A Farewell Letter You MUST Read
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