Our UBS correspondent, John Byrne, is currently wading through UBS earnings, and waiting for spokeswoman Karina Byrne to confirm a few facts/analysis of perfomance. But, he writes, "it looks like at least two interesting things" unfolded. ...
Richard Bove, the sometimes controversial analyst at Rochdale Securities, ticks off a laundry list of problems that will be caused by a downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt in a note this morning. Interest rates will soar, as will inflation, the...
I received a press release this morning with the blaring "hed" (as we spell it in the journo industry): UBS LAUNCHES TWO INTERNET IPO EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES. The "dek" read: Two ETRACS Linked to the UBS Internet IPO Index Comprised of Twenty Social...
Our own regulatory gadfly and long-time legal columnist Bill Singer is at it again. In a blog at Forbes (Yup, he contributes there too. We have learned to share), Singer has a singular idea: Break up the SEC because it sucks...
Our long-time staff writer Halah Touryalai, who now toils for our "frenemy" Forbes.com, has a good story today, echoing a sentiment that has been rattling around the brains of many Merrill's advisors I know: "I hate that bank." ...
Last week our hedge fund analyst columnist got a few dissenting comments when he argued that Android (powered by Google, GOOG)would win the smartphone/tablet wars, even surpassing the cult-like iPad Apple (AAPL) line up. Well, here is another bold...
