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An Exclusive Interview With David Einhorn More insights from the hedge fund star.   |
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June 24, 2004
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Allied Capital Punishment Business development corporation Allied Capital's stock dropped more than 10% in trading today after the company disclosed it's the target of an informal SEC investigation. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2009
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I'd Short This Stock David Einhorn, prominent hedge fund manger known for successfully shorting Lehman Brothers, recently disclosed that his firm, Greenlight Capital, is shorting Moody's. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Randy Myers |
Ratings Disaster Congress takes another stab at reforming the credit-rating agencies, whose AAA seal of approval helped fuel the subprime crisis. But will any change truly make a difference? |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2006
Alex Dumortier |
Congress' Move Doesn't Rate With Moody's The market might be overreacting to the prospect of more regulation for ratings agencies. Moody's shares have lost almost 30% since the end of the first quarter. Value investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Stephen Ellis |
How Allied Capital Won the War The long-running short saga against Allied Capital hasn't quite reached a conclusion, but the outcome is already certain. Investors should look at the recent price drop as an opportunity to build a position here. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
Bond Buyer The U.S. House of Representatives easily passed legislation designed to foster competition, transparency and accountability in the credit rating industry. |
U.S. Banker
July 2008
Michael Sisk |
A `Radical' Answer to Credit-Ratings Conflict The government should remove itself completely from the credit-rating business, stop deciding which company can and can't rate a bond, and stop making institutions pay attention to rating agencies whose work may be shoddy - and, it often turns out, is. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Lynn Hume |
The Bond Buyer SEC Votes on Rules for Rating Agencies: The proposed rules would implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, which Congress approved and President Bush signed to foster increased competition, transparency and accountability among rating agencies. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Amy Borrus |
Rating Agencies Get A Credit Check The SEC and European regulators are debating new rules for the U.S.-led credit rating industry. The commission probably will ask Congress for authority to require rating agencies to open their books and records to the SEC. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
S&P Being Taken to the Woodshed The ratings agency will have to answer the SEC's questions about CDO ratings fiasco. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Stephen Ellis |
Allied Capital Takes a Hit The business development corporation delivered strong results, but investors have to deal with considerable uncertainty yet again. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Extreme Makeover: SEC With or without an increased budget, the SEC wants to make up for its shortcomings. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Over Rated? The subprime fiasco has put corporate credit-ratings on thin ice. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Tell Me Why You Love Moody's Eroding of a competitive advantage, many believe, is what drove Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway to start selling shares of Moody's earlier this year. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2010
John Reeves |
Gold or Apple? What about both? One prominent investor is bullish. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 31, 2009
Martha Lagace |
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies Competition in credit ratings forces raters to favor issuers. This is contrary to the interest of those who rely on ratings to make investment decisions or to regulate. |
CFO
May 1, 2009
Sarah Johnson |
Trouble for the Other Big Three? The SEC explores whether new competition for the big credit-rating agencies could make them raise their games. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2010
Anand Chokkavelu |
5 Banks to Buy Before Goldman Sachs Consider these five bank stocks first. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Moody's Blues Debt-ratings agency Moody's watches its earnings and reputation erode, as the once-lucrative business of rating batches of collateralized debt obligations has begun to sour. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Moody's Goes Rogue Ratings agency fails to disclose receipt of SEC investigation notice as CEO dumps stock. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Can't Shake the Shorts Lehman Brothers is back defending itself against those hunting for the next credit-crisis victim. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Most Powerful Companies in the World Allowing one company's actions to have so much influence over the economy is terribly dangerous and never should have happened. But it is still happening, with ratings agencies. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Jesse Westbrook & David Scheer |
How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Smith & Bleeker |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the SEC? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's bullet-point some of the failures of both Congress and the SEC to determine which is more to blame for the current crisis. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2011
Evan Niu |
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters are getting hammered by as much as 14% today with little reprieve as renowned hedge fund manager David Einhorn made negative comments about the company. |
Inc.
October 1, 2009
Norm Brodsky |
Norm Brodsky Tries to Sell His Company...Again Anticipating the torpedoes that can sink a deal. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Berkowitz vs. Einhorn: The Battle for St. Joe Two respected fund managers square off over the value of real estate development company's stock. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Why Do We Still Listen to the Ratings Agencies? How can investors put their faith back into the very institutions that have, at least partially, created the great financial collapse? |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2011
Eric Bleeker |
How You Can Invest in a Hedge Fund A simple way to invest with David Einhorn. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2012
Diana Britton |
Founders of Advanced Equities Slammed with Wells Notices Over Private Offerings The SEC sent the notices to Chairman Keith Daubenspeck and CEO Dwight Badger in January 2012, notifying them that the staff may take enforcement action related to a private offering in 2009. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Constellation Finds Its Partners Constellation Brands and Brown-Forman jump into the bidding fray for Allied Domecq. Investors, take note. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Turf Wars A conversation with former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos about the Treasury's Blueprint for financial services reform. |
Inc.
September 1, 2009
Norm Brodsky |
Norm Brodsky: Selling My Company (Again) The founder of CitiStorage, a records storage and document destruction company, talks about the experience of selling the company -- twice -- and his front-row seat to the financial crisis. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2008
Nathan Parmelee |
Best International Stock: Allied Irish Banks A quick summary of Allied Irish Bank; a stock that currently lets investors take advantage of a pessimistic environment in Ireland. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Robert Brokamp |
Let's Fix the Rules of Enforcement Is the SEC up to the task? |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2009
Tim Beyers |
The First Step to Running a Hedge Fund How NY's big-money managers are betting on the future and they're even more jazzed by the returns offered by New York charter schools. |
Registered Rep.
June 24, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC Says Time To Tighten Rules On Money Market Funds After one of the oldest and largest money market funds suffered such severe redemptions that the net asset value of its shares fell below $1, the SEC is proposing structural and regulatory changes for money markets |
Registered Rep.
October 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Protect Yourself, Says Einhorn, the U.S. Is Headed Toward a Fiscal Crisis In a speech to the Value Investing Congress David Einhorn paints a dim view of our financial system and the government's role of enabler. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2011
Kristen French |
SEC Says Bigger Budget Is Supported By BCG Report In testimony before Congress Thursday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro made a case for an increase in the agency's funding to $1.407 billion for 2012. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Stephen Ellis |
An Investor's Guide to Business Development Companies Understand the nuts and bolts of a uniquely profitable investment space. These companies are very well-managed, and have historically delivered very high returns for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
The SEC Has Let Us Down Who's the SEC looking out for again? It's not you or I. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors. |
Registered Rep.
December 9, 2002
Will Leitch |
I'm From the Government. I'm Here to Help You The prevailing mindset at the somewhat sparsely attended Securities Industry Association seminar on corporate governance Thursday was not fear of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- but the SEC's interpretation of it |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Luck of the Allied Irish Allied Irish Banks posted 2007 results that, although not exactly rousing, should certainly put the bank ahead of most of its counterparts in the States, not to mention competitors such as Bank of Ireland and HSBC. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
You Won't Make Friends by Shorting Stocks But you may influence people. |
