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Oh dear … being a stockpicker is not easy and Jim Cramer, CNBC’s top stock picker, backed Bear Stearns big time on his show last Tuesday, March 11th.  In fact, as can be seen at Jim Cramer’s Mad Money website, he thought Bear Stearns was a BUY this time last week. Oh dear … with…

Technology is blamed as a major cause of the current market meltdown according to an in-depth article in today’s Financial Times entitled: "Algo trading: the dog that bit its master". These themes build upon the review of capital markets I put forward in December, as well as the discussion of Goldman Sachs’ $1.5 billion algo…

Most of you know that America’s fifth largest bank, Bear Stearns, was sold at bargain basement prices to JP Morgan over the weekend.  The price?  $2 a share.  That’s 90% less than the bank’s valuation last week, and a fraction of the $117 per share value for the bank last October. So, JPM pays $240…

I just read the FSA publication, Market Watch 25, which focused on the systems and controls trading banks should implement in light of Societe Generale’s rogue trader incident.       Apparently, since the SocGen incident, the FSA has had cosy little chats with about fifty trading banks around London.  The conclusion is that firms should: …

I just read the FSA publication, Market Watch 25, which focused on the systems and controls trading banks should implement in light of Societe Generale’s rogue trader incident.       Apparently, since the SocGen incident, the FSA has had cosy little chats with about fifty trading banks around London.  The conclusion is that firms should: …

OK, OK … after all the knocking of Microsoft over their horrific Vista and Office 2007 faux pas,  I’ve found a good news story about them to balance everything. Yes, Microsoft has beaten Google’s attempt to conquer space by building the Worldwide Telescope. Debuting at TED Talks, the Worldwide Telescope (WWT) is an amazing interactive…

Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood.  However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow.  That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…

Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood.  However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow.  That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…

Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood.  However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow.  That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…

Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood.  However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow.  That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…