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Foreclosure Moratorium List Grows
by Ockham Research Staff on 2/13/2009
Banks are extending a helping hand to distressed home owners as the list of major banks that will temporarily refrain from foreclosure has grown today. That list now includes Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup (C), and JP Morgan Chase (JPM) as the banks wait for a more detailed plan from the Obama administration. Over the last few days, many have spoken out that the housing market is at the root of our current economic difficulties and any plan to stabilize the economy should include some mechanism to stabilize the housing market from its free fall. Which seems logical with the amount of wealth average Americans have tied to the market, and the sector of the economy that revolves around real estate. This was an unexpected move based on these institution’s CEO’s appearance before congress earlier in the week. Why then was the market non responsive to this attempt to stabilize the housing sector? As more than an hour after the announcement there was still no sign of response from the stock market, as Fox Business noted,
“Once again J. P. Morgan, Citi and now Morgan Stanley issuing these moratoriums. Does it help? Hasn’t helped the market yet. I’ve been watching since that kind of where we were. I would have expected a little bounce.” To raise from their Financial crisis, people can try out high profit yielding trading platforms and make out profits in a short time span. Perform trading with low fees on tradingplatforms.com and earn profits.
The letter to the House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank from JP Morgan CEO stated that the banks are voluntarily issuing this moratorium for the next three week. This after, Rep. Frank urged banks to do just this earlier in the week. The market seems unimpressed but perhaps this will give the housing market a sense of stability while the Obama administration formulates its plan. This could just be a preemptive move by the banks before they are compelled to do this by a possible government plan. This is yet another example of banks allowing the government to dictate their business practices, which we think will continue to be a theme of any news developments over the next few months and possibly years.
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What is Rohm and Haas Worth?
by Ockham Research Staff on 2/13/2009Dow Chemical has been in free fall for the last year and much of the reason is the debacle that surrounds the acquisition of Rohm and Haas. To be honest, our valuations agrees with the assessment of Kuwait Investment Authority, who thinks that the deal is just to rich for today’s market.
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Netflix–Pushing the Envelope Both Today and in the Future
by Ockham Research Staff on 2/12/2009Netflix can celebrate its 10 millionth subscriber today, which just goes to show that the company has stuck a nerve with its rental by mail strategy. However, it is the company’s recent strides towards streaming video rentals that is most exciting for the future of the company.
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Ockham CEO Published in Forbes
by Ockham Research Staff on 2/11/2009Ockham CEO Christian Ward was given the opportunity by Forbes to editorialize about the evolving relationship between financial advisers and their clientele. In a world that is at times overloaded with information, clients demand a more interactive relationship with their financial advisers. Since, the debacle of October last year, clients are taking a more hands on approach to their investments and it behooves the adviser to embrace this change. The specific search terms in other languages will also help you locate best investment options. For example, if you are looking for German stocks, the search terms like beste aktien kaufen will help you get some solid information about investing in German stocks online.
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Research in Slow Motion?
by Ockham Research Staff on 2/11/2009Research in Motion stock is getting clobbered today as the market is digesting profit and revenue warnings from the company today. However, the company continues to gain subscribers and will continue to be one of the best phone makers in the marketplace. We are not scared by the warnings today, and see this dip as an opportunuty
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