Say what you what about Goldman Sachs but they are not stupid people and they understand the housing and mortgage markets.  Inventories are down and when demand picks up watch out. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-29/goldman-bets-on-property-rebound-with-new-fund-mortgages.html INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.Read More

After reviewing the Jefferies earnings call I’m very optimistic as to how this quarter should shake out for the other financials.  CEO Richard Handler has done an amazing job with Jefferies, in the most difficult of environment.  I really appreciate the way that he has opportunistically bought back stock and debt at favorable prices, and...Read More

I applaud Greg Smith for speaking up for his values and I believe that he is probably trying to shed some light on some of the nastiness that is most certainly present in the financial services industry.  His comments on selling products with no thought in regards to whether or not they are right for...Read More

Today we had some big news with the Federal Reserve announcing the results of the dramatic stress tests.  As a whole the US banking industry did quite well, which is to be expected considering they have double the capital that they had three years ago. I was somewhat surprised to see Citigroup, which has one...Read More