Analyst Asks the Right Question to Smith Micro Software Management -05/06/10 at 7:47 AM CDTby Peter York

Oftentimes, conference call analyst participants tend to hold back on asking more obvious straightforward in-your-face type questions.  They instead avoid them for fear of breaking decorum and instead dive into minute details.  But it doesn’t happen that way all the time, and perhaps Wall Street needs more female analysts who will cut thro...

The SEC's Culture of Regulatory Capture Prior to Goldman Sachs -04/30/10 at 12:31 AM CDTby Judd Bagley

Perspective is a funny thing. The full taxpayer cost of the S&L bailout came to an enormous, inflation-adjusted tab of around $255-billion; and yet, in the shadow of the latest spate of bank bailout checks written by Congress, that doesn’t seem like much. Similarly, the $60-billion Madoff fiasco tends to make the many Ponzi scheme busts that fol...

Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, UBS, and Others Who Pumped and Dumped O... -04/20/10 at 6:05 PM CDTby Mark Mitchell

It is perhaps beyond the ability of an innocent public to believe this, but there is a growing body of evidence that a few mad scientists might have engineered the near-destruction of the American financial system. Except they weren’t scientists, per se – they were unscrupulous, market manipulating hedge fund managers, and we can almost hear t...

Coming Redemption For Take Two Interactive Investors -04/20/10 at 10:59 AM CDTby Perry Rod

For the last couple weeks, Take Two's (NASDAQ:TTWO) Red Dead Redemption titles for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have showed considerable pre-order interest on the Amazon bestseller video game chart as well as other online charts.  GameStop stores also appear to be involved in a heavy marketing campaign for the title.  This has come as a surpr...

Guest Thrown Off Live TV Show For Calling CNBC Hosts "Public Relation... -04/17/10 at 9:12 PM CDTby Reggie Abaca

It was as if a security breach had occurred at CNBC.  A first time guest to the show by the name of Sylvain Raynes, author of The Analysis of Structured Securities and an upcoming title, The Elements of Structured Finance, was bullied and thrown off a program after he broke some kind of previously unknown rule of not bringing up CNBC ties with Gold...

Tix Corporation Stock Volume and Price Rises on Valuation, Executive ... -04/07/10 at 12:54 PM CDTby Peter York

Just two weeks ago, I wrote that Tix Corporation (NASDAQ:TIXC) was trading at a considerable valuation discount to the market given their latest report and projections. Today, somebody (or some institution) is apparently agreeing with that assessment.   Tix Corp volume is well over five times normal levels at the time of this publication and the pri...

Manipulating Gold (GLD) and Silver (SLV): A Criminal Naked Short Posi... -04/02/10 at 5:04 PM CDTby Mark Mitchell

Everyone from U.S. Senators to prominent hedge fund managers say that criminal naked short sellers had a hand in the financial collapse of 2008, but the regulators aren’t listening. Not a single criminal has been prosecuted. Indeed, the regulators continue to allow the miscreants to manipulate the markets — not just the stock markets, but also...

Anarcho-Regulation For Investors of Sears Holding, Mannkind Corp, Ame... -03/29/10 at 11:03 PM CDTby Judd Bagley

Short-side stock manipulators are slippery and, by definition, dishonest. These people thrive on the internet, where they can anonymously spread misinformation and then away, with little fear of being held accountable. Still, on a few occasions, I’ve observed anonymous defenders of illegal naked short selling attempt to mount a philosophical defense...

Tix Corporation Trade Presents a Good Opportunity -03/25/10 at 12:54 PM CDTby Peter York

Last week, after having its stock price drop by approximately one third in 3 months and two thirds in 6 months, Tix Corporation (NASDAQ:TIXC) tried to stop the bleeding by presenting an earnings report that looked pretty decent for a company with its market capitalization of just over 40 million.  But was anybody paying attention?  The stock li...

Gamestop Corp Rumor Writer Fired by Business Insider -03/25/10 at 11:26 AM CDTby Perry Rod

Managing editor of Clusterstock.com and former editor-in-chief of Dealbreaker.com John Carney was fired by Business Insider's Henry Blodget yesterday.  There is no official word on the reason for his termination. Two weeks prior, Carney had written an article stating that retailer GameStop Corp [NYSE:GME] "might be an acquisition target," according ...

Take Two Interactive's Bioshock 2 Tops Software Sales for February 2010 -03/11/10 at 5:23 PM CSTby Perry Rod

Take Two (NASDAQ:TTWO)'s Bioshock 2 on the Xbox 360 barely beat out Wii's popular New Super Mario Brothers for the month of February, according to NPD.  Activision's November release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was at number 3 and 6 of the top 10.  Electronic Arts hit the next three spots.  Sony's Heavy Rain comes in tenth.  On the...