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German wholesale prices fell the most in more than 22 years in March after energy costs and prices for agricultural goods plunged. Prices dropped 8 percent from a year earlier after a 5.7 percent decline in February, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said in a faxed statement today...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In the wake of last year's Lehman Brothers collapse and the financial crisis ensnarling the markets, credit rating agencies are under intense scrutiny by Washington lawmakers and regulators. Private raters, such as Moody's Investors Service Standard & Poor's and...

LOL ! :D

GS= strong sell

Retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in March as soaring job losses forced consumers to pull back. The 1.1 percent decrease followed a 0.3 percent gain in February that was stronger than previously estimated, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Auto dealers, electronics...

BS. :D Do not forget Goldman Sachs conference call ! :)

Bull market. No doubt about it.

Philips Q1 sales down 17% to 5.1 billion euros http://www.philips.com/shared/assets/Downloadablefile/Investor/R_1Q09.pdf

Singapore says economy to contract 6%-9% in 2009 Singapore's advance economic growth figures turned in a worse-than-expected performance in the first quarter of the year, contracting 19.7% on an annualized, seasonally adjusted basis, and falling 11.5% from the same quarter of 2008, according...

Goldman Sachs has been working for months to overcome U.S. restrictions on executive pay for TARP recipients. Managers have a big incentive: Last year, 953 Goldman employees were paid in excess of $1 million apiece. 953...

I am with you !

Conference Call A conference call to discuss the firm’s results, outlook and related matters will be held Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 7:00 am (ET). The call will be open to the public. Members of the public who would like to listen to the conference call should dial 1-888-281-7154 (U.S...

Other Balance Sheet and Liquidity Metrics * Total assets (9) were $925 billion as of March 27, 2009, up 5% from November 28, 2008. * Level 3 assets (10) were approximately $59 billion as of March 27, 2009 (down from $66 billion as of November 28, 2008) and represented 6.4% of total...

Goldman said Monday it swung to a profit in the first-quarter compared to the prior period, and announced it has commenced a public offering of $5 billion of its common stock. Goldman Sachs said net earnings for the period ended in March were $1.8 billion, or $3.39 a share, compared to $1.5...

Coincidentely, the buy rating "develops" one day before earnings release...I would need some VWAP to unload my institutional positions, or ?

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama has put the wrong federal agency in charge of the rescue of the financial system. Instead of hiring Tim Geithner and the TARP, he should have hired the U.S. Navy and the SEALs. When lawless pirates captured an American sea captain, the Navy...

Also Monday, Citigroup Global Markets initiated its coverage of Goldman with a buy rating, stating that Goldman represents strong value in superior execution. That´s my sell signal.

In short time EU nations will have a second thought about the benefits of the European "Union". Maybe it´s better to have some advantages a la UK...:cool:

Cities, states, and municipalities have a huge budget problem. That problem is caused by too much spending. The sensible thing to do would be to reduce expenditures. Instead Cities Turn to Fees to Fill Budget Gaps. After her sport utility vehicle sideswiped a van in early February...

The committee overseeing federal banking-bailout programs is investigating the lending practices of institutions that received public funds, following a rash of complaints about increases in interest rates and fees. Since the Troubled Asset Relief Program was launched last October, banks...