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March 21, 2008
 

Investing Intelligence

Insights and analysis from BW and Standard & Poor's


NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY

The Fed's Too Easy on Wall Street

The Fed should insist on its prerogative to strictly regulate financial institutions in boom times, not just to bail them out when it all goes bad



  MORE TOP STORIES
STOCK SCREENS • From S&P
Eight Chart-Topping Stocks
S&P's latest screen uses technical analysis to find top-ranked names from the best-positioned sectors

STOCKS IN THE NEWS
Borders' Big Markdown
Facing a cash shortage, the bookstore chain might put itself up for sale. Could rival Barnes & Noble snap it up from the remainder pile?

THE WEEK AHEAD
Vital Signs: Soaking in Housing Woes
Lots of data is coming on new and existing home sales and house prices, durable good orders, personal income, and consumer spending

TOP NEWS
Gold and the Three Bears
Bear Stearns Chairman Cayne, CEO Schwartz, and former Co-President Spector reaped megamillions as part of their compensation packages

NEWS ANALYSIS
Visa's IPO Victory
The company's initial offering was a hit and a rare sign of strength in a weakened stock market. But the post-Visa IPO landscape looks bleak

INVESTING
Fannie and Freddie Set Free
Federal regulators have eased the lenders' capital surplus requirements, to inject some much-needed money into the mortgage market

TOP NEWS
JPMorgan Buys Bear on the Cheap
With bankruptcy looming, the banks reach a deal: JPMorgan will acquire the troubled investment house for only $2 a share

SAM STOVALL'S SECTOR WATCH • From S&P
The Dirt on Environmental-Services Stocks
S&P says the group's longer-term momentum is improving, and its fundamental outlook is positive. Favorites include Republic Services and Waste Management

TOP NEWS
Not the Deepest Rate Cut
The Fed's cut of three-quarters of a percentage point is less than investors were expecting, but markets rallied nonetheless

INVESTING
Stocks: A Place Called Vertigo
With the Bear Stearns collapse, equities' age of anxiety just got an extra jolt of caffeine. Should individual investors give up on stocks?

  INVESTING TOOLS
MUTUAL FUND SCOREBOARD
How's Your Fund Doing?
Our Interactive Scoreboard has complete results for some 2,500 equity funds, hundreds with BW's exclusive risk-adjusted ratings

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