On the Brink

Buffett Watch: Berkshire Is a Bargain

By Lauren Tara LaCapra

• Tickers in this article:
• BRK-A

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has 'attractive long-term growth prospects' and is 'one of the world's few financially sound institutions,' a KBW analyst says.

06/29/09 - 09:42 AM EDT

New Bank Failures: Week of May 11

By Philip van Doorn

• Tickers in this article:
• WSFG

One bank failed for the week of May 11, Washington state's Westsound Bank, bringing the 2009 total to 33.

05/11/09 - 10:14 AM EDT

Illinois Tops Undercapitalized Bank List

By Philip van Doorn

• Tickers in this article:
• CORS
• SNV

States like Illinois, Georgia and California that have been home to the most bank failures since the beginning of 2008 look to have more trouble on the horizon.

05/05/09 - 08:55 AM EDT

New Bank Failures: Week of May 4

By Philip van Doorn

New bank failures for the week of May 4 include Silverton Bank, Citizens Community Bank and America West Bank, bringing the 2009 total to 32.

05/04/09 - 12:49 PM EDT

Merrill Spin-off May Be Just What BofA Needs

By Dan Freed

• Tickers in this article:
• BAC

Bank of America has taken a lot of grief from investors for its Merrill Lynch deal, but some derivatives traders may be anticipating a simple, if radical solution.

05/01/09 - 04:21 PM EDT

Kass: Risks Associated With Second Derivative Rally

By Doug Kass

The growing enthusiasm could be dangerous to one's financial health in the very near term.

04/30/09 - 01:01 PM EDT

Wilbur Ross Details Plan to Buy Toxic Assets

By Dan Freed

• Tickers in this article:
• IVZ
• BKUNA

Vulture investor Wilbur Ross talks to TheStreet.com about his partnership with Invesco to buy troubled assets through a government program.

04/27/09 - 04:35 PM EDT

Kass: Are We Overbought?

By Doug Kass

• Tickers in this article:
• BEN
• TROW
• AB
• SPY

Arguably, the 'wall of worry' has been scaled, and the markets have shifted from oversold to overbought.

04/27/09 - 12:00 PM EDT

New Bank Failures: Week of April 27

By Philip van Doorn

• Tickers in this article:
• SNV
• USB
• MHBC

New bank failures for the week of April 27 include American Southern Bank, First Bank of Idaho, First Bank of Beverly Hills and Michigan Heritage Bank.

04/27/09 - 11:51 AM EDT

New Bank Failures: Week of April 20

By Philip van Doorn

• Tickers in this article:
• ZION
• PHX

New bank failures for the week of April 20 include Missouri's American Sterling Bank and Great Basin Bank of Nevada, the 24th and 25th banks shuttered by regulators this year.

04/20/09 - 11:42 AM EDT

Kass: The Model Portfolio

By Doug Kass

• Tickers in this article:
• MSFT
• DELL
• RIG
• BAC
• BRK.A
• CNS

Where I believe a long-term investment portfolio should be positioned.

04/20/09 - 12:58 PM EDT

Stress Test Preview: Banks Holding Up

By Philip van Doorn

• Tickers in this article:
• JPM
• BAC
• C

Stress tests on the 19 largest U.S. banks and thrifts are expected to be completed this month and the most recent data available looks OK.

04/16/09 - 02:01 PM EDT