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Entries tagged "Portfolio"Portfolio as a bubble phenomenonConde Nast officially pulled the plug on Portfolio, a little more than two years after its much-hyped launch. Portfolio and its bubble solutionThe notion that computer models from physics could be applied to economics and finance to avoid disturbances in markets is a meme that keeps bubbling up in the media. Portfolio's Lipman on how to buy a housePortfolio's Joanne Lipman offers some personal finance advice despite Conde Nast swearing off personal finance stories when launching the magazine. Saving Citi and BofA while ending the crisisAs Citigroup Inc. desperately tries to right its ship, Bank of America Corp. reportedly has returned to the Treasury with its hat in hand asking for more money after blowing its first handout on a bad bet, Merrill Lynch & Co. The sorry state of two leading U.S. banks raises into question how effective the government's efforts to fix the sickly banking industry has been. The blogosphere -- much like the public it reflects -- is alight with populist outrage, speculation and even some solutions. ... Roll Call: Jan. 14, 2009After a few days of speculation, Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley officially announced their Smith Barney deal late Tuesday. While the game of speculation ended for the media, it created a new flurry of articles. Deal Journal suggests that the two firms study Wachovia Corp.'s and Prudential Financial Inc.'s ill-fated brokerage joint venture that ended with the Rock selling its stake to Wells Fargo & Co. Even before the deal's announcement, Dealscape's affiliate Corporate Dealmaker examined some of the potential integration issues facing the firms. DealZone points out that the credit crisis has forced Morgan's John Mack to dust off... Roll Call: Jan. 7, 2009For all the rabble-rousing against the bailout, TARP evidently is profitable, according to Deal Journal. Is The New York Times at risk of not publishing come May? The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn makes a case for what a post-print Times might look like, leading to a rebuke from Portfolio's Market Movers blogger Felix Salmon. Speaking of shutdowns, on Dec. 12 Wall Strip went on a holiday break that won't end, according to peHUB and confirmed by DealBook. While 2008 is over, bad news from the year that was continues. The latest nugget is the assertion that private equity firms will likely... Roll Call: Nov. 25, 2008While the New York Post and others blame Wall Street executives for the credit crisis, Scientific America and rival Discover both blame the rocket scientists that Wall Street employed, who created the exotic financial instruments, notes ClusterStock. Meanwhile, Charles Calomiris, the Henry Kaufman professor of Financial Institutions at Columbia University's business school, is angry at Hank Paulson, telling Deal Journal that the bailout plan to save the economy is "Truly idiotic." The man that President-elect Barack Obama will rely on to pick up where Paulson left off, treasury secretary nominee Tim Geithner, received some drubbings already over his role so... Roll Call: Nov. 19, 2008Portfolio's Felix Salmon suggests that Rep. Barney Frank, D.-Mass., is TARP's hero, not Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. (Portfolio) On the subject of bailouts, The Deal Professor asks who owns American International Group Inc. after its bailout, and the answer is rather fuzzy. (DealBook) The bailout hasn't trickled down to Greenwich, Conn., which evidently is feeling the pain of the credit crisis. (Dealzone) Credit crisis? Not for Halliburton Co., which sports an "A" rating, and it may use it to go on a buying spree. (Corporate Dealmaker) With the masses angry over the bailout, comparisons between bankers and villains are... Roll Call: Nov. 6, 2008Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain may receive a $5.22 million bonus for selling the firm to Bank of America Corp. (DealBook) Odds are the news of Thain's bonus will upset some critics. One critic of excessive executive compensation is outspoken activist investor Carl Icahn, who threw his two cents in on bonuses for executives who take bailouts. (Icahn Report) The chatter about President-elect Barack Obama's treasury secretary pick continues to grow. Portfolio's Felix Salmon makes the case for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Portfolio) While people speculate about Obama's Cabinet picks, some people are placing bets. However,... Roll Call: Oct. 30, 2008Wednesday, Dealscape used some colorful references to death when writing about the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy. Sadly, the Lehman bankruptcy may have contributed to the death of Bella, a black Labrador Retriever, who worked as a guard dog at Lehman's headquarters, notes Dealbreaker, which alleges that the bankruptcy broke her heart. HarbourVest Partners has backed out of a signed agreement to acquire a large LP stake on the secondary market, peHUB has learned. Portfolio's Felix Salmon asks whether publicly traded buyout shop Blackstone Group LP is itself a buyout target. With deals like Huntsman Corp. and Hexion Specialty... Roll Call: Oct. 29, 2008The Deal Professor Steven Davidoff has spotted some changes in how mergers are structured, leading him to believe the deal market is near a bottom. (DealBook) In the meantime, the lack of deals -- along with other troubles -- reportedly has lead Goldman, Sachs & Co. to unscrew some light bulbs around the office -- even though it received a $10 billion capital injection from the Treasury Department. (Clusterstocks) On the topic of Treasury Department capital injections, while some of the earliest recipients balked at taking the government's money, the latest crop of TARP recipients (see the full list... Roll Call: Oct. 23, 2008With Goldman, Sachs & Co. laying off 10% of its work force, Heidi Moore declares its "Not Your Father's Goldman Sachs, Not Your Father's Wall Street." (Deal Journal) Talking about fathers, tech entrepreneur Jim Clark, who helped start Netscape, is engaged to marry a swimsuit model half his age. (peHUB) Meanwhile, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offered some fatherly advice to bankers during congressional hearings: "I remain especially concerned that, in the Treasury's zeal to make the capital injection program easily digestible for the banks, we're feeding them a little too much dessert and not making them eat enough of their... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Portfolio." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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