11/23/2009
How Much Longer Can Gold Rise? -- As the precious metal continues to soar, naysayers abound. But a few things need to happen before the yellow fever cools off. (Source: MSN Money)

Fire Geithner? Heck, No. -- One reliable measure of the stock market's tone is the gap, or lack thereof, between what institutional traders are discussing and what dominates the financial news. When traders are in sync with the news flow, markets tend to function smoothly. When they aren't, watch out. (Source: Barron's)

Wall Street: Is It Good to Apologize for Greed? -- What would J.P. Morgan (JPM: Charts, News, Offers) have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs (GS: Charts, News, Offers) CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment. (Source: BusinessWeek)

How to Break Up the Banks? -- The financial crisis that sparked the worst recession in decades is in abeyance, but not yet over. Nonperforming loans and other assets of doubtful quality still weigh on many banks. Financial reform to date has focused on improving capital rules and processes. What has not yet been addressed is the future structure of the global financial system. (Source: WSJ)

Show Me the Money -- Who decides what a trader is worth: His bosses? The government? The public? Inside the tug-of-war over pay at AIG (AIG: Charts, News, Offers), where compensation has become a proxy for a whole lot more. (Source: New York Magazine)

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JM Smucker Co.'s (SJM) acquisition of Folgers Coffee Co. has continued to pay off for the jam maker. The company was able to post higher-than-expected quarterly results thanks to strong margins at its Folgers coffee business. Looking ahead, Smucker raised its full-year 2010 earnings guidance to a range of $3.95 to $4.05 per share.

The No. 2 US homebuilder, DR Horton Inc. (DHI), narrowed its fiscal fourth-quarter loss, but still missed analysts' expectations. Quarterly revenues dropped 42% year-over-year, reflecting lower home sales as market conditions in the homebuilding industry continued to be challenging.

Shares of Dell, Inc. (DELL) continued to head south on Friday after the company posted disappointing results for its fiscal third quarter that ended in October. The company appears to have a positive outlook despite its recent performance. The world's No.3 PC brand said that its core business of selling computers to companies was returning .

First it was journalists, Main Street, and Washington complaining about Goldman Sachs' (GS) bonus fund. Now some of the company's largest shareholders are urging the bank to reduce the size of its bonus pool in order to bolster per-share earnings.

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