* Investor said Citigroup hid risk during 2008 financial crisis

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Money managers trimmed more of their bets oil prices will go higher, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed Friday. The data, pertaining to the week up to Tuesday, showed the category emcompassing fund managers and speculative money trimming…

May 18 (Reuters) - Moody's disclosures on credit rating of Citigroup

By Sol Palha:Selling naked puts is a great way to purchase shares in companies you like at a predetermined price. In essence, you are getting paid to wait. Benefits associated with selling naked puts In essence, you get paid for entering a "limit order" for a stock or stocks you…

The initial public offering, priced at $38 a share, values Facebook at $104 billion, putting the social networking company on par with McDonald's, Citigroup and Amazon.com.

(Updates with Vale spokeswoman declining comment) SAO PAULO -(MarketWatch)- Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) has hired Bank of Nova Scotia BNS and Citigroup Inc. C to help sell its oil and gas exploration blocks in Brazil, according to a person familiar with the transaction.…

By The Independent Investor:The market is definitely vulnerable. While the S&P 500 and its tracking exchange traded fund, SPY (SPY), as well as stocks such as Apple (AAPL), have had massive runs since the summer of last year, poor recent economic data and renewed fears over…

- By Josh Krause:In today's market, financials are my least favorite asset class. From the suspension of mark-to-market accounting, to the complete dependence of the Too Big To Fail (Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C),…

U.S. Bancorp overtook banking giants Bank of America and Citigroup to become the third-largest mortgage originator in the U.S. for the first quarter of the year. Data compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance details the performance of mortgage lending divisions of the country?s largest banks in…

Citigroup raised its target price for Land & Houses Pcl , Thailand's biggest housing developer, to 8.5 baht ($0.27) from 7.9 baht ($0.25) as it upgraded 2012 earnings to reflect a gain from asset...

May 15 (Reuters) - Talisman Energy Inc on Tuesday sold $600 million of notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Citigroup and JP Morgan were the active joint bookrunning managers for the...

By Sol Palha:Novice investors would do well to follow some of the suggested guidelines when it comes to looking for new investment ideas. These are not absolute rules; they are just suggestions and there are always exceptions to the rule. The goal is to try to satisfy as many of…

Hedge fund titan David Tepper's latest 13F filing is out and Appaloosa Management massively increased its stake in Apple and bought huge position in Bank of America.  For the quarter ended 3/31/2012, Appaloosa had 685,000 shares in Apple compared with 181,850 in the previous…

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Bank regulators on Monday released stress test guidance for big banks, asking institutions to conduct an analysis of whether the institutions would survive based on a variety of scenarios such as the failure of a major counterparty or a natural disaster. The…

What was once dismissed as unthinkable is now talked about openly. Greece could leave the euro. In fact US bank Citigroup puts the chances of an exit…

Citigroup has raised its price target for Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company Limited (HKG:0874) (GPCL) by 64.7% from HK$8.5 to HK$14, saying that the arbitration outcome for GPCL's controlling shareholder, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL) to regain the rights for red can…

By Seeking Benny Frank:Some say investment banking is dead, others see growth and calmer, more profitable seas ahead. For now the financial sector can be a scary place to invest. One bad Spanish debt auction, or bad news about a US bank trading loss, can send financial stocks…

By Chris Katje: Offering TIM W.E. (TMWE) is planning a 13,700,000 initial price offering late this week. Shares will trade at a proposed range of $5 to $6. After the initial price offering, TMWE will still own 77.9% of the company. The IPO will be led by Credit Suisse and…

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Citigroup raised its target price for Robinson Department Store Pcl to 39 baht ($1.25) from 37 baht ($1.19), reflecting strong first quarter results and an earnings upgrade for the full year.

NEW YORK - Shares of banks are tumbling on news that JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in trading on derivatives. Shortly after Friday's opening bell, JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares dropped more than 9 percent, while Citigroup Inc. shares fell 4 percent. Goldman Sachs…

By Matt Schilling:Government initiatives such as TARP and Quantitative Easing were supposed to soften the blow of hard economic times and a monetary system that was all but dried up. The first two rounds didn't exactly do much, and the short-term economic outlook continues to be…

By IPOdesktop: Based in Warren, Michigan, LINC Logistics (LLGX) scheduled a $170 million IPO with a market capitalization of $460 million at a price range mid-point of $13, for Thursday, May 10, 2012. [S-1]LLGX is one of 12 IPOs scheduled for the week of May 7 (Full IPO calendar…

By IPOdesktop: Based in Pasadena, California, Western Asset Mortgage Capital (WMC) scheduled a $160 million IPO with a market capitalization of $206 million for Thursday, May 10, 2012. [S-1]WMC is one of 12 IPOs scheduled for the week of May 7 (Full IPO calendar here).Manager; Joint…

Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG is once again ranked as the top foreign-exchange house in a closely watched survey, though competition intensifies and Citigroup Inc. snatches second place as its market share rose sharply.