“I’m just a banker doing God’s work.”-- Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) “Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.”-- Ge

Is it Friday yet?Asian stocks were up yet again. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei rose 0.51% and 1.77%, respectively. European stocks were, however, a bit of a mixed bag early this morning. And here in t

JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the first of the big banks to report third-quarter earnings, kicked it off with a bang this morning. The New York-based bank said its quarterly profit jumped to $3.6 billion, or

JPMorgan Chase Adds to Earnings Beats Earnings season is off to a good start with Intel (INTC) beating the “numbah” last night.Now JPMorgan Chase’s (JPM) results are also adding to

Bank of America (BAC) CEO Ken Lewis, the Georgia State grad who hailed from small town Mississippi, finally earned his spot among the ego-driven Ivy League MBAs of Wall Street last year. He had tried

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions with a retailer

As we know all too well these days, the "trading" VIX continues on with oddly strong behavior -- both in terms of futures premiums and OTM call speculation in size. Who's behind all this? C

Since the downfall of Lehman Brothers, many of the biggest Wall Street banks have moved in lock step with one another, as if to assume there is safety in numbers. Everyone took the bailout money at t

A fresh five-session set explodes on the scene as Hoofy wrestles control to start the week. With S&P 950-55 thisclose and the CIT Group (CIT) kick-save fresh in our keppe, an initial upside thrus

Big-time college athletics departments are like little fiefdoms, with budgets between $50 and $200 million. At schools like the University of North Carolina or Ohio State, more than $100,00