A Legislator's Guide To Pyramid Schemes by William Keep, Seeking Alpha Summary Investors follow what legislators and regulators do. Multiple briefings on the Hill will raise legislator awareness regarding pyramid schemes and... read more

The Treasury reported a budget surplus of $157 billion today, about $2 billion above what analysts were expecting. Here’s a look at the Treasury budget picture (surplus or deficit) over... read more

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) revealed its earnings for the first three months of 2013 this afternoon after the market closed. The company revealed that it earned 70 cents per... read more

Hedge funds and discretionary mutual funds are overweight health care and consumer discretionary stocks, a June 5 Goldman Sachs Kickstart portfolio strategy document notes, but hedge fund managers don’t... read more

  Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) announced its earnings yesterday for the second quarter of 2012 beating analysts estimates. The company earned 98 cents per share on revenue of $30.69 billion. The... read more

With so many banks pulling out of the Irish market and many of the remaining financial institutions wary about offering mortgages in what has become a difficult sector, is... read more

Jim Rogers, who first made a name for himself as co-founder of the Quantum Fund in the 1970s, is more recently known for taking extreme and controversial positions. Sometimes,... read more

Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO)  is continuing its crusade into the world of distressed European assets as the company seeks to make a return from the continent's struggling financial... read more

Donald Trump, who said in Phoenix recently that the government of Mexico was sending protesters and critics up from the U.S. to oppose him, just had a golf course with... read more

As Bloomberg reports that Argentina will negotiate with the bond investor holdouts, the country carries in its pocket powerful negotiating tools. Argentina to negotiate with the holdout group According to a report... read more