stocks news from FierceFinance

Bloomberg notes that exchange stocks (exchange news) have lagged the market for the past half-year or so. But they may be poised for a period of out performance. Despite a lot of uncertainty due to... Read more...

Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) remain two heavily shorted stocks, according to TheStreet.com. Citigroup, the most heavily shorted stock on the Big Board, saw short interest rise to 439... Read more...

Wall Street is still digesting the idea that the government seems bent on limiting their size and activity in a bid to make them less capable of sinking the system. One consequence may be that banks... Read more...

It was widely known that Goldman Sachs (GS) bought back the warrants it issued the government as part of the bailout at a profit. But it was unclear just how profitable the deal was for the... Read more...

In August, a top British financial regulator called for a tax on financial trades to discourage "socially useless" activity. Since then, the idea has gained a following among some economists and... Read more...

Are banks in for a lot of grief regarding their total return swaps business? Some are pointing to FINRA's $600,000 fine of Citigroup (C)for the failure to control trading in total return swaps,... Read more...

Forbes weighs in on the accumulator--or I-Kill-You-Later--scam in Asia. Wealthy investors are sold a derivative that calls for them to accumulate large blocks of shares of a Hong Kong-listed stock... Read more...

Is this a scary sign: Citi, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Bank of America have been the most actively traded Big Board stocks as of late. Overall volume has been weak, which has allowed these four... Read more...

The news that SEC chairwoman Linda Shapiro has asked staff to come up with a method to "eliminate the inequity that results from flash orders" focuses a much broader spotlight on the role of dark... Read more...

Here's one hedge fund manager who is back in a big way: T. Boone Pickens. The one-time raider reinvented himself as a hedge fund manager and gadfly for energy independence only to get stuck with huge... Read more...