Investment Banking & Brokerage

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (NYSE: LTS) today announced the appointment of Adam Malamed as Chief Operating Officer of Ladenburg. Additionally, David Rosenberg and Peter H. Blum have been appointed Co-Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of Ladenburg's broker dealer, Ladenburg...

No Franchise lasts forever. In the 1990's, the Chicago Bulls were considered the best basketball team ever. Today, the same sentiments do not exist. When the junk bond market was red hot in the 1980's, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette was the premier investment bank on Wall Street. Before DLJ, the...

Below are the top investment brokerage-regional stocks on the NYSE in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE: AI) is 74.47%. AI's ROE for the same period is 16.87%. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Greenhill (NYSE: GHL)...

Piper Jaffray released a research report on Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ) announcing they are not expecting payer pushback in the wake of most recent Xyrem price hike. In its report, Jazz Pharmaceuticals writes that, “Beginning today, Jazz is implementing a near 20% price increase for...

SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT) +7.08% on heavy volume. E TRADE Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) +7.73% on average volume. Crosstex Energy (NASDAQ: XTXI) +5.59% on heavy volume. Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) +5.00% on Goldman Sachs upgrade to Neutral. TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:...

The stock markets have rallied higher over the past week for several reasons. The first and most important reason for the stock market rally has been the comments of the Federal Reserve. Since the Jackson Hole speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke the stock markets have rallied higher on...

Shares of TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) are higher on the session by 0.07%, currently trading at $15.19. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW), lowering its PT to $15 from $21. In its report, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "We are lowering estimates and our price target on the shares of SCHW, to reflect the expectation of a continued low interest rate environment and...

Stifel Nicolaus has lowered the price target on Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) from $21 to $15 and maintains its Buy rating.

Below are the top investment brokerage-national stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. BGC Partners Inc (NASDAQ: BGCP) has a dividend yield of 11.00%. BGCP's shares closed at $6.60 yesterday. GFI Group Inc (NYSE: GFIG) has a dividend yield of 4.70%. GFIG's shares closed at...