Filed under: Stocks to Buy Diamond Offshore Drilling ’s (NYSE: DO ) shares are poised to break-out to the upside, hence I’m reiterating my Buy rating on DO, first recommended on June 10, 2009 , at a price of $91.63. Diamond Offshore is considered to be better-positioned than other offshore oil/natural gas drillers for 2009-2010, due to a strong backlog of existing contracts, and a significant cash position

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Diamond Offshore: Poised to break-out north

Filed under: Deals , Management , Competitive strategy , Employees , Personal finance , Financial Crisis Freddie Mac has a new CEO and his name is Ross Kari. Can you guess his compensation?

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New Freddie Mac CEO hits the compensation jackpot

Filed under: India , China , Employees , Mexico , Japan , Economic data , Recession The United States is not alone. We just saw the unemployment rate creep higher to 9.8% for September , and the rest of the world is coming with us. The worldwide recession is still circling the globe, it seems, leaving slashed jobs in its wake.

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Ten views of unemployment around the world

Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Stocks to Buy What can you say about this crown jewel of brokerage and investment banks that hasn’t already been said?

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Real bargain stock #4: Goldman Sachs (GS)

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Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Stocks to Buy What can you say about this crown jewel of brokerage and investment banks that hasn’t already been said? Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) is, by far, the most prestigious, as well as the most politically-connected, bank on Wall Street. Its success over both the fat years and the lean years has been difficult to ignore

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Real bargain stock #4: Goldman Sachs (GS)

Filed under: Politics , Financial Crisis House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has a new proposal to regulate bank transactions . Some of it is OK and some of it perpetuates the abuses that brought Lehman and other financial institutions to their knees. First the OK part.

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Barney Frank’s plan for regulating derivatives comes up short

Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing No one thinks good times are here again. Unemployment is too high and will most likely get worse before everyone agrees that the recession is over

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Comfort Zone Investing: Small signs of a recovery