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Herb Greenberg, an American journalist, is a columnist for MarketWatch.com and a frequent guest contributor on various CNBC shows, including Fast Money and Jim Cramer's Mad Money.

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Columnist's Parting Advice

This column first was published in the weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal. SAN DIEGO -- After nearly 34 years as a journalist, the entrepreneur deep inside has finally won and I'm leaving to start a research firm. It is a natural progression ...

From HERB GREENBERG, FOX Business,  27 Apr 2008

Lehman: ‘Creative’ Financing Rides Again

I think calling it “brilliant” is about the most jaded comment I have seen through this entire deleveraging fiasco. That’s like calling it “genius” for a teenager to have his Dad bail him out of jail after a drunk driving arrest by using a bail ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  13 Apr 2008

Iomega: The Original Message Board Tug-o-War Stock

With its announced acquisition by EMC (EMC) for less than $4 a share, we close the books on Iomega (IOM), one of the great — no, make that the The Original — Internet tug-o-war/message board stocks. It seems much longer than 12 years ago that the ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  9 Apr 2008

Greenspan Blame Game Continues

Adjustable-rate mortgages were the cheapest way they could finance home purchases. but if they were not available, home purchases arguably would have been financed with fixed-rate mortgages. There’s no evidence of which I’m aware that says that price ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  8 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Alan Greenspan,  Stanford University

Bear Collapse: Sifting Through the Rubble for Answers

As the saga continues, the plot thickens: The blame-it-on-the-shorts bandwagon got quite a push last week, but this battle cry is likely to go the way of all others if Roddy Boyd’s attempt in the current Fortune to put together the pieces of the puzzle ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  7 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Goldman Sachs,  Barney Frank

Is Lululemon Feeling the Lucy Effect?

The weakening of Lululemon’s (LULU) stock yesterday, after a strong start based on what appeared to be blowout numbers, shouldn’t be surprising. The 2 cent per share “beat” wasn’t a beat, after all — at least not after taking into account a ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  3 Apr 2008

Bernanke On Bear Reveals His Market Fears

To yours truly, the most interesting part of the Bernanke testimony was his comment about how the Bear Stearns (BSC) deal had to be done before the Asian markets opened. If nothing else, he pretty much confirmed what we already knew: The dog (as in the ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  3 Apr 2008

Lehman Brothers: Blame It On the Shorts

The latest buzz is that the shorts conspired to drive down the stock of Lehman Brothers (LEH). A story in today’s Wall Street Journal today says the company has met with the SEC trying to track down rumors of its imminent (before Monday's $3 billion ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  1 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers

Electronic Arts CFO's Exit Raises Questions About Take Two Acquisition

Bizarre timing of the announcement today that Warren Jenson will leave Electronic Arts (ERTS) as chief financial officer, considering that the company is in the midst of trying to do a hostile takeover of Take-Two (TTWO). Electronic Arts gave no ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  24 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.,  Mattel, Inc.

Current Financial Crisis Going Into Extra Innings

In my Big Whoosh, Part 2 item from Sunday, I said Monday’s trading will hold the clue to how bad the eighth and ninth innings of this financial crisis will be. Well… Monday’s rise followed by Tuesday’s rally and yesterday's trounce can only mean one ...

From HERB GREENBERG, ETF Investor,  20 Mar 2008

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