Blackstone profit tops view; sees more deals ahead - Reuters - Fri 6:42 pm ET
Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP posted a forecast-beating quarterly profit on Friday and said it is gearing up for more deals and IPOs as the lending and equity markets recover.

Defense asks jury to clear ex-hedge fund managers - AP - Fri 5:48 pm ET
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.

TradingMarkets Most Overbought and Oversold ETFs for Monday - TradingMarkets.com - Fri 4:41 pm ET
The following ETFs are the most overbought and oversold for Monday's trading as defined by the methods found in Larry Connors' book High Probability ETF Trading.

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Monday - TradingMarkets.com - Fri 4:25 pm ET
Most ETF markets hovered around breakeven levels on the final trading day of the week. Financials and energies pulled back as buying rotated toward consumer cyclicals and basic materials.

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. Reports Results for Third Quarter 2009 - PR Newswire - Fri 4:15 pm ET
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. today reported unaudited results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

GAMCO Reports 3rd Quarter 2009 Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.53 - Business Wire - Fri 3:07 pm ET
RYE, N.Y.----GAMCO Investors, Inc. announced third quarter 2009 earnings of $0.53 per fully diluted share versus $0.43 per fully diluted share in the third quarter 2008. Net income was $14.7 million in the third quarter 2009 compared to $12.0 million in the third quarter 2008.

SEC sees evolution in insider trading - Reuters - Fri 3:00 pm ET
A top U.S. securities regulator said some funds may now view insider trading as a central tenet of their business models, rather than as a one-time opportunity for big rewards as sometimes happened in the 1980s.