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Fannie’s Tax Sale To Goldman – No Deal!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:22:51 GMT

This is an odd ending to this saga. Some very big names were involved. Fannie Mae clearly wanted to do a deal; the regulator for Fannie (FHFA) was strongly supporting it. Goldman Sachs was looking to make a buck putting the transaction together and selling it to Warren Buffett. So why didn’t it happen?[More...]

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:10 GMT

Stock averages end narrowly higher Friday after a whipsaw session. All three leading averages record solid 3% weekly gains. A jump for Dow component General Electric (GE) after an analyst upgrade helped offset the damage from a weaker-than-expected October jobs report. Travelers (TRV) and Amazon.com (AMZN) also advanced after an upgrade.[More...]

Goldman Sachs GS Threatens To Form Cradle Sell Signal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:09 GMT

I’ve been watching Goldman Sachs (GS) closely as a barometer for financial stocks and thus the broader market for some time now, and the stock faces a critical area to overcome to continue on its upward trajectory.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:37 GMT

Via Yves Smith, John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very rough approximation to marking-to-market — instead of waiting for the loans to default, you estimate how many loans will default in the future (that estimate should change as the economic situation changes) and put that amount of money into reserves. Then when the defaults actually happen, you take the money out of reserves.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Oil rises above $78 as US dollar slides

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:46:00 GMT

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday in Asia as a weaker U.S. dollar offset signs of slumping consumer demand.
Benchmark crude for December delivery was up 94 cents to $78.37 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Crude has traded inversely to the dollar for months as investors buy commodities such as oil as a hedge against inflation and a weaker U.S. currency.

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Fannie’s Tax Sale To Goldman – No Deal!

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Goldman Sachs GS Threatens To Form Cradle Sell Signal

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Oil rises above $78 as US dollar slides

Oracle of Omaha teaching us

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column: Plenty of reasons to temper our optimism

The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ron Bartizek column: Service work, spending won't bring success

James Overstreet: Mortgage Crisis II looming?

EDITORIAL: Banks are too big, if too big to fail: Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.

Timothy Ryder Joins RW Smith as Midwest Regional Director

Hampshire Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Treasury & Risk Magazine's 2009 Alexander Hamilton Awards Winners Announced

Business Wire Retail Report on October 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Gramercy Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Hub telecom Collaborates With TIBCO to Design Universal RFID Services Platform for Charles de Gaulle Airport

Ares Capital Corporation to Partner with GE Capital in Senior Secured Loan Fund LLC

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking Hires for Fixed Income in New York

The Future of the Natural Gas Vehicles Market

Form 4 TEXTRON INC For: Nov 02 Filed by: FISH LAWRENCE K (10K)

Form 4 MARTIN THEODORE E For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 DUQUES HENRY C For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Oct 30 Filed by: GILLIGAN EDWARD P (10K)

Form 4 Squeri Stephen J For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 ROSSOTTI CHARLES O For: Nov 01 (10K)

Form 4 RED HAT INC For: Oct 26 Filed by: PETERS CHARLES E JR (10K)

Form 4 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO For: Oct 22 Filed by: LAFLEY ALAN G (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Oct 21 Filed by: SCULLY ROBERT W (10K)

Form 4 Macy's, Inc. For: Oct 20 Filed by: BELSKY JOEL A (10K)