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Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:51 GMT

Here's an article that I wrote for the Slope of Hope today as a guest blogger. Great website if you haven't yet checked it out! Today I want to provide y'all with a couple of trade setups that I thought depending on your trading strategy and market bias, could fit nicely into your portfolio. The first is a short setup in Goldman Sachs (GS). For many of us, the opportunity to short GS goes well beyond a normal trade - there a sense of satisfaction seeing such a corrupt company depreciate in price, no doubt.[More...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:26 GMT

We look back at the industry's third quarter and offer early thoughts on 2010.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Jim Bunning Does Not ? Ben Bernanke

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:09 GMT

With a groundswell of public opinion against the Federal Reserve in general and Ben Bernanke in particular, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) takes something of a victory lap for having been the only committee member to oppose Bernanke's nomination four years ago.[More...]

Biggest European IPO In Two Years Cancelled After Major Valuation Disconnect

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:50:15 GMT

Farewell IPO window. European construction company Hochtief was forced to cancel the IPO of its concessions business once investors became unwilling to pay more than €20 for the new shares, with the bottom of the range at €24 previously. Furthermore, according to market participants, the company was able to only fill half a book, after management disclosed during a roadshow lunch that the Dubai jitters made finding investors complicated. Watch for some material downside to the stock when it opens in Europe tomorrow.[More...]

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:08 GMT

"The U.S. tax code is the most political law in the world." -- Jonathan Blattmacher, tax lawyer to the super-wealthy "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes[More...]

Dubai, Kuwait recovery 'to lag behind'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:51:00 GMT

Ahmet Akarli, an economist at Goldman Sachs has said that Dubai and Kuwait will lag behind other Gulf Arab countries as the region's economies recover, Bloomberg has reported.
The economies of the UAE and Kuwait had contracted by around 2.5% in 2009, he said.
The UAE will grow 2% in 2010 and 4% in 2011, driven by Abu Dhabi, he added.

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Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Jim Bunning Does Not ? Ben Bernanke

Biggest European IPO In Two Years Cancelled After Major Valuation Disconnect

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

Dubai, Kuwait recovery 'to lag behind'

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

Sector Snap: Information technology shares gain

Retail sales dip a bit: The November slide comes after two months of sales gains and shows just how fragile the economy is.

Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives

Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives

Ohio revises Columbia Gas pricing: Rates will be determined by auction

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

100% Profitable Stock Trading Streak Climbs to 51 in a Row

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Ico Inc., Almaden Minerals Ltd., MGIC Investment Corp., Compu Credit Holdings Inc. and Best Buy Company

TD AMERITRADE CEO to Speak at Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009

Forest Conservation Can Supply 25% of Climate Solutions Through 2020, Saving $40 Billion

China XD Plastics Company Ltd. (CXDC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

Fidelity® Nasdaq Composite Index® Tracking Stock to Declare Distribution

Union Bank Vice Chairman John F. Woods Appointed Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding David I. Matson

Elite Portfolio Management Team Launches Boutique Investment Firm

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