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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Friday saw some crazy trading, as investors reacted to a surprisingly good employment number. Price gapped up to start the day, proceeded to fall sharply, before gaining traction late in the day to close slightly positive on very heavy volume. The dollar also saw a strong rally, as traders considered the possibility that a stronger economy may result in higher interest rates.[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...]

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...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:56 GMT

Back in June, we discussed commercial real estate at length following attendance at a large real estate conference in NYC. Our tone was cautious and one question we wondered about was the percentage of GDP that real estate represents. We actually came across the answer back in August and meant to share then, but didn't get to it. Since the question/topic remains highly relevant to considering the potential negative economic drag from depressed real estate activity, we're sharing now -- the following table is from an 8/28/09 NYTs article, "Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows":[More...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:59:02 GMT

The credit crunch crisis of confidence which we appear to be crawling out of even though the debt and equity markets catapulted themselves higher earlier this year could be similarly argued to be a crisis that started in the credit markets which crunched confidence around the world as it could a collapse in confidence in the value of the securities investors held which corrupted the credit markets causing them to cease funding.[More...]

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:39:42 GMT

Emerging markets are captivating investors again, but tidy profits aren’t always far away. Placing your bets on well-established global markets can also prove rewarding. That's why we're looking at Canada.[More...]

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:20:20 GMT

U.S. job losses in the private sector slowed in November but still exceeded economists’ projections, a report by payroll-processing firm Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) indicated yesterday (Wednesday).[More...]

Doyle defends climate legislation Business groups say bill will slow state's recovery

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

By LEE BERGQUIST and PATRICK MARLEY
Madison -- Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday rejected claims that Wisconsin's coming climate legislation will hurt the state's economy.
The legislation would also relax Wisconsin's moratorium on constructing nuclear plants.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

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

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

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Doyle defends climate legislation Business groups say bill will slow state's recovery

Doyle defends climate legislation: Business groups say bill will slow state's recovery

Denbury Resources taking big stake in Conroe oil field

Denbury Resources buys stake in Houston oil field, sells assets in Barnett Shale

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Nuke power hike gets state's OK -- Grand Gulf awaiting feds on $510M project

Denbury Resources to buy major interest in Conroe oil field

ANALYSIS: Falklands: The final frontier

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Mississippi regulators OK nuclear plant upgrade

Wall St Sense Reviews Equities in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Services Sectors

Denbury Agrees to Purchase Conroe Field and Sell Remaining Barnett Shale Assets

Benchmark Journal Offers Fundamental Analysis of Companies in the Financial, Services and Basic Materials Sectors

Ridgewater Equity Detailed Review on Western Refining Inc., Northgate Minerals Corp., Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, New York Community Bancorp Inc., Progressive Corp. and Vornado Realty Trust

Benchmark Journal Reviews Key Sector Players

Denbury Resources Announces Third Quarter Results

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PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion On: UTS Energy Corporation, Research in Motion, Union Pacific Corp, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. And Cognizant Technology Solutions

Vornado Announces Third Quarter 2009 FFO of $1.25 Per Share

Denbury Postpones Third Quarter Earnings Call to Thursday, November 5th

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