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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...]

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Stocks pushed to new daily lows heading into the close, including a brief 100-point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Wall Street braces for the latest monthly jobs report out early Friday. The DJIA closed down 86 points or 0.8%, the S&P 500 shed 0.8% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5%.[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...]

Real estate expert sees good and bad going forward

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:00 GMT

Dec. 5--If you're shopping for a home under $500,000 in Southern California, "now is the time to buy."
Real-estate consultant Al Gobar's confidence in the housing market is surrounded by a cloud of uneasiness over the economy because of the federal government's massive intervention to prop things up -- namely the hundreds of millions of dollars injected into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The owner of Anaheim-based Alfred Gobar Associates, a real-estate and economics consulting firm, sees Southern California real-estate prices flattening between now and the end of 2010, or possibly into 2011, before starting a very slow rise.

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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

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

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

Real estate expert sees good and bad going forward

Obama's mortgage approach doubted

Treasury prices drop on oversupply concerns

Business Highlights

Treasury prices drop on oversupply concerns

Major business events scheduled for Thursday

Fed moves to drain some money out of economy

Fed moves to drain some money out of economy

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on High River Gold Mines Ltd., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, AMBAC Financial Group, Tianyin Pharmaceuticals Company Inc. and Hawk Systems, Inc.

Analyst Choice Finishes Technical Analysis on Financial, Basic Materials and Industrial Goods Sectors

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

Frontier State Bank Selects Kroll Factual Data to Provide Independent Verifications

Smith Micro Software Launches CheckIt Diagnostics 8 for Windows

Wall St Sense Undertakes Financial Research on Stocks Trading on Basic Materials, Financial & Services Sectors

Anworth to Make Presentation at FBR Capital Markets 2009 Fall Investor Conference

USA Technologies Sends Letter to Shareholders

Form 4 AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP For: Nov 23 Filed by: BIENSTOCK GREGG L (10K)

Form 4 AKORN INC For: Nov 19 Filed by: BONACCORSI JOSEPH (10K)

Form 3 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAG For: Nov 17 Filed by: Plutzik Jonathan (10K)

Form 4 RADIAN GROUP INC For: Nov 14 Filed by: Bryce Teresa Ann (10K)

Form 4 AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP For: Oct 20 Filed by: Smith Robert Sorenson (10K)

Form 3 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGA For: Oct 12 Filed by: Kari Ross Jay (10K)

Form 4 DEROSA PAUL R For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 RADIAN GROUP INC For: Sep 24 Filed by: CARNEY DAVID CHARLES (10K)

Form 4 RADIAN GROUP INC For: Sep 24 Filed by: WENDER HERBERT (10K)

Form 4 SCHWEIGER ANTHONY W For: Sep 24 (10K)