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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...]

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Today's tickers: GLD, MTG, ACN, BAC, HUN, PSS, ARO, HUN, APWR & FDO[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...]

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[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...]

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

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Dec. 3--The deadline that wasn't helped push King County home sales up in November.
Buyers closed on 1,574 houses last month, a whopping 81 percent increase from November 2008, according to statistics released today by the broker-owned Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
In Snohomish County the increase was even more dramatic: 120 percent.

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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

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

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

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

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

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

Columbus says it's saving some money: Reducing overtime, trimming pension perks among suggestions it's following

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Bert Caldwell column: S. Carolina's key industry might be business poaching

Banks reel from real estate deals in Myrtle Beach area

Wildlife thrives at landfill

Tecan selects Magic Software's integration suite

Help smooth the trash transition

Lima council approves sewer, trash plans, rates

Bradley moves bonds to new bank

Prosperan purchase is model of successful bank failure: A North Dakota bank bought a failed Minnesota bank while keeping its customers and employees from panicking. Now the FDIC desperately needs more such deals to occur.

(OTC: MNDP) Subsidiary Streamlining Production

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

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.

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009

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

Linde Gives Californians More Green Fueling Options

NYPPEX Report: Net Liquidity for Capital Calls Varies Widely Among Insurance Companies

Financial Institutions Declares Cash Dividend

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on AMBAC Financial Group Inc., Canasia Industries Corporation, DryShips Inc., instaCare Corp. and Gold Wheaton Corporation

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Ambac Financial Group Inc., Xerox Corporation, Kinross Gold Corporation, American Lithium Minerals Inc. and NovaGold Resources

Form 4 MBIA INC For: Dec 02 Filed by: SONKIN MITCHELL I (10K)

Form 4 HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES For: Nov 30 Filed by: Anderson David S. (10K)

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: TREVATHAN JAMES E JR (10K)

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: Aardsma David A (10K)

Form 4 HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES For: Nov 30 Filed by: ROBERTSON WILLIAM R (10K)

Form 4 HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES For: Nov 25 Filed by: Allen Elizabeth Heller (10K)

Form 4 MBIA INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: BROWN JOSEPH W (10K)

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Nov 20 Filed by: Harris Jeff M (10K)

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

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Nov 13 Filed by: ROTHMEIER STEVEN G (10K)