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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...]

Trading The Nonfarm Payrolls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:19:42 GMT

This Friday, December 4th, at about 830AM Eastern, the US Department of Labor will release the most anticipated news report of the month, the US Nonfarm Payrolls.[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...]

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:14 GMT

It sure looks like gold is going to close above $1,200 an ounce today in New York. And large open market purchases from central banks in China, India and Russia are only helping the price surge more. (Just one year ago, some of these same central banks were actually selling gold in an attempt to fill an annual 10,000-ton supply gap.)[More...]

Peabody Energy unit spent $1M on 3Q lobbying

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:46:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - A subsidiary of Peabody Energy Corp. spent more than $1 million during the third quarter to lobby Congress on issues related to the coal industry and energy policy, according to a recent disclosure report.
Peabody Investments Corp. of St. Louis also lobbied on the economic stimulus package and climate change, among other issues in the July-September period.
Among those registered to lobby on the company's behalf was Christopher Leahy, a former policy coordinator for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to the report filed Oct. 20 with the House clerk's office

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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

Trading The Nonfarm Payrolls

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

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Peabody Energy unit spent $1M on 3Q lobbying

Bryan to write off unpaid utility bills

Lawsuits place global warming on more dockets

Trees could grow into Oklahoma cash crop

China, U.S. announce they'll work together on clean energy

China, U.S. announce plan to work together on clean energy

Coles Together FutureGen group says project costs have dropped

Durbin confident FutureGen will be approved by Department of Energy

OPINION: Other nations are going to use coal

Arch signs deal for southeast Montana coal tracts

Analyst Choice Issues Updated Analysis on Companies Within the Basic Materials & Financial Sectors

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on RRI, PCU, BTU, POR, CHL and TII

The Eastern Company Reports Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months of 2009

StockPreacher.Com Issues Cautious Trading Outlook for International Coal Group

Management Energy Engages Energy Dimensions for Strategic Development of Its Business Plan

Arch Coal Foundation Continues Support of Teacher Recognition Programs in 2009-2010 School Year

Arch Coal Amends and Extends Secured Revolving Credit Facility

Peabody Energy Aligns Global Coal Sales and Trading Groups As Part of Expanded Access to High-Growth Asian Markets

Arch Coal Receives Antitrust Clearance from the FTC Regarding the Jacobs Ranch Transaction

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