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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...]

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...]

Minnesota's SandP 500 major league players: For public companies, inclusion on a major index increases analysts coverage and sparks investor interest.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:00 GMT

Dec. 6--There are 16 Minnesota-based companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which not only means they are the largest public companies in Minnesota but it also virtually guarantees they are among the most widely held, most closely watched and most heavily covered by analysts.
3M Co. is Minnesota's largest company, as measured by market capitalization, and it is covered by 21 analysts who currently are split on the big manufacturer's near-term prospects.
3M is also the only Minnesota-based company in the 30-member Dow Jones Industrials index.

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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

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

Minnesota's SandP 500 major league players: For public companies, inclusion on a major index increases analysts coverage and sparks investor interest.

Retailers, technology companies looking to avoid 'creepy factor' in figuring out what consumers want: With advances in technology, balancing customer needs with a sense of space a fine line

Premium baby formula fattens Wyeth Thai sales

5 Twin Cities Kenyans allegedly tricked 4 states: Using the Internet, the Twin Cites men created bogus bank accounts to steal more than $3.3 million intended for legitimate vendors.

How Goldman Secretly Bet on the Housing Crash

How Goldman Secretly Bet on the Housing Crash

Lenoir County Unemployment Rate Dropped in September

Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, Abbott Labs big movers

Local Job Market Remains Tough for Job Seekers: Lenoir County Unemployment Rate 12.3 Percent in July

July 'mass layoffs' lowest in nearly a year

Rothman Research Initiates Financial Research on Companies Trading in the Basic Materials, Services & Technology Sectors

Sanderson Farms to Participate in J.P. Morgan SMid Cap Investor Conference

Accenture Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2009 Results

Impax Laboratories Commences Shipment of Generic Adderall XR® Capsules, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, 25mg, and 30mg

Halter USX China Index Up 10.59% for Third Quarter 2009

Cylex, Inc. Appoints Brad L. Stewart As Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for ACN, CHL, L, AGN, BA and AMX

Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP Announces Class Action Against Immucor, Inc.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. Reports Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2009

Shire Builds Competitive Position of its HGT Business through Research Collaboration with Santaris Pharma A/S on LNA Drug Platform

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