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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...]

Del Monte Foods Nearing New Highs And Still Cheap

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:41 GMT

Del Monte Foods (DLM) is an under the radar stock for many investors, but the underlying value of a well run company is hard to deny. DLM reported fiscal second quarter results on Thursday morning that were much better than expected and the stock is up nearly 4% on the announcement. Del Monte earned about $62.6 million or $.31 per share, which was ten cents better than the consensus analyst’s estimate. This is the second straight quarter where the company has reported record quarterly profits. The stock may have gotten an even bigger boost if sales had exceeded expectations. Net sales of $959 million compared favorably to the $901 million in the period a year ago, but the 6.4% grow was less than the[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...]

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:18:24 GMT

Yes, it's the company that sponsors the hot dog eating contest. It's also a Magic Formula small-cap stock worth biting into, with a cheap valuation, good business model, and strong balance sheet.[More...]

Public Policy And Venture Capital

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:16:44 GMT

I did a "Room For Debate" on the New York Times yesterday with Ken Auletta and John Markoff. Here's the first part and here's the second part. The topic was Google; are they too powerful and if so, what the government should do about it.[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...]

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:00 GMT

CONOVER, N.C. - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.
With a 10 percent sales growth this year, Legacy has quickly forgotten the recession's low point in March, when weak order volumes forced the company to implement four-day work weeks.
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index, a monthly analysis of the economic state of more than 3,100 U.S. counties, found that manufacturing counties have outperformed the national average since March.

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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

Del Monte Foods Nearing New Highs And Still Cheap

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Public Policy And Venture Capital

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

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

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Microsoft ironing out Bing glitch

Daily Mail, London, market report column

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Scott Harris column: Startup that links online, offline worlds impressing investors

EnerNOC Customer Johnson & Johnson Wins Platts Global Energy Award; J&J Wins Energy Efficiency Program of the Year Award

Avago Technologies Limited Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results

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

Synovis Life Technologies Reports 18 Percent Revenue Growth for Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter

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Megola Inc. Initiates Reverse Stock Split and Move to OTCBB

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

New Walgreens.com Launches, Featuring Enhanced Pharmacy, Health, Photo and Mobile Options

Ektron to Assist Customers in Defining Successful Social Networking and Web Content Management Strategies

Kinetic Data Named "Innovator of the Year" by Worldwide Remedy User Group (WWRUG09) Conference Attendees

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