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Options Intelligence Report: Award-Winning Avis Attracts Bullish Option Plays

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:17:16 GMT

Today's tickers: CAR, XLU, BIG, SLM, TTWO, MRVL & TSN[More...]

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...]

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...]

Hanover mall nearing default: Owner has stopped paying $87.5M loan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:04:00 GMT

Dec. 4--The Hanover Mall is close to defaulting on an $87.5 million loan after the 38-year-old property's performance declined in the past year, according to a credit rating agency.
The Chicago private equity firm, which bought the 705,943-square-foot mall for $99.4 million in 2007, declined comment.
Rental revenues at the mall, which is anchored by Sears, Wal-Mart, Macy's and JCPenney, have dropped 22 percent since the loan was issued, according to Fitch.

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Options Intelligence Report: Award-Winning Avis Attracts Bullish Option Plays

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

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

Hanover mall nearing default: Owner has stopped paying $87.5M loan

Letting the sunshine in: Solar power making inroads in Andover: Solar power heats up

Automakers pushing smaller, cheaper, greener at L.A. Auto Show

Plan to make L.A. 'plug-in ready' laid out

Chart: November auto sales

Pilkington plans solar project in Northwood: Grants to help offset $1.4M cost of work

BSP sees full-year growth at low end of govt target

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Cape business partners harness solar power

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, John Ewoldt column: Sales Thanksgiving Day and Friday

Publishers Clearing House Boosts E-mail Marketing ROI by Linking Database and E-mail Marketing

Evolution Solar Engages International Strategic Consultants

First Solar to Webcast Its 2010 Guidance on December 16, 2009

DryShips Announces Termination of Agreement to Acquire Two Panamax Vessels

Benchmark Journal Brings In-Depth Research to Stocks Trading on the Basic Materials, Services & Technology Sectors

DryShips Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriter and Closes Offering of $460 Million Convertible Senior Notes

Breaking News: China Armco Metals - November 24, 2009

/ CORRECTION - American Defense Systems, Inc.

American Defense Systems Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Inuvo Announces Acquisition of the Zubican B2B Marketplace

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