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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...]

Tech Talk From McMillan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:45:07 GMT

"Nothing has changed to unseat this liquidity-driven rally," says options expert Larry McMillan. In The Daily Strategist, he eyes the technical side of the market and some new trading ideas.[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...]

Rockefeller says $334M in stimulus to clean coal technology

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:47:00 GMT

Dec. 5--BLUEFIELD -- With leaders of the southern West Virginia coal industry grumbling with concerns over tighter federal control over surface mine permits and a perceived fear that climate change legislation will dramatically increase the cost of coal, U.S. Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV., D, W.Va.
AEP will match the federal funds granted through the Clean Coal Power Initiative and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
He added that the investment "allows West Virginia to take control of its future."

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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

Tech Talk From McMillan

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

Rockefeller says $334M in stimulus to clean coal technology

AEP gets grant to test carbon capture: The company will use the federal funds to build a larger emissions control system.

You, too, can help spread the warmth

Rooftop solar 'is the future'

Feds give clean coal projects $979 million

W.Va. carbon-capture test gets $334 million from DOE

DOE provides grants for carbon capture

AEP to get DOE funds for carbon capture project

Granville will have Reverse 911 ability in January

AEP selects S&C community energy storage system for gridSMART project in Ohio

Clean Air Task Force Applauds US DOE for Low Carbon Coal Project Grants

Duke Energy Selects Mirion Technologies to Replace Its Existing Personnel Contamination Monitors at Oconee Nuclear Station

Regulators in West Virginia and Virginia Make Decisions on Procedural Schedules to Review PATH Project

CF Industries Stockholders Strongly Support Agrium's Offer With 62% of CF Shares Tendered

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Survey: Challenges in Payments Area Emerge as Smart Grids Take Shape

Alstom and Schlumberger Sign Joint Offering to Evaluate CCS Systems, an Industrial Info News Alert

Cytokinetics Announces Addition to Board of Directors

NPS Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter Results and Improved Cash Burn Guidance

PATH Agrees to Extend Procedural Schedule for Power Line in West Virginia

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