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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...]

A Look At Strength in Airlines Delta DAL And Continental CAL

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:01:11 GMT

A reader pointed out to me that there has been three days of strength in some of the major US Airline stocks including Delta Airlines (DAL) and Continental (CAL) and to a lesser degree in other airlines.[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...]

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Dec. 4--The bear market will be back at the end of next year.
That's the verdict of Credit Suisse, which today issued a bleak warning to investors of further pain ahead, particularly in the UK.
In its 2010 equity strategy note, the Swiss banking heavyweight predicted shares will suffer across the globe late next year as a government bond funding crisis unfolds.

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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

A Look At Strength in Airlines Delta DAL And Continental CAL

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

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

Delta flight 23 hours late, new windshield

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Cargo-screening scare at Orlando airport

CPFL Energia shares climb after analyst upgrade

Domestic Bank, of Cranston, R.I., sold to private investment group

Fed moves to drain some money out of economy

Fed moves to drain some money out of economy

Many stocks drop in short week

(OTC: MNDP) Subsidiary Streamlining Production

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on B2Gold Corp., UAL Corp., Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., Groupe Aeroplan Inc. and Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Frontier State Bank Selects Kroll Factual Data to Provide Independent Verifications

The Fortune Financial Undertakes Review of Stocks in the Healthcare and Services Sectors

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

Anworth to Make Presentation at FBR Capital Markets 2009 Fall Investor Conference

Benchmark Journal Market & Financial Analysis on Calpine Corp., Aetna Inc., Magna International Inc., Arena Resources Inc., Rockwell Collins Inc. and Microchip Technology Inc.

Fremont Bank Increases Market Share Ranking for Home Mortgage Originations for Third Straight Year

Pyramid Oil Company Reports Third Quarter Financial Results

Form 4 CORNELL COMPANIES INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: George Zachary (10K)

Form 4 KENSEY NASH CORP For: Dec 03 Filed by: NASH JOHN E (10K)

Form 4 RAMBUS INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: HOROWITZ MARK (10K)

Form 4 DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ For: Nov 30 Filed by: STEENLAND DOUGLAS M (10K)

Form 4 DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ For: Nov 30 Filed by: HAUENSTEIN GLEN W (10K)

Form 4 DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ For: Nov 30 Filed by: Halter Hank (10K)

Form 4 AMR CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: ROSE MATTHEW K (10K)

Form 4 AMR CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: MILES MICHAEL A (10K)

Form 4 AMR CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: KOROLOGOS ANN MCLAUGHLIN (10K)

Form 4 AMR CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Ibarguen Alberto (10K)