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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...]

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...]

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT

The Dubai World default is a matter of only $60 billion – mere peanuts when compared to other elements of the global financial crisis. It’s thus of concern only to those silly enough to invest in real estate there (and the European banks foolish enough to finance it.) For the rest of us, it is a useful reminder that sudden collapses don’t really come out of nowhere – they can be foreseen, and smart investors can plan for them.[More...]

Chindex 2Q profit falls on flat revenue

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT

BETHESDA, Md. - Chindex International Inc., which sells medical products in China, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell as revenue remained flat and taxes rose.
Product sales fell 10 percent to $17.1 million.
Health care services revenue rose 10 percent to $21 million.

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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

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

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Chindex 2Q profit falls on flat revenue

Chindex International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

Ethanol Bounces Back After Tough Year

Local Ethanol Production Has Successes, Failures

Oil Refining Giant Finds Its Raw Material in Cornfields: Valero Says the Jump into Ethanol Production Reflects Market Reality

VeraSun Auctioning Tilton Land As Part of Bankruptcy

Guardian Energy Buys Former VeraSun Plant

Plants Pool to Create New Owner: ' We're Not Sexy Wall Street Bankers'

Sold!: May Be Running By Mid-to-Late Fall

Bumpy Road to Economic Recovery, Executives Say

DryShips Announces Termination of Agreement to Acquire Two Panamax Vessels

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

DryShips Announces the Acquisition of Two Panamax Vessels

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on AMBAC Financial Group Inc., Canasia Industries Corporation, DryShips Inc., instaCare Corp. and Gold Wheaton Corporation

DryShips Announces It Has Signed Agreement With Deutsche Schiffsbank on Waiver Terms for $117.5 Million of Debt

DryShips Inc. Announces $300 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

The Future of the Natural Gas Vehicles Market

DryShips Inc. Reports Financial and Operating Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion on DRYS, CERP, NRK, RF and DML

DryShips Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Form 4 TBS INTERNATIONAL LTD For: Nov 23 Filed by: Lepere Ferdinand V (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Nov 18 Filed by: BRYAN NORMAN L (10K)

Form 4 CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 13 Filed by: Fosun Industrial Co., Ltd (10K)

Form 3 CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 12 Filed by: Fosun Industrial Co., Ltd (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Nov 13 Filed by: NALL JAMES WILLIAM (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Nov 11 Filed by: Olivo Roberto (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Nov 11 Filed by: Di Toro Marco (10K)

Form 4 CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 10 Filed by: Harris Holli (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Oct 15 Filed by: BRYAN NORMAN L (10K)

Form 4 Fuel Systems Solutions, For: Oct 15 Filed by: NALL JAMES WILLIAM (10K)