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Dollar (UUP) Rises Most Since June, Gold (GLD) Falls Most In A Year, Traders Move Up Date For First Fed Hikes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:17 GMT

This trio of Bloomberg headlines is exactly why I've been cautious about jumping in the crowded trade. (in fact we actually went long the dollar as an insurance policy last week in case the crowded trade finally burns down) Anyone who lived through 2007 and 2008 knows what happens when crowded trades reverse... not to mention those of us around in March 2000. Those who continue to play the crowded trade have been big winners, and it's the right thing to do as long as you can jump off the bubble before the hedge funds all try to exit the narrow door at exactly the same time.[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...]

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...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[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...]

Season To Trade The Seasonal Charts, Dow, Gold, Silver, Oil And Gas

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:10 GMT

The market has had a fantastic week so far for stocks and precious metals. The financial and energy sector are underperforming which is a concern, but we continue to hold our positions and will wait until a reversal to lock in our gains.[More...]

Gold May Lose Some Luster

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:17:38 GMT

Thinking of selling some of your old gold jewelry for hard cash? It is the big thing these days with television commercials popping up everywhere, and even at kiosks inside shopping malls.[More...]

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:48:00 GMT

Dec. 1--Like the Beatles, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley and Boston police have discovered that happiness is a warm gun.
That's because a Dorchester man has become the first defendant convicted of pistol possession by a Massachusetts jury based on thermal imaging evidence.
Giving new meaning to the catchphrase "packing heat," investigators used the technology to successfully link the warmth from 25-year-old Jose Rodrigues' hand to a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun they found in a snowbank in Dorchester on Jan. 12 as they were chasing him.

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Dollar (UUP) Rises Most Since June, Gold (GLD) Falls Most In A Year, Traders Move Up Date For First Fed Hikes

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

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Tech Talk From McMillan

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Season To Trade The Seasonal Charts, Dow, Gold, Silver, Oil And Gas

Gold May Lose Some Luster

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Investing gets even less certain as economy snails upward

Fewer new jobs in county in the third quarter

Silicon Valley stocks: Palm, Nasdaq gain; SunPower sinks 18.5 percent

China's eager to harness the sun

Rare plant thought to be discovered near Doyle Drive project

Drug company warns of contamination

Silicon Valley stocks: Nasdaq rises, but Adobe falls after job-cut news

Qiagen acquires SABiosciences

Jury convicts N.J. man of southside Lebanon bank robbery

Gold Participation and Income Fund Declares Monthly Distribution

Biogen Idec Increases Offer to Acquire Facet Biotech to $17.50 Per Share in Cash; Sends Letter to Facet Biotech Stockholders Describing Its Best-and-Final Offer

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

Analyst Choice Updated Analysis on DENTSPLY International Inc., PAETEC Holding Corp., Antigenics Inc., Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., Alkermes Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc.

Agennix AG Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2009

SPDR® Gold Shares Reaches Five Year Anniversary

Asterand Announces Agreement to Acquire BioSeek

Targeted Genetics Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

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