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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...]

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

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Nov. 29--Ah, let's wax nostalgic for the exciting days of last winter, back when the financial system teetered and investments tanked.
With stocks and bonds in the cellar, you had to ask yourself a single question: Is the America headed for a new Great Depression, or are we likely to pull out of this mess in a year or two?
If you thought Hoovervilles would soon sprout in Ladue, you parked your money in an FDIC-insured bank and Treasury bills.

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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

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

Wind turbines to lower school, city electric bills

Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Daniel Vasquez column: Candybar Camcorders offer sweet deals

Teva files amended complaint against Momenta and Sandoz

Watson Pharmaceuticals Q3 net income down

Medco Health 3Q profit jumps 13.5 percent

Consumers Energy ordered to partially refund money

Mylan Reports Loss, Beats Estimates

Regional Economy Shows a Slight Growth Upturn

Mylan Earnings Down but Forecast Raised

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

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

Quality Systems, Inc. Promotes Two Senior Management Members

Wall St Sense Undertakes Financial Reporting of Popular Inc., Liberty Global Inc., Apollo Group Inc., Hansen Natural Corp., Cerner Corp. and UDR Inc.

Quality Systems, Inc. to Present at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference

Ridgewater Equity Trend and Financial Analysis of Generex Biotechnology Corp., Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc., Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc., ATP Oil & Gas Corp., TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and Charming Shoppes Inc.

Teva Receives Final Approval for Generic Prevacid® Delayed-Release Capsules

Teva Receives Favorable Court Decision Regarding Generic Prevacid® SoluTab

Market Watch: Sunwin International Neutraceuticals - November 10, 2009

Teva Files Amended Complaint Against Momenta/Sandoz to Include Infringement of Three COPAXONE®-Related Patents

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