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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...]

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:31:33 GMT

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), the nation’s biggest lender, reached an agreement to repay $45 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailout funds, removing government imposed restrictions on executive pay that have hindered its search for a new CEO.[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...]

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[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...]

When economy rebounds, temp job market is first to know

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:48:00 GMT

Temporary employment is seen by many as a leading indicator of labor demand, and this post-recession recovery is no different.
Though the jobless rate in Illinois is at a 26-year high and climbing, agencies in Bloomington-Normal say the local temp business has picked up after hitting rock bottom in early 2009.
"They're still dealing with an uncertain situation," said Ken Poirier, owner of Abbey Placements in Bloomington.

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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

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

Tech Talk From McMillan

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

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

When economy rebounds, temp job market is first to know

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Roundly differing views on cyclical stocks

Local shares slip, break with Dow

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Mark Basch column: FIRST COAST TICKER: New Trailer Bridge CEO speaks up

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Mark Basch column: FIRST COAST TICKER: New Trailer Bridge CEO speaks up

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

Monsanto draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News

Garlic run smells like speculative bubble

Ensnared in the commercial real estate crisis

ADM Receives $24.8 Million U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Develop and Commercialize Advanced Biofuels

Stock to Watch: China Armco Metals -- December 3, 2009

Benchmark Journal Offers Fundamental Analysis of Companies in the Financial, Services and Basic Materials Sectors

Ridgewater Equity Completes Analytical Study of Equities Within Financial & Basic Materials Sectors

Wall St Sense Technical & Fundamental Reviews on Agrium Inc., Constellation Energy Group Inc., McAfee Inc., Biovail Corp., Total SA and Quanta Services Inc.

The Fortune Financial Updated Analysis on Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Allied Irish Banks plc, Constellation Brands Inc., Xerium Technologies Inc., GLG Partners Inc. and First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

The Fortune Financial Covers Financial & Sector Analysis for Technology and Basic Materials Companies

The Fortune Financial Progressive Review on Sally Beauty Holdings Inc., ProLogis, Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., Nomura Holdings Inc., Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

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

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on POT, SBH, PALM, NVDA, PBCT and TROW

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