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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Friday saw some crazy trading, as investors reacted to a surprisingly good employment number. Price gapped up to start the day, proceeded to fall sharply, before gaining traction late in the day to close slightly positive on very heavy volume. The dollar also saw a strong rally, as traders considered the possibility that a stronger economy may result in higher interest rates.[More...]

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[More...]

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations, IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal Risks—Public Finance Aspects of Unwinding.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT

Bank of America’s repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn’t help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The gist is of the post is about the same as Yves’ and it was inspired by lessons of the S&L crisis of the 1980s.[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...]

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.[More...]

Credit customers feel trapped by rule changes, rising rates

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:47:00 GMT

Dec. 6--Eileen Rogan was enraged when Citibank recently raised the annual interest rate on her credit card to 19 percent after boosting it a year ago from 10 percent to 15 percent.
The giant card issuer, she said, was boosting rates on customers even as it benefit ed from billions of dollars in low-cost funds made available by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department.
What irked Raymond Miltier was a recent notice from Bank of America that he would have to pay a $29 annual fee to continue using his BofA card.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

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

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Credit customers feel trapped by rule changes, rising rates

Minnesota's SandP 500 major league players: For public companies, inclusion on a major index increases analysts coverage and sparks investor interest.

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Holiday jobs: Retailers hold back hiring

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Obama wants ideas, private help on jobs

Bank of America sells securities to repay bailout

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Ico Inc., Almaden Minerals Ltd., MGIC Investment Corp., Compu Credit Holdings Inc. and Best Buy Company

DRI Corporation Appoints New Independent Director

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Integrity Media: a Revenue Bellwether

Carpenter Technology Announces Completion of $200 Million Syndicated Credit Facility

Yuri Itkis Gaming Trust Proposes to Acquire Remaining Public Stake in FortuNet; Proposed Price of $1.70 Cash Per Share

SemGroup Announces Chief Risk Officer Selection

Alapis, Coca Cola Hellenic, Hellenic Exchanges, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, Hellenic Petroleum, Hellenic Aerospace, Intralot to Participate at 11th Annual Capital Link Greek Forum Thursday, December 3, 2009, New York City

NYPPEX Report: Net Liquidity for Capital Calls Varies Widely Among Insurance Companies

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Price Joe L (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: DESOER BARBARA J (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Montag Thomas K. (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 25 Filed by: BENMOSCHE ROBERT H (10K)

Form 4 BEST BUY CO INC For: Nov 23 Filed by: ANDERSON BRADBURY H (10K)

Form 4 BEST BUY CO INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: VITTECOQ GERARD R (10K)

Form 4 BEST BUY CO INC For: Nov 20 Filed by: SCHULZE RICHARD M (10K)

Form 4 BEST BUY CO INC For: Nov 19 Filed by: HIGGINS VICTOR KATHY J (10K)

Form 4 Alphatec Holdings, Inc. For: Nov 05 Filed by: Lubischer Stephen (10K)

Form 4 Alphatec Holdings, Inc. For: Nov 13 Filed by: Lubischer Stephen (10K)