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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...]

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:08 GMT

"The U.S. tax code is the most political law in the world." -- Jonathan Blattmacher, tax lawyer to the super-wealthy "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes[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...]

Top Utilities Equity Funds - Mutual Fund Commentary

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:55:41 GMT

Today, we are featuring top-performing “Utilities" equity mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of utilities, including telecom companies.[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...]

Retailers report surprise drop in November

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:05:00 GMT

NEW YORK - The nation's retailers posted a surprise sales decline for November after two consecutive months of gains, as a modestly positive start to holiday shopping wasn't strong enough to offset weak spending the rest of the month.
Those figures offer a broader view of spending, including online sales and results from electronics chains - two bright spots for the holiday season, analysts said.
Thursday's figures also don't include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, which no longer reports monthly sales.

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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

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

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

Top Utilities Equity Funds - Mutual Fund Commentary

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Retailers report surprise drop in November

Bernanke claims tools, will to reel in stimulus

Bernanke claims tools, will to reel in stimulus

Up for second term, Fed chief heads to Congress

Up for second term, Fed chief heads to Congress

EDITORIAL: The Ransom of AIG

Hotel owners, like home owners, behind on payments

Hotel owners, like home owners, behind on payments

Business Highlights

Shopping online for the holidays? Keep your guard up: Security experts warn consumers to be extra skeptical as they surf the Web for deals

Business Wire Retail Report on November 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Analyst Choice Issues Updated Analysis on Companies Within the Basic Materials & Financial Sectors

Benchmark Journal Market & Financial Analysis on Calpine Corp., Aetna Inc., Magna International Inc., Arena Resources Inc., Rockwell Collins Inc. and Microchip Technology Inc.

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

SageCreek Partners Appoints Jan Newman as Vice President; Signs Matrix42 as Account

The Children's Place Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

MIPS Technologies Announces Availability of Arriba for Android Porting Kit; MIPS and Viosoft Corp. Ease Adoption of Android(TM) for MIPS-Based(TM) Platforms

Symantec Norton Internet Security Offered on Lenovo Think Branded PCs

CombiMatrix Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Form 4 KAISER ALUMINUM CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: Quinn Jack (10K)

Form 4 HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP For: Dec 03 Filed by: Ayasli Yalcin (10K)

Form 4 MBIA INC For: Dec 02 Filed by: SONKIN MITCHELL I (10K)

Form 4 HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: Ayasli Yalcin (10K)

Form 4 SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/ For: Dec 01 Filed by: Casar Perez Alfredo (10K)

Form 4 CHILDRENS PLACE RETAIL For: Nov 30 Filed by: CROVITZ CHARLES K (10K)

Form 4 SYMANTEC CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: THOMPSON JOHN WENDELL (10K)

Form 4 HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP For: Dec 01 Filed by: Ayasli Yalcin (10K)

Form 4 HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Ayasli Yalcin (10K)

Form 4 HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP For: Nov 27 Filed by: Ayasli Yalcin (10K)