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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...]

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...]

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Dec. 3--The deadline that wasn't helped push King County home sales up in November.
Buyers closed on 1,574 houses last month, a whopping 81 percent increase from November 2008, according to statistics released today by the broker-owned Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
In Snohomish County the increase was even more dramatic: 120 percent.

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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

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

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

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

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

Manulife Financial completes $2.5 Billion Common Equity Offering

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Bert Caldwell column: S. Carolina's key industry might be business poaching

Banks reel from real estate deals in Myrtle Beach area

Hotel owners, like home owners, behind on payments

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Alcoa Inc., Manulife Financial Corporation, Golden Valley Development and Northgate Minerals Corporation

Gen2Media Co-Founder Mary Spio Offers Insights and Perspective on Marketing with Online Video in December Issue of Black Enterprise Magazine

The Big Money Facebook 50 Unveiled Today

Linde Gives Californians More Green Fueling Options

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

Fitch: Beverage Industry to Recover in 2010 from Historically Weak Volume

Let the Clean Economy Begin: Join Coca-Cola, J&J, IBM, Nokia, and Other Climate Savers Companies for Pre-Copenhagen Webinar, Wednesday, November 18

The Coca-Cola Company Provides Roadmap for Achieving 2020 Vision at Analyst and Investor Event

CombiMatrix Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: TREVATHAN JAMES E JR (10K)

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

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Form 4 HANCOCK HOLDING CO For: Nov 23 Filed by: Seals Robert A (10K)

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