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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...]

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...]

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...]

US Stock Futures Rise After Initial Claims Data, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Eyed

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:52:39 GMT

US stock futures advanced on Thursday after a government release showed that initial claims dropped for a fifth straight week to 457,00 in the week ending November 28.[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...]

Retail sales dip a bit: The November slide comes after two months of sales gains and shows just how fragile the economy is.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:04:00 GMT

Dec. 4--Consumers continued to keep a wary watch over their wallets in November, as Black Friday crowds weren't enough to pull the nation's stores out of their doldrums.
Retail sales fell 0.3 percent last month, according to data released Thursday by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), creating doubts that merchants will be able to escape profit-eating discounts for the holidays.
The disappointing national results reverse two consecutive months of gains and provide more evidence of how fragile the economy remains despite early signs of a recovery.

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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

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

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

US Stock Futures Rise After Initial Claims Data, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Eyed

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Retail sales dip a bit: The November slide comes after two months of sales gains and shows just how fragile the economy is.

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Scott Harris column: Startup that links online, offline worlds impressing investors

Retailers report surprise drop in November

Bernanke claims tools, will to reel in stimulus

Bernanke claims tools, will to reel in stimulus

Key sales figure rises a Kohl's for November

Up for second term, Fed chief heads to Congress

Up for second term, Fed chief heads to Congress

GameStop shares tumble on Wal-Mart game deals

Business Wire Retail Report on November 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Kohl's Department Stores Becomes First Retailer to Announce Carbon Neutral Goal in Partnership with EPA Climate Leaders

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

CombiMatrix Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on American International Group Inc., JA Solar Holdings Company Ltd., Sinovac Biotech Ltd., Fresh Harvest Products Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada

Target.com to Offer Select DVDs at $10

AIG Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on SUN, KSS, TNB, KR, MR and SNDK

Business Wire Retail Report on October 2009 Retail Sales Figures

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