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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...]

Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:30:24 GMT

Christmas is coming, and that means two sets of flurries are on the horizon – snow and retail news. Now that the aftershocks of the 2008 financial collapse have had time to set in, this year will be a test to see how resilient consumers are in spending for the holidays. Retailers, for their part, have been preparing by slimming down; most are carrying record low levels of inventories to avoid the need for post-rush markdowns.[More...]

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[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...]

Why Do You Invest?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:49:20 GMT

My wife keeps telling me to buy stock in TJ Maxx (TJX), as she shops in their stores, and believes they run a good operation. I have looked but not touched, as they do not fit our investment profile. We have Walmart (WMT) in the retail sector, currently up 9% and they pay a better dividend.[More...]

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:59:53 GMT

“I think it’s Best Buy, BBY for all you home gamers. It reports December 15th and I think it will deliver, yes, indeed… We went to a local Best Buy, under cover, of course, and found that…They have 47 different sets of flat panel TVs, versus 11 at Walmart. Average price, $957, cheaper than Walmart. This best buy beat Walmart on price. Hallelujah! Best Buy had great Black Friday traffic. The crowds were quote, materially bigger than last year.[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...]

Thrilling Thursday - Japan Jump Juices Futures

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:30:20 GMT

Officially Cyber Monday sales were up 5%. Unfortunately, on-line sales make up just 6% of all retail sales so 5% of 6% is 0.3% and that’s the contribution to retail sales this year IF the Monday madness continues through the holidays in cyber-world.[More...]

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Dec. 5--"Forgiven," a feature filmed in Wilmington in 2004, was released on NetFlix this week, months before anoter made-in Wilmingtoon feature becomes available through the video-by-mail service.
Soon, the politician's past comes to light.
The feature spent some time on the film festival circuit, including the local Cucalorus Film Festival in 2006, and was nominated for a 2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize in the drama category.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

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

Why Do You Invest?

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thrilling Thursday - Japan Jump Juices Futures

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Holiday shoppers must be cautious: Web scams are becoming more common as cyber sales increase

A Q and A with three governor wannabes

New charges in stepson-killing case

Retailers not in the black yet

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

Hanover mall nearing default: Owner has stopped paying $87.5M loan

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

100% Profitable Stock Trading Streak Climbs to 51 in a Row

Ridgewater Equity Undertakes Study on Services, Financial and Industrial Goods Sectors

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

Fitch Ratings Affirms eBay IDR at 'A'; Outlook Stable

Benchmark Journal Reviews Equities Within the Financial & Services Sectors

eBay® Serves Up Bargains to Consumers Around the Clock with New "Deals" Application for iPhone® and iPod Touch®

eBay Brings the World's Biggest Online Marketplace to New York's Premier Shopping Destination this Holiday Season

eBay Inc. Completes Sale of Skype

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Advanced Micro Devices, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Pinetree Capital Inc., 3Com Corp. and Holloman Energy Corp.

eBay Motors Launches Free Vehicle History Reports Exclusively through Experian's AutoCheck

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