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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...]

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...]

Online sales still bright for retailers Volume so good in otherwise down year, sites pushed to limit

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:52:00 GMT

Nearly half, 45.8%, of online retailers expect their holiday sales to increase by at least 15% over last year, according to a survey from BIGresearch for Shop.org, the e-commerce arm of the National Retail Federation.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, including Monday, some retailers who had declining sales for the month still saw their e-commerce sales rise.
ComScore Inc., a Reston, Va., research firm, reported an 11% gain in online spending on Black Friday -- so named because historically it was a day when retailers made enough sales to become profitable for the year.

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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?

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

Online sales still bright for retailers Volume so good in otherwise down year, sites pushed to limit

Real estate expert sees good and bad going forward

New charges in stepson-killing case

Obama's mortgage approach doubted

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.

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

Publishers Clearing House Boosts E-mail Marketing ROI by Linking Database and E-mail Marketing

Business Wire Retail Report on November 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Union Bank Vice Chairman John F. Woods Appointed Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding David I. Matson

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

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

Frontier State Bank Selects Kroll Factual Data to Provide Independent Verifications

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