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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT

Bank of America’s repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn’t help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The gist is of the post is about the same as Yves’ and it was inspired by lessons of the S&L crisis of the 1980s.[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...]

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...]

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Today's tickers: GLD, MTG, ACN, BAC, HUN, PSS, ARO, HUN, APWR & FDO[More...]

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Stocks pushed to new daily lows heading into the close, including a brief 100-point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Wall Street braces for the latest monthly jobs report out early Friday. The DJIA closed down 86 points or 0.8%, the S&P 500 shed 0.8% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5%.[More...]

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:46:00 GMT

Dec. 5--Robert W. Baird & Co., a Milwaukee-based financial services firm, has hired a Charlotte brokerage veteran to open a new wealth management office here.
Henderson said he expects to bring on as many as 15 financial advisers in the next six to nine months as the firm expands its wealth management presence in the Carolinas.
The move adds to Baird's growth in North Carolina.

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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

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

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Retail Singing Holiday Blue$

Diapers.com to open distribution facility in Covington Industrial Park

Obama wants ideas, private help on jobs

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Bank robbery suspect nabbed in Myrtle Beach area

Diapers.com to open distribution facility in Covington Industrial Park

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

Business Wire Retail Report on November 2009 Retail Sales Figures

DRI Corporation Appoints New Independent Director

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Integrity Media: a Revenue Bellwether

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

On Black Friday Leading Retail Web Sites Slow Way Down, Reports Keynote Systems

Black Friday Online Spending Rebounds Reports Coremetrics

Executives from Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell; Broadcast Outlets, Please Note Feed Information Change for This Closing Bell

Executives From Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

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