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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...]

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...]

Trio Of Asian Favorites

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:38 GMT

"Ignoring Asia outright will prove to be one of the biggest mistakes an investor can make," says Yiannis Mostrous. In Personal Finance, he notes, "Asia has entered a cycle of capital investment, infrastructure spending and domestic consumption that’s still in its early stages.eyes a trio of ideas in China, Indonesia and India." Here, he looks at a trio of favorites in China, India and Indonesia.[More...]

It's David vs. Goliath in patent fights: Independent patents applicants see ideas stolen due to backlog

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Nov. 29--Mirk Buzdum and Dick "Cappy" Capstran, a pair of garage entrepreneurs in Milwaukee, know full well that their designs for drill bits and cutting tools are good.
A big part of the blame, they say, falls on the agency that is supposed to protect them and the rest of the nation's innovators: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The patent applications drafted by Buzdum and Capstran are among the 1.2 million applications pending at the agency -- a backlog that was the subject of a Journal Sentinel investigation published in August.

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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

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

Trio Of Asian Favorites

It's David vs. Goliath in patent fights: Independent patents applicants see ideas stolen due to backlog

CHA moves forward with Fairmount development

Earnings roundup: Phillips-Van Heusen, Petsmart

Dell enters Chinese smartphone market

Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil

BCE reports 2009 third quarter results

Recall of Pet Carousel products expanded

Digital China Announces FY09/10 Interim Results

Apple's partner sells 5,000 iPhones in China debut

Mayor Calls CHA 'Embarrassment'

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

Steep Declines in 3G Spending in China Impact Mobile Infrastructure Market, According to Dell'Oro Group

The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. Announces Earnings For The Twelve Months Ended October 31, 2009

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth

PetSmart Reports Results for the Third Quarter of 2009

China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. Announces 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results

2009 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards Presented by the CDMA Development Group; Annual Awards Recognize Individuals and Companies for Excellence in Deploying Advanced 3G CDMA Networks, Products and Services

Ultralife Corporation Announces Resignation of John C. Casper as VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Blue Vista Enters into Letter of Intent

Kimco Realty Corporation announces acquisition of remaining interest in 21 properties in PL Retail portfolio

Form 4 AMERICAS CARMART INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: HENDERSON WILLIAM H (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAS CARMART INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: FALGOUT TILMAN J III (10K)

Form 4 PETSMART INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: KHALIFA AMIN I (10K)

Form 4 SMITH A O CORP For: Nov 18 Filed by: JONES PAUL W (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAS CARMART INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: Williams Jeffrey A (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAS CARMART INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: HIGHT EDDIE L (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAS CARMART INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: HENDERSON WILLIAM H (10K)

Form 4 ULTRALIFE CORP For: Nov 27 Filed by: WHITMORE BRADFORD T (10K)

Form 4 ULTRALIFE CORP For: Nov 24 Filed by: CHOLMONDELEY PAULA H (10K)

Form 4 PETSMART INC For: Nov 23 Filed by: Stacey Neil H (10K)