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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...]

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT

The Dubai World default is a matter of only $60 billion – mere peanuts when compared to other elements of the global financial crisis. It’s thus of concern only to those silly enough to invest in real estate there (and the European banks foolish enough to finance it.) For the rest of us, it is a useful reminder that sudden collapses don’t really come out of nowhere – they can be foreseen, and smart investors can plan for them.[More...]

Chevron latest major to remove name from stations

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:47:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Chevron will pull its name from about 1,100 service stations in eastern states, the oil giant said Friday.
BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips have stepped away from the retail side in varying degrees over the past 18 months.
Chevron Corp. says it will withdraw from motor fuels operations in Washington D.C. and 12 states from Indiana to South Carolina by the middle of 2010.

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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

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Chevron latest major to remove name from stations

Chevron withdraws name from filling stations

BP battles another spill on North Slope

New North Slope spill BP's second in four days: 7,000 GALLONS: The 6-inch pipe carried produced water.

BP battles another spill on North Slope

EDITORIAL: Cleanup may get new life

Cause, scope of BP spill remain a mystery: NORTH SLOPE: Multiple entities look into the leak of a pipeline containing oil-gas-water mix.

Alyeska Pipeline shifts jobs away from Chugach: HIGH COSTS: Up to 400 contract positions could be transferred to non-unionized service company.

Business Highlights

ConocoPhillips Approves 2010 Capital Program

Basic Earth Joins in New North Dakota Horizontal Bakken Well

Shareholders overwhelmingly endorse split of EnCana into two distinct and independent companies -- Cenovus Energy and EnCana

Benchmark Journal Began Monthly Review on Stocks in the Basic Materials, Financial & Services Sectors

Rothman Research Initiates Financial Research on Companies Trading in the Basic Materials, Services & Technology Sectors

Fitch Affirms ConocoPhillips' IDR at 'A'; Outlook Stable

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Signs Financing Agreement for Municipal Solar Projects

SemGroup Selects Chief Financial Officer

NWND Continues to Expand Business Model

Financial and operating information filed for Cenovus Energy and post-split EnCana

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 30 Filed by: AUCHINLECK RICHARD H (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 30 Filed by: Norvik Harald J (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 30 Filed by: MCGRAW HAROLD III (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 30 Filed by: WADE WILLIAM E JR (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 30 Filed by: MULVA JAMES J (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 16 Filed by: MULVA JAMES J (10K)

Form 4 CONOCOPHILLIPS For: Nov 13 Filed by: Chiang Willie CW (10K)

Form 4 CORNELIUS SIGMUND L For: Nov 06 (10K)

Form 4 Norvik Harald J For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 WADE WILLIAM E JR For: Oct 30 (10K)