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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...]

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...]

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...]

Tech Talk From McMillan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:45:07 GMT

"Nothing has changed to unseat this liquidity-driven rally," says options expert Larry McMillan. In The Daily Strategist, he eyes the technical side of the market and some new trading ideas.[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...]

Chevron to sell Australian gas to Tokyo Electric

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:47:00 GMT

SAN RAMON, Calif. - Chevron Corp. on Saturday said it has signed a deal with Tokyo Electric Power Co. to deliver liquefied natural gas for up to 20 years from the Wheatstone Project in northwestern Australia.
Chevron also said TEPCO intends to acquire 15 percent of Chevron's share in the Wheatstone field licenses, and 11.25 percent of the Wheatstone natural gas processing facilities that will be built onshore near Onslow in northwestern Australia.
The agreement with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. makes TEPCO a major customer for the natural gas from Wheatstone.

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Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

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

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

Tech Talk From McMillan

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

Chevron to sell Australian gas to Tokyo Electric

Chevron latest major to remove name from stations

Chevron withdraws name from filling stations

Denbury Resources taking big stake in Conroe oil field

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

When economy rebounds, temp job market is first to know

SemGroup emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

55 Christmas Gifts for Under $20

Tulsa World, Okla., Phil Mulkins column: Return policies vary among shops

Tulsa World, Okla., Phil Mulkins column: Return policies vary among shops

ADM Receives $24.8 Million U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Develop and Commercialize Advanced Biofuels

Stock to Watch: China Armco Metals -- December 3, 2009

Ridgewater Equity Completes Analytical Study of Equities Within Financial & Basic Materials Sectors

Wall St Sense Undertakes Financial Reporting of Popular Inc., Liberty Global Inc., Apollo Group Inc., Hansen Natural Corp., Cerner Corp. and UDR Inc.

The Fortune Financial Covers Financial & Sector Analysis for Technology and Basic Materials Companies

Chevron Partners With Cleantech Open to Support Energy Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation

Primoris Services Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results; Board of Directors Declares $0.025 Per Share Cash Dividend

Ocean Tomo, LLC Announces New Constituent Companies to the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index

Chevron Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $3.83 Billion, Down 51 Percent From $7.89 Billion in Third Quarter 2008

Chevron Announces Quarterly Dividend

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: SUGAR RONALD D (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: SHARER KEVIN W (10K)

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