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Expanding Range Slightly On S&P 500; Next Key Area 1120

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:59:13 GMT

We've poked our head a bit higher than the highs of yesterday (S&P 1117) on the opening flood of buy orders; a small positive there. The last 2 sessions have been marked by new highs as the market poked its head out of the box, and then reversals back down - so it would seem unlikely for that to happen 3 days in a row.[More...]

A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:20 GMT

With the Jobs Report more than surprising the market this morning, let’s take a quick look at the current trendlines that will either contain this bullish surge… or break through to create a larger move to the upside.[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...]

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:27 GMT

If you take a look at the 30 min chart of the SPY, you find a market filled with landmines and gaps along with a clearly defined trading range in which the market trades currently.[More...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[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...]

Environmentalists urge Novato council to reconsider joining Marin Energy Authority

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:47:00 GMT

Dec. 4--Several local environmental groups have scheduled a community forum in hopes of convincing the Novato City Council to reconsider its decision not to join the Marin Energy Authority.
Chief among those projects is the Marin Clean Energy initiative, which calls for the authority to compete with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. as a retailer of electricity in Marin.
There is still time, however, for Novato or other Marin cities to join the authority.

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Expanding Range Slightly On S&P 500; Next Key Area 1120

A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

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

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

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

Environmentalists urge Novato council to reconsider joining Marin Energy Authority

More in Stanislaus County needing utility bill help: Payment plans, late notices, assistance applications all up

WEB AUDIENCE METRICS: Up for scrutiny

Heating bills set to rise -- for different reasons

Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigates safety switches at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant: In special inspection, commission is trying to determine how two safety switches were misaligned

UGI Penn Natural Gas customers to see a 12 percent drop in heating bills

Checklist for going solar

Neighborhood shelter order lifted, repairs continue after owl downs power line in Pittsburg

Inching forward

Nesting owl downs line in Pittsburg, prompts shelter order for residents

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009

Rothman Research Initiates Research on Companies in the Basic Materials & Services Sectors

Analyst Choice Initiates Market Analysis on Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods Sectors

Ridgewater Equity Issues Technical & Financial Analysis on Alcatel-Lucent, Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Interpublic Group of Companies Inc., Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, Mobile Telesystems OJSC and Weingarten Realty Investors

R2C Group Showcases Web Development CapabilitiesWith 2009 W3 Award Wins

Fitch: 2010 Should be a Turning Point for U.S. Consumer Products Sector

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on DD, MRO, M, SRZ, PDCO and SAPE

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on COH, EP, UNP, D, RSH and GBG

Dollar General Corporation Celebrates IPO and First Day of NYSE Trading

Dollar General Corporation Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

Form 4 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR For: Dec 03 Filed by: Rosen Gary J (10K)

Form 4 ACCURAY INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: Dadone Theresa L (10K)

Form 4 ACCURAY INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: BERTOCCI DEREK A (10K)

Form 4 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR For: Dec 01 Filed by: Baker Thomas C (10K)

Form 4 UNION PACIFIC CORP For: Dec 01 Filed by: SCHAEFER BARBARA W (10K)

Form 4 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR For: Nov 30 Filed by: HALLIDAY ROBERT J (10K)

Form 4 Fushi Copperweld, Inc. For: Nov 23 Filed by: Longever Joseph J (10K)

Form 4 RLI CORP For: Nov 27 Filed by: VIETS ROBERT O (10K)

Form 4 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR For: Nov 20 Filed by: Rosen Gary J (10K)

Form 4 VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR For: Nov 20 Filed by: KIM YONG KIL (10K)