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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...]

MarketAxess: November trading more than doubled

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:46:00 GMT

NEW YORK - MarketAxess Holdings Inc., which operates an electric trading platform for corporate bonds, said Friday its monthly trading volume more than doubled in November.
That included $17.7 billion in the U.S. volume, $6.3 billion in Eurobond volume, and $5.3 billion from the rest of the world.
A year earlier, MarketAxess posted trading volume of $13.6 billion.

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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

MarketAxess: November trading more than doubled

Ohio revises Columbia Gas pricing: Rates will be determined by auction

CBOE on track for demutualization

Dubai Mercantile Exchange announces one billion barrels traded since launch

Cobisa project not dead yet

Report: Women still underrepresented in key positions at Chicago companies: Census from the Chicago Network shows number of female directors declined

Silicon Valley stocks: Nasdaq falls, but AMD, Fortinet surge

Renovation near complete on former 'domino hall'

Silicon Valley stocks: Nasdaq rises, but Adobe falls after job-cut news

City gets look at new library

NYSE Euronext Declares Quarterly Dividend

China XD Plastics Company Ltd. (CXDC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Fidelity® Nasdaq Composite Index® Tracking Stock to Declare Distribution

Reval Testifies Before U.S. Senate on OTC Derivatives Reform

University of Cambridge to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

The Broadway Walk of Stars to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

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

Windstream Moving Stock Listing to NASDAQ Exchange

Representatives From L.E.A.D. Uganda & TunicLove to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Form 4 CME GROUP INC. For: Nov 30 Filed by: Harley Jill A (10K)

Form 4 CME GROUP INC. For: Nov 23 Filed by: LYNCH PATRICK B (10K)

Form 4 IDACORP INC For: Nov 24 Filed by: Keen Steven R (10K)

Form 4 IDACORP INC For: Nov 23 Filed by: PACKWOOD JAN B (10K)

Form 4 CME GROUP INC. For: Nov 18 Filed by: DONOHUE CRAIG S (10K)

Form 4 NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC. For: Nov 12 Filed by: Wedenborn Lars (10K)

Form 4 CME GROUP INC. For: Nov 09 Filed by: KATLER GARY M (10K)

Form 4 CME GROUP INC. For: Nov 04 Filed by: GEPSMAN MARTIN J (10K)

Form 4 FORD WILLIAM E For: Dec 11 (10K)

Form 4 NYSE Euronext For: Dec 11 Filed by: MCNULTY JAMES J (10K)