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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...]

Kuna landowners protest $27 million sewer plant bill: When developers lost interest and spoiled chances for million-dollar deals, residents said the city should share the tab.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Don Johnson's family has been farming in Kuna since 1943.
Now 72, Johnson is worried about losing his 124-acre farm because he joined the city's local improvement district in 2006 to help the city expand its sewer capacity and promote economic growth.
Property owners who pledged their land to secure the $27 million the city used to build a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 13,000 sewer hookups now say they face foreclosure.

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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

Kuna landowners protest $27 million sewer plant bill: When developers lost interest and spoiled chances for million-dollar deals, residents said the city should share the tab.

SET Dives on Sell-Off: Patareeya Says Correction is 'Normal'

Changing focus leads Dell to close NC plant

Changing focus leads Dell to close NC plant

ICT Group to Be Purchased for $263M

ICT Group to Be Purchased for $263M

ACS, Perot Execs Recommend Microsoft's Windows 7

KELLNER: Technology Sector Hiring, Expanding

Xerox to Acquire Affiliated Computer Services

Analyst sees little effect on HP from Xerox deal

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants athenahealth, Inc., a Patent for its Practice Management and Billing Automation System

Dell Completes Tender Offer for Perot Systems

Taleo Delivers Strong Third Quarter Results

FiReGlobal : West Coast to Showcase Michael Dell As Centerpiece Speaker

Dell Commences Tender Offer for Perot Systems; Acquisition Will Further Expand Company's IT Services, Solutions

China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. Webcast Update on $45 Million in New or Pending Contracts to Include Review of News on Affiliated Computer Services, Perot and EDS Acquisitions

RETRANSMISSION: PowerPlayStocks.Com Watches the Market and Reviews Oracle Corp, Dell, Rio Tinto Group and Sun Microsystems

PowerPlayStocks.Com Watches the Market and Reviews Oracle Corp, Dell, Rio Tinto Group and Sun Microsystems

Perot Systems to Present at the Jefferies 3rd Annual Technology Conference

Community Health Plan of Washington Selects Perot Systems for Business Process Solutions ; Health Insurer to Improve Flexibility and Operational Efficiencies With Business Process Services Supported By Remotely-Hosted System

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