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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Friday saw some crazy trading, as investors reacted to a surprisingly good employment number. Price gapped up to start the day, proceeded to fall sharply, before gaining traction late in the day to close slightly positive on very heavy volume. The dollar also saw a strong rally, as traders considered the possibility that a stronger economy may result in higher interest rates.[More...]

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...]

Say it ain't snow: Winter storm affects roads, schools

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:49:00 GMT

Dec. 5--LAS CRUCES -- Guns & Roses fans and late-night desert blizzards are not a good combination, New Mexico State Police Capt. Rich Libicer will tell you, recalling the 50 accidents that snarled Interstate 10 after the 1996 concert at New Mexico State University let out.
About 60 crashes -- none of which seriously injured or killed anyone -- were reported across Dona Ana County overnight Thursday and into the morning Friday, due to snow and a chill unmatched in 30 years, according to the National Weather Service and law enforcement.
At homes across Las Cruces, residents who hadn't turned on their gas heaters in more than a year discovered it could take up to a week to get their meters unlocked and crank up the heat, said Laura Sullivan, office manager at Junior's Plumbing & Heating on Amador Avenue.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

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?

Say it ain't snow: Winter storm affects roads, schools

Say it ain't snow: Winter storm affects roads, schools

Obama pushes to create new jobs -- At forum, he seeks ideas from business leaders

Diapers.com to open distribution facility in Covington Industrial Park

UPI NewsTrack Business

Cruise companies expand their fleets

N.C. firm keeps online retailers on pace

Pawlowski in spotlight at jobs summit

Diapers.com to open distribution facility in Covington Industrial Park

Business leaders offer their 2 cents

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Connacher Oil and Gas Limited, Big Lots, Inc., Phi Group Inc., Alange Energy Corp. and Flow International Corporation

Progress Software Sets Course for Growth

Fitch Affirms Commerce City, Colorado's COPs at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Nuance Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results

Aldila Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2009

Element 21 Announces Year-to-date Revenue of $4.01 Million and 218% Growth

SMART Modular Technologies Raises First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Guidance

Progress Software Drives Innovation and Operational Responsiveness at WIN For Next Generation Mobile Messaging Services Platform

match2blue Stands Out from the Crowd with Apama

Alphameric Beats the Odds With Progress Software

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