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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...]

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[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...]

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...]

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Dec. 4--It could be a Ferrari, but it's nearly silent.
Instead, the CMT-380 is the world's first hybrid-electric sports car powered by a microturbine.
"It's a jet engine on wheels," said Jim Crouse, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Capstone Turbine Corp. of Chatsworth, a partner in building the prototype.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

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

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

'Apps' that transform software into gold

MGM Mirage, HSBC, Satyam, ING are big movers

'Call of Duty' passes $3B milestone

'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

NPD: October video game sales tumble 19 percent

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

'Call of Duty' game sells $310M in 24 hours

Tech layoffs continue, despite signs of economic improvement

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Chris O'Brien column: Beware the hype around mergers

Pogo.Com Celebrates Ten Years of Online Innovation and Community

The First National Tween Girl Summit Announces AOL's JSYK.Com and Sharpie(R) As Official Sponsors

EA Unleashes the Gargoyles With the Release of Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Vivendi: Solid First Half 2009

TRANSFORMERS(TM): REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Video Game Character and Map Pack Plus AVAILABLE NOW

Electronic Arts Developer Joins S-3D Gaming Alliance (S3DGA) Advisory Board

VH1 and VH1 Classic Celebrate The Beatles with The Beatles Anthology Premiering in Three Installments August 26, September 2, and September 9 at 9PM*

Call of Duty(R): World at War Map Pack 3 Surpasses One Million Downloads in First Weekend

The World Is Your Hunting Ground In Activision Publishing's Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010

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