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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:44:51 GMT

Yesterday morning I attended the annual meeting of the NYC Partnership. The NYC Partnership is the "chamber of commerce" for NYC. Because NYC is one of the biggest commerce centers in the world, the NYC Partnership is a pretty interesting group and has lots of big name companies and execs involved in it.[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...]

Yard-waste collection ends today at 6 sites

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Westgate Park, 455 S. Westgate Ave.
Com-Til, the city's compost facility at 7000 Jackson Pike.
Kurtz Bros. and Mulch Manufacturing Inc., which accept leaves, small branches, grass clippings and holiday trees at 2850 Rohr Road, Groveport; 6055-C Westerville Road, Westerville; 6279 Houchard Road, Dublin; and 6747 Taylor Road S.W.

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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

Yard-waste collection ends today at 6 sites

AP IMPACT: For White House job summit, 4 ideas

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

Construction work slows beach drivers

Utilities planning to upgrade nuclear plants

Reckitt's takeover war chest

Utilities planning to upgrade nuclear plants

Avista pushes climate bill: Business group lobbies for cap-and-trade

Paint Friday black

Delray hosts beach design workshop to get input for Beach Area Master Plan: Public input gathered for city's Beach Area Master Plan

UK's Online Shopping Expected to Increase This Christmas, Despite Down Economy

Analyst Choice Issues Updated Analysis on Companies Within the Basic Materials & Financial Sectors

Ridgewater Equity Completes Analytical Study of Equities Within Financial & Basic Materials Sectors

Exploration Update and Financial Statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis for the 9 Months Ended 30 September 2009

Breaking News: China Armco Metals - November 24, 2009

Benchmark Journal Completes Up-to-date Analysis on Cablevision Systems Corporation, GrafTech International Ltd., DaVita Inc., Ball Corporation, Knight Transportation and Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc.

The Fortune Financial Progressive Review on Sally Beauty Holdings Inc., ProLogis, Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., Nomura Holdings Inc., Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on COG, NEM, ODP, DAL, NBR and PPG

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on DISH Network Corp., Timminco Limited, Bank of America Corporation, Moydow Mines International Inc. and Lumonall Inc.

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on VG, TEL, WIN, PLD, WEN and LGF

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