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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...]

Save And Invest

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...]

Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:30:24 GMT

Christmas is coming, and that means two sets of flurries are on the horizon – snow and retail news. Now that the aftershocks of the 2008 financial collapse have had time to set in, this year will be a test to see how resilient consumers are in spending for the holidays. Retailers, for their part, have been preparing by slimming down; most are carrying record low levels of inventories to avoid the need for post-rush markdowns.[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...]

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[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...]

11 Dividend Stocks Giving You More To Spend

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:54:45 GMT

You can't spend earnings! At first glance, this seems like an odd statement, possibly even incorrect. However, it is not only correct, but an important axiom for all types of investors. Through fraud and manipulation financial statements can be made to look quite impressive, but the cash that arrives in your brokerage account is real.[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...]

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Dec. 5--"Forgiven," a feature filmed in Wilmington in 2004, was released on NetFlix this week, months before anoter made-in Wilmingtoon feature becomes available through the video-by-mail service.
Soon, the politician's past comes to light.
The feature spent some time on the film festival circuit, including the local Cucalorus Film Festival in 2006, and was nominated for a 2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize in the drama category.

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Retail Stocks, One Week After Black Friday

Save And Invest

Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

Expanding Range Slightly On S&P 500; Next Key Area 1120

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

11 Dividend Stocks Giving You More To Spend

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

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

New charges in stepson-killing case

Retailers not in the black yet

Retail sales dip a bit: The November slide comes after two months of sales gains and shows just how fragile the economy is.

Astral Heights - Targacept snares big licensing deal

Hanover mall nearing default: Owner has stopped paying $87.5M loan

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Scott Harris column: Startup that links online, offline worlds impressing investors

Wal-Mart settles worker lawsuit for $40M

Food Bank procurer uses national network

100% Profitable Stock Trading Streak Climbs to 51 in a Row

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

Digital River to Exhibit at Online Information 2009

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

D.A. Davidson & Co. Investment Banking Group Reports Strong Fiscal Year-End Results

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

Benchmark Journal Reviews Equities Within the Financial & Services Sectors

Agennix AG Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2009

The Fortune Financial Global Market Perspective Review on Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., ViroPharma Inc., T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Cirrus Logic Inc., Veeco Instruments Inc. and Teton Energy Corp.

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