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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[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...]

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:26 GMT

We look back at the industry's third quarter and offer early thoughts on 2010.[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...]

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:02:28 GMT

The circumstances surrounding the resignation of General Motors (NYSE: GRM) Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson are still unclear. But it’s likely that whoever succeeds Henderson will no doubt have a turnaround plan more compatible with that of the company’s board, and will likely come from outside of GM’s ranks.[More...]

Geeks Trump Alpha Males As High Frequency Trading Takes Over

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:05:39 GMT

For those newer to the website, we have been early pointing out the changing character of the market, due to the increasing dominance of computer based trading. I first started noticing it in 2006, when the market was wickedly "calm" if you will... this was pre blog and I had been noting on some message boards how the S&P 500 had not dropped more than 1% in any 1 session for more than 10 months (I don't remember the exact figures but it was some absurd statistic). I began wondering about computer based trading and the increasing dominance of ETFs as "monolithic trading" began to really enter my conscience.[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...]

Boeing plans two Dreamliner flights

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:00 GMT

Boeing plans two Dreamliner flights[More...]

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Dec. 4--The bear market will be back at the end of next year.
That's the verdict of Credit Suisse, which today issued a bleak warning to investors of further pain ahead, particularly in the UK.
In its 2010 equity strategy note, the Swiss banking heavyweight predicted shares will suffer across the globe late next year as a government bond funding crisis unfolds.

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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

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

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

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

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

Geeks Trump Alpha Males As High Frequency Trading Takes Over

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

Boeing plans two Dreamliner flights

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Pawlowski in spotlight at jobs summit

Business leaders offer their 2 cents

Lockheed Martin partners with utilities on smart grid projects

Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs

Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs

Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs

Delta flight 23 hours late, new windshield

Obama bemoans desperation of people out of work

New Sopheon Strategic Roadmapping Software Enables Users to Quickly Adjust Strategies in Response to Changing Market Conditions

Con Edison to Receive Additional $45 Million in Smart Grid Stimulus Funding

Fitch Affirms Halliburton's IDR at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Halliburton Provides Update on Mexico Operations

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Announces Board of Director Election Results

Fitch Affirms Cobb County Solid Waste Auth's (GA) Rev Rfdg Bonds at 'AAA': Outlook Stable

Astro-Med Introduces Industry's Smallest, Lightest Flight Deck Printer

Donaldson Reports First Quarter Results and Increases Outlook

Halliburton Awarded Contract to Provide Fluid Services for Total in Indonesia

Northstar Electronics, Inc. (NEIK) Announces Its 2009 Third Quarter Results

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