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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...]

A Five In Front Of The FTSE

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:54:04 GMT

Well, I said the FTSE could get to 5000, didn’t I? Can it hold these levels and consolidate higher? I think it’s entirely possible. The technicals look good; we’ve rallied 40 – 50% from the March lows[More...]

Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:51 GMT

Here's an article that I wrote for the Slope of Hope today as a guest blogger. Great website if you haven't yet checked it out! Today I want to provide y'all with a couple of trade setups that I thought depending on your trading strategy and market bias, could fit nicely into your portfolio. The first is a short setup in Goldman Sachs (GS). For many of us, the opportunity to short GS goes well beyond a normal trade - there a sense of satisfaction seeing such a corrupt company depreciate in price, no doubt.[More...]

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT

Bank of America’s repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn’t help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The gist is of the post is about the same as Yves’ and it was inspired by lessons of the S&L crisis of the 1980s.[More...]

Citi Issues Notes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:10:01 GMT

Citigroup Inc. (C) yesterday announced the sale of $1.875 billion worth of senior remarketing notes. The notes will mature on Jan 15, 2015. These will bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.01% per annum. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually in equal installments on the 15th day of each June and December, commencing Jun 15, 2010.[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...]

Dubai, Kuwait recovery 'to lag behind'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:51:00 GMT

Ahmet Akarli, an economist at Goldman Sachs has said that Dubai and Kuwait will lag behind other Gulf Arab countries as the region's economies recover, Bloomberg has reported.
The economies of the UAE and Kuwait had contracted by around 2.5% in 2009, he said.
The UAE will grow 2% in 2010 and 4% in 2011, driven by Abu Dhabi, he added.

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

A Five In Front Of The FTSE

Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Citi Issues Notes

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

Dubai, Kuwait recovery 'to lag behind'

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Verizon leaves quarterly dividend unchanged

Sector Snap: Information technology shares gain

St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Mark Albright column: FiOS subscribers can be an HSN couch potato

Obama wants ideas, private help on jobs

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Bank robbery suspect nabbed in Myrtle Beach area

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

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

TD AMERITRADE CEO to Speak at Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009

Forest Conservation Can Supply 25% of Climate Solutions Through 2020, Saving $40 Billion

Citi Private Bank Announces Key Hires

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

Grass Roots Research and Distribution Issues "BUY" Rating With $0.15 Target Price for United States Oil & Gas Corporation

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009

Elite Portfolio Management Team Launches Boutique Investment Firm

DRI Corporation Appoints New Independent Director

Form 4 CITIGROUP INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: Mills William (10K)

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