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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...]

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...]

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations, IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal Risks—Public Finance Aspects of Unwinding.[More...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Credit customers feel trapped by rule changes, rising rates

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:47:00 GMT

Dec. 6--Eileen Rogan was enraged when Citibank recently raised the annual interest rate on her credit card to 19 percent after boosting it a year ago from 10 percent to 15 percent.
The giant card issuer, she said, was boosting rates on customers even as it benefit ed from billions of dollars in low-cost funds made available by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department.
What irked Raymond Miltier was a recent notice from Bank of America that he would have to pay a $29 annual fee to continue using his BofA card.

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Quality Large-Cap Retail Is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

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

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Credit customers feel trapped by rule changes, rising rates

Rachleff now the target of $7.5M fraud complaint: Attorney's claim ties late stockbroker to misappropriation of client's funds

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Surprising jobs strength provides some promise

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

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

Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Securities

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

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

Form 4 CITIGROUP INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: KELLY EDWARD J III (10K)

Form 4 CITIGROUP INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: Gerspach John C (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Price Joe L (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: DESOER BARBARA J (10K)

Form 4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP For: Nov 30 Filed by: Montag Thomas K. (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: White Julie M (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: STROTHER JAMES M (10K)

Form 4 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN For: Nov 30 Filed by: CALLAHAN PATRICIA R (10K)

Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: TREVATHAN JAMES E JR (10K)