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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...]

A Busy Month For Immunogen (Part II)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:03:11 GMT

At ASH 2009, Immunogen (IMGN) and its partners will present clinical data on three compounds: Sanofi-Aventis’ (SNY) SAR3419, Immunogen’s IMGN901 and Biotest’s BT-062.[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...]

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:14 GMT

It sure looks like gold is going to close above $1,200 an ounce today in New York. And large open market purchases from central banks in China, India and Russia are only helping the price surge more. (Just one year ago, some of these same central banks were actually selling gold in an attempt to fill an annual 10,000-ton supply gap.)[More...]

St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Robert Trigaux column: Florida lags in venture capital

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Dec. 1--Florida entrepreneurs must possess cast-iron constitutions to try building start-up companies in these economic times.
Ask Florida Venture Capital Forum executive director Robin Kovaleski in Tampa what the climate is like these days for venture capital funding and she alternates between "tough" and "brutal."
The survey may quibble with me, but I'll add one more name, Sharklet Technologies of Alachua, as a fifth Florida company to get funding just as the second quarter ended and third quarter began.

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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

A Busy Month For Immunogen (Part II)

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

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Robert Trigaux column: Florida lags in venture capital

'Black Friday' rush starts even earlier

Concerns raised over biomass plans

Here comes the sun as affordable power source

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Scott Harris Column: VC Confidence Flat, but What Does It Mean?

Hospira Profits Strong on Improved Efficiencies, Generic Drug Launch

Overseas Chinese Return to Start Companies

The Indianapolis Star Daniel Lee Column: Indiana Working to Create Its Own Identity With Investors

Overseas Chinese Return to Start Companies

Venture Funding Stalls in Third Quarter

TC PipeLines, LP to Present at Wells Fargo Pipeline and MLP Symposium

TC PipeLines, LP to Present at RBC Master Limited Partnership Conference

TC PipeLines, LP Announces Offering of 5 Million Common Units

TC PipeLines, LP Reports 2009 Third Quarter Results

TransCanada Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $345 Million or $0.50 Per Common Share

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of October 31, 2009

PECO Turns Up the Heat With Solar RFP

Global Health Ventures Inc. (OTCBB: GHLV) Commences an Investment Road Show, Starting in Montreal, Quebec and Then Presenting in London, England

Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update As of September 30, 2009

Media Advisory: TC Pipelines, LP to Present at the 2009 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference

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