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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...]

Trading The Nonfarm Payrolls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:19:42 GMT

This Friday, December 4th, at about 830AM Eastern, the US Department of Labor will release the most anticipated news report of the month, the US Nonfarm Payrolls.[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...]

Strategist Offers Investing Tips

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Nov. 3--Readers of The News Tribune first met Bruce McCain a year ago when he visited Tacoma to speak with a group of selected high-net-worth clients of Key Private Bank -- where McCain serves as chief investment strategist.
He has earned a doctorate in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Certified Financial Analyst.
Alongside speaking with clients and managing portfolios, McCain also appears regularly both in print and broadcast media.

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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

Trading The Nonfarm Payrolls

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

Strategist Offers Investing Tips

Bic Group, Eastern Co. 3Q Earnings Top 2008 Numbers

Spike TV to honor Keith Richards

The Almanac -- weekly

Daily Mail, London, Market Report Column

Eastern Co.'s 2Q Net Income Dips 38% From Last Year

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thomas Oliver Column - Mar 27 2009 4:56PM

NH Natural Gas, Electric Customers Likely to See Big Savings: National Grid Could Lower Rates By 48 Percent

Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column - Mar 19 2009 8:55PM

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Finance and Economy Briefs - Feb 17 2009 10:34AM

Phase Forward Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

The Eastern Company Reports Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months of 2009

ICON Reports 14% Increase in EPS, and Raises Earnings Guidance for 2009

Covance and Merck & Co., Inc. Finalize Strategic Agreement

PAREXEL International Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results

Covance Inc. Invites You to Join the Webcast of Its Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call

Covance Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $466M and EPS of $0.66

Covance to Acquire Seattle-Based Gene Expression Laboratory from Merck & Co., Inc.

Phase Forward Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

ICON plc: Results of Annual General Meeting

Form 4 PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL For: Dec 02 Filed by: LINDOP CHRISTOPHER J (10K)

Form 4 EASTERN CO For: Dec 02 Filed by: ROBINSON DAVID C (10K)

Form 4 EASTERN CO For: Nov 30 Filed by: HENRY CHARLES W (10K)

Form 4 EASTERN CO For: Nov 16 Filed by: TUTTLE DONALD S III (10K)

Form 4 EASTERN CO For: Nov 13 Filed by: SULLIVAN JOHN L III (10K)

Form 3 PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 10 Filed by: Kent Steven (10K)

Form 4 EASTERN CO For: Nov 09 Filed by: SULLIVAN JOHN L III (10K)

Form 4 SULLIVAN JOHN L III For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 COVANCE INC For: Oct 26 Filed by: KLITGAARD WILLIAM E (10K)

Form 4 BARCHI ROBERT For: Sep 30 (10K)