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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:44:51 GMT

Yesterday morning I attended the annual meeting of the NYC Partnership. The NYC Partnership is the "chamber of commerce" for NYC. Because NYC is one of the biggest commerce centers in the world, the NYC Partnership is a pretty interesting group and has lots of big name companies and execs involved in it.[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...]

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...]

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[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...]

Canada should fight deficit by hiking GST, cutting spending, says DBRS

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:49:00 GMT

MONTREAL - Canada should tackle its growing debt and the threat of chronic structural deficits by increasing the GST, perhaps to nine per cent, and cutting program spending, the co-president of the DBRS rating service said Wednesday.
The Conservative government reduced the Goods and Services Tax to five per cent from seven per cent a few years ago.
"It shouldn't have gone down two per cent, it should go back up, and maybe two percentage points higher," he said after presenting DBRS' views on Canada's economic position following the global financial crisis.

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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

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

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

Canada should fight deficit by hiking GST, cutting spending, says DBRS

Recession officially over but Canadian cities still hurting: CIBC World Markets Inc.

Kelman Technologies Inc. convertible secured debenture financing

Government debt fears spook globe

Canadians take shine to U.S. Black Friday

Home prices up -- but for how long?

Optimistic H.J. Heinz Co. to ratchet up marketing

BMO Financial Group Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Results

Financial advisers don't all follow the same rules

Evening Standard, London, market report column

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PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Nexmed Inc., Bank of Montreal, Temex Resources Corp., CIBC, Mirasol Resources Ltd. and China Health Resources Inc.

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation Announces Closing of $150 Million Senior Revolving Credit Facility

Duke Realty Corporation Announces Renewal of Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

Latin American Minerals Inc. Announces Addition of Richard Boulay to the Board of Directors

CF Industries Stockholders Strongly Support Agrium's Offer With 62% of CF Shares Tendered

Morgan Joseph Names Bruce D. Jackson a Senior Vice President in Equity Research Covering the Medical Device Industry

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on American International Group Inc., JA Solar Holdings Company Ltd., Sinovac Biotech Ltd., Fresh Harvest Products Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada

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