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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...]

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Dec. 3--Commodity stocks should keep rising next year, but the best is behind the financials.
That's the opinion of Goldman Sachs, whose strategy suggestions for 2010 were being circulated in the City today.
Shares in London rose, with the FTSE putting on 30.71 points to 5358.10 as the banks bounced back from yesterday's losses.

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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

Evening Standard, London, market report column

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

Seasonal flu vaccine supplies spur worries

New Jersey index reaches a yearly high

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Dick Youngblood column: A broader client base propels hot growth in sales at Minnesota Thermal Science

A broader client base propels hot growth for Minnesota Thermal Science: Minnesota Thermal Science of Plymouth is broadening its customer base beyond the military.

FDA approves additional H1N1 vaccine

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

Targacept has profit in quarter: Large milestone payment by AstraZeneca credited for first profit in almost three years

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Incyte Corp., EnCana Corporation, B2Gold Corp. and Medclean Technologies Inc.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Split-Off of Mead Johnson

AMRI Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Merck and Schering-Plough to Complete Merger Today

Ligand to Acquire Metabasis for Cash and Contingent Value Rights

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on OLN, LXK, SGP, MMM, LYG and STSI

Procter &Amp; Gamble Co. Up 13% Since Added to Galtstock Long Portfolio

Bristol-Myers Squibb Achieves Strong Sales, Earnings Performance in Third Quarter

Mead Johnson Reports Solid Third Quarter Results; Narrows Full-Year 2009 Guidance to Top End of Range

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