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Nov 30-Dec 4: Solar Tops Dow, NASDAQ

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:00:58 GMT

Decent jobs report bolsters week... While the Dow struggled to a small gain this week, the NASDAQ was up 2.6% and the 20 Solar Stocks Index gained over 30 points to finish at 413.99,[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...]

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.[More...]

Goldman Sachs Countdown To $100 Oil

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:41:57 GMT

This morning, Goldman Sachs reported their forecast for crude prices. That is, we're talking about the light sweet West Texas Intermediate crude. The U.S. investment bank is expecting crude prices to average $90 per barrel next year, before rising to an average of $110 per barrel in 2011.[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...]

Chevron latest major to remove name from stations

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:47:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Chevron will pull its name from about 1,100 service stations in eastern states, the oil giant said Friday.
BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips have stepped away from the retail side in varying degrees over the past 18 months.
Chevron Corp. says it will withdraw from motor fuels operations in Washington D.C. and 12 states from Indiana to South Carolina by the middle of 2010.

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Nov 30-Dec 4: Solar Tops Dow, NASDAQ

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

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Goldman Sachs Countdown To $100 Oil

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Chevron latest major to remove name from stations

Chevron withdraws name from filling stations

BP battles another spill on North Slope

New North Slope spill BP's second in four days: 7,000 GALLONS: The 6-inch pipe carried produced water.

Fix is in for these pranksters

Denbury Resources taking big stake in Conroe oil field

Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas

Wall St Sense Reviews Equities in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Services Sectors

Benchmark Journal Brings In-Depth Research to Stocks Trading on the Basic Materials, Services & Technology Sectors

Benchmark Journal Began Monthly Review on Stocks in the Basic Materials, Financial & Services Sectors

Rothman Research Monthly Analysis on Stocks Trading Under the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods & Financial Sectors

EGPI Firecreek, Inc. Secures $15 Million Financing From Kodiak Capital Group, LLC

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Signs Financing Agreement for Municipal Solar Projects

EGPI Firecreek, Inc. Subsidiary, South Atlantic Traffic Corp., Announces Strategic Partnership; Recently Acquired Subsidiary Forms Partnership With Manufacturing/Engineering Co.

SemGroup Selects Chief Financial Officer

Chevron Partners With Cleantech Open to Support Energy Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: SUGAR RONALD D (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: SHARER KEVIN W (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: NUNN SAMUEL A (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: JENIFER FRANKLYN G (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: DENHAM ROBERT E (10K)

Form 4 CHEVRON CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: O REILLY DAVID J (10K)

Form 4 EXXON MOBIL CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: HUMPHREYS DONALD D (10K)

Form 4 EXXON MOBIL CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: Swiger Andrew P (10K)

Form 4 EXXON MOBIL CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: Rosenthal David S (10K)

Form 4 EXXON MOBIL CORP For: Dec 02 Filed by: LaSala Stephen R (10K)