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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[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...]

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...]

Lawmakers ask Parnell to review '07 oil tax increase: STATE REPS: Group says evidence shows state may suffer.

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:47:00 GMT

Dec. 5--Fifteen state representatives wrote Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday to say they were "troubled by the mounting evidence that (Alaska's 2007 oil tax increase) may wind up doing more harm than good to future oil development."
The lawmakers noted that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has said it will cut its Alaska spending by 15 percent next year.
The companies have said the 2007 increase are harmful for investment and jobs.

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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

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

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

Lawmakers ask Parnell to review '07 oil tax increase: STATE REPS: Group says evidence shows state may suffer.

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.

BP battles another spill on North Slope

EDITORIAL: Cleanup may get new life

Cause, scope of BP spill remain a mystery: NORTH SLOPE: Multiple entities look into the leak of a pipeline containing oil-gas-water mix.

Alyeska Pipeline shifts jobs away from Chugach: HIGH COSTS: Up to 400 contract positions could be transferred to non-unionized service company.

Mercury source ID'd in Virginia rivers

FTSE revival set to falter, warns analyst

Crews cleaning Prudhoe Bay oil spill now gauged at 3/4 of an acre: PIPELINE: Cause still unknown as workers build ice access pad.

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

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

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SemGroup Selects Chief Financial Officer

NWND Continues to Expand Business Model

Evolution Solar Evaluates Bermuda Opportunities

Ocean Tomo, LLC Announces New Constituent Companies to the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on BP, FTR, JEF, PGH, UIS and COP

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Financial Results

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Yields Immediate Gains After Realigning Its Dealer Operations

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