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EIA Reports Surprise Gas Build - Analyst Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:36:55 GMT

In its weekly release yesterday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a surprise 2 billion cubic feet (Bcf) addition to natural gas stockpiles for the week ended November 27, far off analyst expectations that hoped for inventories to remain flat, or possibly even show a drawdown. This takes the current storage level to a new record high of 3.84 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), which is up 14.0% from last year's level and 14.5% above the five-year range (as clear from the nearby chart from the EIA). Current stocks are 470 Bcf above last year’s level and 487 Bcf above the five-year average. The inventory addition was in sharp contrast to the five-year-average net withdrawal of 43 Bcf and last year's drawdown of 64 Bcf.?? ? ? The relentless increase in gas storage levels has meant that[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...]

Oil And Natural Gas Investments: Why You Should Buy Black Gold Now

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:42:35 GMT

Some day in the future, human beings will likely colonize Mars. But if I suggested you invest in its colonization now, you'd rightly think I was a few cards short of a full deck.[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...]

Denbury Resources taking big stake in Conroe oil field

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Dec. 4--Denbury Resources has agreed to buy a 95 percent working interest in the venerable Conroe oil field north of Houston, where it plans to continue its signature practice of using large injections of carbon dioxide to enhance petroleum recovery.
The cash and stock deal is valued at $430.7 million.
The Plano-based company said it would sell its remaining interests in the Barnett Shale natural gas play in North Texas to Dallas-based Talon Oil & Gas Llc., a privately held company, for $210 million.

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EIA Reports Surprise Gas Build - Analyst Blog

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

Oil And Natural Gas Investments: Why You Should Buy Black Gold Now

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

Denbury Resources taking big stake in Conroe oil field

Air tests at natural gas drilling sites fuel concerns in Barnett Shale

Denbury Resources buys stake in Houston oil field, sells assets in Barnett Shale

Denbury Resources to buy major interest in Conroe oil field

Smithfield Township adopts 2010 budget

Talks on gas pipeline's route raises larger issues

New grassroots group to push for more Barnett regulation

Permits to build Twin Cities homes increase, but still off peak: November data signaled more improvement, with caveats.

Just another Monday? No! Think bargains: Sales are only a click away. But wait, there's more!

EDITORIAL: Relieving pressure on Fort Worth's Carter Avenue

Denbury Agrees to Purchase Conroe Field and Sell Remaining Barnett Shale Assets

Benchmark Journal Issues Independent Review on Nisource Inc., Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., Williams-Sonoma Inc., Unitedhealth Group Inc., Wright Medical Group Inc. and Liberty Media Interactive

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Announces Better Than Expected Q3 2009 Results and Raises Q4 2009 and FY 2009 Revenue and Diluted EPS Guidance

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Callon Petroleum Company Reports Results of Operations For Third Quarter, First Nine Months of 2009

Callon Petroleum Company Issues Guidance For Full Year 2009

Denbury Resources Announces Third Quarter Results

Pulte Homes Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Keith Garza of ConocoPhillips Joins CygNet Software's Board of Customer Advisors

Denbury Postpones Third Quarter Earnings Call to Thursday, November 5th

Form 4 PULTE HOMES INC/MI/ For: Dec 03 Filed by: ROBINSON BRUCE E (10K)

Form 4 CALLON PETROLEUM CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: WEATHERLY B F (10K)

Form 4 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP For: Nov 25 Filed by: Grigsby Jennifer M (10K)

Form 4 WILLIAMS SONOMA INC For: Nov 24 Filed by: MCCOLLAM SHARON (10K)

Form 4 CALLON PETROLEUM CO For: Nov 24 Filed by: WEATHERLY B F (10K)

Form 4 CALLON PETROLEUM CO For: Nov 24 Filed by: MAYFIELD ROBERT A (10K)

Form 4 PULTE HOMES INC/MI/ For: Nov 18 Filed by: NELSON GREGORY M (10K)

Form 4/A PULTE HOMES INC/MI/ For: Nov 16 Filed by: NELSON GREGORY M (10K)

Form 4 PULTE HOMES INC/MI/ For: Nov 16 Filed by: NELSON GREGORY M (10K)

Form 4/A CALLON PETROLEUM CO For: Nov 16 Filed by: WEATHERLY B F (10K)