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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 Look At Strength in Airlines Delta DAL And Continental CAL

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:01:11 GMT

A reader pointed out to me that there has been three days of strength in some of the major US Airline stocks including Delta Airlines (DAL) and Continental (CAL) and to a lesser degree in other airlines.[More...]

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Likely To Touch $300 Soon

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is one of the few stocks that beat S&P in all the time periods.[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...]

Many stocks drop in short week

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:06:00 GMT

Nov. 29--A drop in shares of Sun Bancorp Inc. helped to push the Asbury Park Press/Bloomberg 75 index down more then 1 percent last week.
The markets were closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday and closed early on Friday.
The stock that saw the largest percentage decline was Sun Bancorp Inc., $3.60, down 43 cents, or 10.7 percent.

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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 Look At Strength in Airlines Delta DAL And Continental CAL

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Likely To Touch $300 Soon

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

Many stocks drop in short week

Week's top story-Chilean banks' profits increase by 25.5% in October

Passenger numbers up at RIC as holiday begins

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FAA fines airlines for stranding

Groupe Aeroplan Inc. Reports 2009 Third Quarter Results

American Airlines partner might invest in troubled Japan Air Lines, sources say

Chindex International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

Economic reports boost N.J. index

The Fortune Financial Undertakes Review of Stocks in the Healthcare and Services Sectors

Partner Communications Announces Results of a Private Placement of Notes in Israel

Partner Communications Announces Its Intention to Issue Notes Through a Private Placement in Israel

Elron Electronic Industries Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Partner Communications Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Partner Communications Announces Dividend Distribution of NIS 1.94 Per Share for the Third Quarter of 2009

Sterling Savings Bank Launches Website for Sterling-Financed Properties

Partner Communications Announces Date of Third Quarter 2009 Results

II-VI Incorporated to Webcast FY 2010 First Quarter Conference Call

Illumina Countersues Life Technologies for Patent Infringement

Form 4 INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: MOHR MARSHALL (10K)

Form 4 INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: LOOP FLOYD D MD (10K)

Form 4 ILLUMINA INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: FLATLEY JAY T (10K)

Form 4 INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: MOHR MARSHALL (10K)

Form 4 II-VI INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: JOHNSON CARL J (10K)

Form 4 CONTINENTAL AIRLINES For: Nov 17 Filed by: SIMMONS L E (10K)

Form 3 CONTINENTAL AIRLINES For: Nov 13 Filed by: SIMMONS L E (10K)

Form 4 SOMANETICS CORP For: Nov 16 Filed by: Anderson Arik Allan (10K)

Form 4 ILLUMINA INC For: Nov 12 Filed by: FLATLEY JAY T (10K)

Form 4 Meritage Homes CORP For: Nov 11 Filed by: SARVER ROBERT GARY (10K)