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A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:20 GMT

With the Jobs Report more than surprising the market this morning, let’s take a quick look at the current trendlines that will either contain this bullish surge… or break through to create a larger move to the upside.[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...]

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:27 GMT

If you take a look at the 30 min chart of the SPY, you find a market filled with landmines and gaps along with a clearly defined trading range in which the market trades currently.[More...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[More...]

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:02:28 GMT

The circumstances surrounding the resignation of General Motors (NYSE: GRM) Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson are still unclear. But it’s likely that whoever succeeds Henderson will no doubt have a turnaround plan more compatible with that of the company’s board, and will likely come from outside of GM’s ranks.[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...]

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Dec. 4--It could be a Ferrari, but it's nearly silent.
Instead, the CMT-380 is the world's first hybrid-electric sports car powered by a microturbine.
"It's a jet engine on wheels," said Jim Crouse, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Capstone Turbine Corp. of Chatsworth, a partner in building the prototype.

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A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

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

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

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

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

Suzuki Motor to withdraw from Canadian joint venture with GM

Automakers pushing smaller, cheaper, greener at L.A. Auto Show

Morning biz update: Change coming to NBC and GM

Chart: November auto sales

Let bank bailout plan expire

Utah employment projected to pick up: High-tech industries seen as key to 9th-best growth rate.

UPI NewsTrack Business

US November auto sales struggle to gain ground

Modest but steady growth seen in economic reports

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

Steep Declines in 3G Spending in China Impact Mobile Infrastructure Market, According to Dell'Oro Group

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Confirms $35.00 Per Share Enhanced Cash Proposal to Acquire Diedrich Coffee, Inc.

The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. Announces Earnings For The Twelve Months Ended October 31, 2009

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth

D.A. Davidson & Co. Investment Banking Group Reports Strong Fiscal Year-End Results

ManTech to Offer Certifications from International Council on Systems Engineering

China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. Announces 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results

Sun Capital Sells Timothy's Coffees of the World to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Acquires Timothy's Coffees of the World, Inc.

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