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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...]

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Today's tickers: GLD, MTG, ACN, BAC, HUN, PSS, ARO, HUN, APWR & FDO[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...]

Collective Brands up on better-than-expected 3Q

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:50:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Shares of shoe retailer Collective Brands Inc. rose on Thursday after adjusted third-quarter profit topped Wall Street expectations, and an analyst forecast earnings growth next year.
Collective Brands, which operates the Payless ShoeSource and Stride Rite chains, said Wednesday that quarterly earnings declined 22 percent but topped analysts' estimates when adjusted.
Collective Brands, which is based in Topeka, Kan., also said results were helped by Oprah Winfrey's offer on a recent show to make half-off coupons available through the following day to Payless ShoeSource shoppers on all purchases.

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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

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

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

Collective Brands up on better-than-expected 3Q

Collective Brands reports lower 3Q profit

Traffic changes ahead at mall

Star-News, Wilmington, N.C., The Dish column: The Dish - New Wilmington dining spots feature low prices

Paint Friday black

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Mark Basch column: Fund manager calls out Winn-Dixie over stock value

Fund manager calls out Winn-Dixie over stock value

Pizza Inn Q1 net income up

Return of Red Lobster: Restaurant rebuilds at The Promenade

SE Ind. to get industrial plastic equipment plant

Collective Brands Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Fitch 2010 U.S. Restaurant Outlook: Modest Improvement in Sales Anticipated by Late 2010

Unica Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2009

Pizza Inn, Inc. Reports Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010; Key Elements of a Sustainable Growth Strategy are in Place and Working

Collective Brands Hosts Annual Institutional Investor Conference, Provides Progress Report on New Business Model and Key Strategies for Growth

Pizza Inn, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Year 2009; CEO is Encouraged By Success of New Buffet Prototype and Its Promise for the Future of the Pizza Inn Brand

wRatings Ranks Most Competitive Travel & Transport Companies in 2009

Collective Brands Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

Standard & Poor's annonce des modifications a l'indice compose S&P/TSX de croissance

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R), Chili's(R) Grill & Bar Kick-off Sixth Annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer Campaign

Form 4 DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: HUGHES DAVID H (10K)

Form 4 DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: Fraleigh Christopher J (10K)

Form 4 DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: SASTRE MARIA (10K)

Form 4 DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: LEDSINGER CHARLES A JR (10K)

Form 4 DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: ROSE MICHAEL D (10K)

Form 3 BRINKER INTERNATIONAL For: Nov 20 Filed by: PROVOST STEVE (10K)

Form 4 CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIO For: Nov 10 Filed by: LEDSINGER CHARLES A JR (10K)

Form 4 DONALD ODIE C For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 Harker Victoria D For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 SASTRE MARIA For: Oct 30 (10K)