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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...]

Most Active Stock Options December 2, 2009 & Trading Activity

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:37:30 GMT

The top ten most active stock option contracts traded today were: Pfizer (PFE) December 18 put OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) January 43 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ December 44 Put OptionsNike (NKE) January 45 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ December 45 Put OptionsPfizer December 19 put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 110 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR March 110 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR June 104 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR[More...]

Chesapeake earns two honors from industry group

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:47:00 GMT

Dec. 5--Chesapeake Energy Corp. took home two awards at this week's 2009 Platts Global Energy Awards ceremony in New York.
The Oklahoma City-based natural gas producer was honored as the Energy Producer of the Year for its expertise in shale gas plays, its high success rate in exploration activities and its consistent production growth.
"Chesapeake has a track record of very strong financial and operating results with consistent production growth for 19 consecutive years, increasing production by 18 percent in 2008," the judges wrote.

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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

Most Active Stock Options December 2, 2009 & Trading Activity

Chesapeake earns two honors from industry group

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Flamel Technologies Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results; Additional New Projects; Cash Increases from $45.1 to $48.8 million

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