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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...]

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...]

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:18:24 GMT

Yes, it's the company that sponsors the hot dog eating contest. It's also a Magic Formula small-cap stock worth biting into, with a cheap valuation, good business model, and strong balance sheet.[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...]

Jobs report strongest since start of recession Jobless dip to 10% surprises analysts, who expected 10.2%

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:00 GMT

The nation's economy last month shed the fewest jobs since the start of the recession, and the unemployment rate dipped to 10% -- an unexpected turnaround after it had surged into double digits in the previous month for the first time in 26 years.
The November jobs report surprised economists and stock-market traders who had braced for another month of dismal news.
And after the nation hemorrhaged hundreds of thousands of jobs monthly for 21 consecutive months, many expected another loss in November in the range of 130,000 jobs.

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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

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

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

Jobs report strongest since start of recession Jobless dip to 10% surprises analysts, who expected 10.2%

DPUC seeks opinions on CLandP's next steps

Optimism returns as unemployment rate dips to 10%

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

CLandP report says timing saved money

Connecticut Light & Power posts results of time-based electric rates study

Ferrostaal inaugurates the first Palestinian solar thermal plant

Homeowners go green: Cary residents find monthly savings by reducing energy consumption

Snowstorm results in power outages for thousands

McDonald's to lose COO for health concerns

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

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

Tessera Technologies to Present at Upcoming Conferences in December

Tessera Promotes Bernard Cassidy to Executive Vice President

Ignify Becomes First and Only Mid-Market eCommerce Platform to Achieve PCI Compliance for the PA-DSS Standard

Ridgewater Equity Begun In-Depth Analysis on BB&T Corp., Key Energy Services Inc., McMoRan Exploration Co., Unilever NV, Burger King Holdings Inc. and Realty Income Corp.

The Fortune Financial Progressive Review on Sally Beauty Holdings Inc., ProLogis, Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., Nomura Holdings Inc., Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

Fitch: 2010 Should be a Turning Point for U.S. Consumer Products Sector

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

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

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