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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...]

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...]

What You Need To Know About Dubai Debt Drama

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:55:00 GMT

“U.S financial institutions could take direct hits,” warned a CNN headline after last week’s market rattling announcement from Dubai. Like an eerie reminder of last November, when the only reasonable expectation you could have as the markets closed was that you would wake up to something unexpected, the markets opened up with a renewed sense of fear.[More...]

Gaming stocks sluggish in November

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:04:00 GMT

Dec. 1--Gaming stocks were sluggish in November as investors tried to judge the repercussions of third-quarter results and anticipate the effect the opening of CityCenter will have on the Strip.
Only three of the nine gaming companies charted by Las Vegas-based financial consultant Applied Analysis saw an increase in their average daily stock prices in November compared to October.
"The latest monthly performance within the gaming sector was impacted by the interpretation of recent third-quarter earnings reports, speculation about expansions domestically and internationally, and other industry news," Applied Analysis principal Brian Gordon said in a report to clients.

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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

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

What You Need To Know About Dubai Debt Drama

Gaming stocks sluggish in November

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

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MGM gambles on $8.5B Vegas project

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Schuylkill Haven holds line on taxes

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Qiagen acquires SABiosciences

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Wynn Resorts Declares Special Cash Dividend and Announces Board Approval of a Regular Cash Dividend Commencing in 2010

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Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP Files Class Action Suit Against MGM Mirage

Kendall Law Group Announces Securities Class Action Against MGM Mirage

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball and Crocs to Part Ways After 2009 Season

Form 4 WYNN RESORTS LTD For: Dec 03 Filed by: Chen Linda (10K)

Form 4 WYNN RESORTS LTD For: Nov 20 Filed by: Sinatra Kimmarie (10K)

Form 4 Crocs, Inc. For: Nov 17 Filed by: Rebich Erik (10K)

Form 4 Crocs, Inc. For: Nov 17 Filed by: MCCARVEL JOHN P (10K)

Form 4 Crocs, Inc. For: Nov 17 Filed by: Hammer Russell (10K)

Form 4 Crocs, Inc. For: Nov 13 Filed by: Hart Daniel P (10K)

Form 3 ARPIN RICKY EDWARD For: Oct 28 (10K)

Form 4 MGM MIRAGE For: Oct 29 Filed by: HAIG ALEXANDER M JR GENERAL USA RET (10K)

Form 3 SCOTT WILLIAM MAXWELL For: Oct 14 (10K)

Form 4 MGM MIRAGE For: Oct 05 Filed by: SELWOOD ROBERT (10K)