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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...]

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:26 GMT

We look back at the industry's third quarter and offer early thoughts on 2010.[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...]

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:48:00 GMT

Dec. 1--Like the Beatles, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley and Boston police have discovered that happiness is a warm gun.
That's because a Dorchester man has become the first defendant convicted of pistol possession by a Massachusetts jury based on thermal imaging evidence.
Giving new meaning to the catchphrase "packing heat," investigators used the technology to successfully link the warmth from 25-year-old Jose Rodrigues' hand to a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun they found in a snowbank in Dorchester on Jan. 12 as they were chasing him.

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EIA Reports Surprise Gas Build - Analyst Blog

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

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

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Fewer new jobs in county in the third quarter

Rare plant thought to be discovered near Doyle Drive project

Qiagen acquires SABiosciences

Jury convicts N.J. man of southside Lebanon bank robbery

Carnegie Mellon exhibit blurs line between artist, tools

Crude Prices Spark an Urge to Drill

The News and Advance, Lynchburg, Va., Darrell Laurant Column: A Problem That Needs to Be Addressed

Catch Up on Tribune Watchdog Reporting: 10 Reports That Got Results

Surging oil has petro companies drilling again

Ridgewater Equity Completes Analytical Study of Equities Within Financial & Basic Materials Sectors

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on COG, NEM, ODP, DAL, NBR and PPG

Nabors Industries Ltd. Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call Invitation

Nabors 2Q 2009 EPS Equals $0.32 Excluding Non-Cash Items

Nabors Expects 2Q2009 Results to Include Approximately $240 Million in Non-Cash Charges

Nabors Industries Ltd. Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call Invitation

Nabors Announces Realignment of Nabors Well Services Ltd. Management

Ellsworth Fund Ltd. Announces Earnings and Financial Update

Nabors Expands its Board, Appointing John V. Lombardi as a Director

Nabors' First Quarter EPS Equals $0.65 Before $75 million in Pre-tax Non-Cash Ceiling Test Adjustments

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Form 4 NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD For: Nov 09 Filed by: SCHMIDT HANS (10K)

Form 4 PETRELLO ANTHONY G For: Nov 06 (10K)

Form 4 Lombardi John V For: Sep 30 (10K)

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Form 4 PETRELLO ANTHONY G For: Jun 30 (10K)

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