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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...]

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT

The Dubai World default is a matter of only $60 billion – mere peanuts when compared to other elements of the global financial crisis. It’s thus of concern only to those silly enough to invest in real estate there (and the European banks foolish enough to finance it.) For the rest of us, it is a useful reminder that sudden collapses don’t really come out of nowhere – they can be foreseen, and smart investors can plan for them.[More...]

City OKs selling of bonds for 3 projects

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:48:00 GMT

Dec. 2--EL PASO -- The city's stormwater utility is moving forward with three more drainage improvement projects, thanks to the federal stimulus program that will provide interest-free financing.
El Paso Water Utilities will save nearly $3.6 million in interest over 20 years, said Ed Archuleta, the utility's president and chief executive officer.
City Council members voted 8-0 Tuesday to allow the utility to sell $6.425 million in bonds to finance two stormwater projects in the Lower Valley and one in far East El Paso.

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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

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

City OKs selling of bonds for 3 projects

City looks to empower Open Space group

New roles to be considered for open-space advisory board

Officials urge caution as winter storm moves in

Officials urge caution as winter storm moves in

Times QandA: El Paso withstood economic storm well; sales should be strong

Area may see snow late tonight

'Giftaway' returns with all sorts of nifty presents: Register online, and you might win one of these cool items to keep or give

Whistle-blower is awarded $100,000: Fire official alleged falsification of training records

Center teaches water conservation

EstÃ©E Lauder Companies Delivers Strong Earnings Per Share in First Quarter of Fiscal 2010; Progress on Strategic Initiatives and Cost Discipline Drives Profit Growth; Company Raises Full Year Outlook

EstÃ©E Lauder Companies Expects Better-Than-Anticipated First Quarter Results Financial Results to Be Reported on October 30, 2009

EstÃ©E Lauder Companies Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results in Line With Expectations; Provides Outlook for First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010

Estée Lauder Companies to Report Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results on August 13, 2009

Global Payments Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on RIG, SPW, USG, EL, SFD and WBS

Global Payments Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings

Industry First: Breakthrough Technology Revolutionizes Night-Time Facial Skin Repair

The Estée Lauder Companies Announces Changes to its Board of Directors Ronald S. Lauder Retires from Board; Jane Lauder Elected

Global Payments Completes Term Loan to Support Strategic Growth

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