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A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:20 GMT

With the Jobs Report more than surprising the market this morning, let’s take a quick look at the current trendlines that will either contain this bullish surge… or break through to create a larger move to the upside.[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...]

Daily Analysis And Trading Strategies 12-04-09

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:19:00 GMT

Quote of the day: The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney EURUSD Trading strategy: stand aside Downside is under pressure after the euro failed to breach higher, past 1.5145, on yesterday. The decline in equities favored the pullback into the 1.5050 support region and intra-day sentiment remains negative as long as 1.5100/15 is seen in the upper territory. Extended losses below 1.5045 may bring this week’s lows around 1.4975 in focus. As mentioned in my previous article – while a sustained break above 1113 in S&P500 does not occur – the euro will remain in-range below 1.5150.[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...]

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.[More...]

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:27 GMT

If you take a look at the 30 min chart of the SPY, you find a market filled with landmines and gaps along with a clearly defined trading range in which the market trades currently.[More...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[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...]

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:52:00 GMT

Dec. 2--THE GIZMOS: SmartSwipe online credit card swiper; FlipShare TV.
CARD SHARK: For a serious online shopper, the SmartSwipe answers prayers and concerns.
A scaled-down, home version of the credit card swiper we use at stores, SmartSwipe hooks up to a Vista, XP or Windows 7 computer (running Internet Explorer 6 or later) via the PC's USB port.

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A Quick Look At The SP500 Current Trendlines

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

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Daily Analysis And Trading Strategies 12-04-09

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Choppy And Volatile Range Boundaries For SPY

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

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The Home Depot to Accept MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM)

Sprylogics International Corp. - Fourth Default Status Report

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