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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...]

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Likely To Touch $300 Soon

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is one of the few stocks that beat S&P in all the time periods.[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...]

Chindex International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:47:00 GMT

Roberta Lipson, President and CEO of Chindex stated, "We are pleased with our financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2010, which puts us on track to meet our full year expectations.
As we enter the back half of the fiscal year, we remain extremely well-positioned to capitalize on China's premium-quality healthcare services market, continued economic vibrancy and opportunities created by healthcare reform."
Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

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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

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Likely To Touch $300 Soon

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

Chindex International, Inc. Reports Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2010 Financial Results

Stocks Tumble on Jobs News

Novadaq Q1 Net Loss Narrows

Intuitive Surgical to Repurchase $150 million Common Stock from Goldman

Chindex International, Inc. To Participate in UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference

'09 Blade Stock Market Entries Favor Familiar Names

Chindex International Inc. Announces Participation in the 2009 UBS Greater China Conference

The Flintstones Meet the High-Tech Future

Movers: Costco, Yahoo, WaMu, Boeing, EMC, VMware

Illumina Appoints Stephen Pentoney As Vice President of Array Biochemistry

The Fortune Financial Undertakes Review of Stocks in the Healthcare and Services Sectors

Illumina Countersues Life Technologies for Patent Infringement

Life Technologies Announces Appointment of Sales Vice President for Next Generation Sequencing

Life Technologies Initiates Suit Against IlluminaAlleging Patent Infringement

Biomatrica Makes Several Key Appointments As Part of Continued Growth Plan ; Company Names Senior Director of Research and Development, Vice President of Business Development, Marketing Manager and Two New Board Members

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Illumina Announces $75 Million Share Repurchase Program

Chindex International, Inc. Announces New CDC Contract ; German KfW Development Bank-Financed Project Will Bring EUR5 Million in Revenue

Novadaq Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Power Medical Interventions(R) Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results; PMI to Be Acquired By Covidien

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