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Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[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...]

11 Dividend Stocks Giving You More To Spend

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:54:45 GMT

You can't spend earnings! At first glance, this seems like an odd statement, possibly even incorrect. However, it is not only correct, but an important axiom for all types of investors. Through fraud and manipulation financial statements can be made to look quite impressive, but the cash that arrives in your brokerage account is real.[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...]

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[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...]

Food Bank procurer uses national network

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:49:00 GMT

Dec. 3--A truckload of Capri Sun juice drinks arrived at the Community Food Bank last month from a location almost 700 miles away in California.
As the manager of the Food Bank's Food Procurement Program, Lei Florentino is responsible for finding and securing food and household products from around the country.
Like more than 200 food banks across the country, Tucson's Community Food Bank belongs to Feeding America, a hunger-relief charity headquartered in Chicago.

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Unemployment Duration Still Rising

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

11 Dividend Stocks Giving You More To Spend

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

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

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

Food Bank procurer uses national network

Maria Halkias: Four trends show retailers' strategies in price cuts, product picks

Pumpkin shortage imperils holiday pies

Grocery strike worries some union members

Strike threatened at Arizona supermarkets

Sacramento-Area Flu-Shot Strategy: Seek Out Seasonal; Wait (Mostly) on H1N1

Sacramento-Area Flu-Shot Strategy: Seek Out Seasonal; Wait (Mostly) on H1N1

Tom Thumb Says It Will Stock Its Shelves With Lower Prices

Earnings in Third Quarter

Safeway 3Q profit drops 35 percent on slow sales

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

Gabelli & Company Releases The Focus Five

Fitch Affirms Safeway's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Reports Results for Its Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year

Safeway Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings

The Bank Holdings Announces Voluntary Delisting of Its Common Stock

Safeway Inc. Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Dividend

Overhill Farms Reports Revenues of $54.5 Million, Net Income of $2.6 Million, for Third Quarter

Universal Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividends

Universal Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter Earnings

Form 4 UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ For: Nov 30 Filed by: FOSTER CHARLES H JR (10K)

Form 4 MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT For: Nov 19 Filed by: JACOBSON MITCHELL (10K)

Form 4 MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT For: Nov 19 Filed by: Jones Douglas E (10K)

Form 4 MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT For: Nov 18 Filed by: McGuire Eileen (10K)

Form 4 UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ For: Nov 17 Filed by: Paul Ray M Jr (10K)

Form 4 UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ For: Nov 16 Filed by: FREEMAN GEORGE C III (10K)

Form 4 SAFEWAY INC For: Nov 12 Filed by: Oder Kenneth W. (10K)

Form 4 SAFEWAY INC For: Oct 19 Filed by: RENDA LARREE M (10K)

Form 4/A SAFEWAY INC For: Nov 10 Filed by: GORDON ROBERT A (10K)

Form 4 WRIGHT DONALD P For: Nov 09 (10K)