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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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis Column: Stock Market's Recent Rally May Rekindle Urge to Invest, but Tread Cautiously

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Mar. 29--Ready to give the stock market a try?
Rallies like the sharp upturn the market has had since March 9 tend to give reticent people the urge to invest in stocks again.
So the safest approach is to add a little money to stock mutual funds with each paycheck through a 401(k)-type retirement plan.

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3 Ways to Get into the Market

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:47:00 GMT

Ready to give the stock market a try?
And mutual funds allow you more safety than making a bet on one or two stocks.
If you do want to put some money into stocks all at once, exchange-traded funds are an easy option to obtain broad exposure to the market.

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Mull ETFs to Portfolio

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:49:00 GMT

Mar. 16--Consider adding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to your portfolio.
Here are the ticker symbols (and some nicknames) for a few ETFs of major indexes: S&P 500 (Spiders, SPY), the Nasdaq 100 (Cubes, QQQQ), Total Stock Market (Vipers, VTI), Dow Jones industrial average (Diamonds, DIA), Russell 2000 (iShares Russell 2000, IWM), iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ).
Often sporting very low fees and tax-efficient infrequent trading, ETFs offer easy diversification into groups of businesses.

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Are Exchange Traded Funds the Future of Investing?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Nov. 16--Larry Carrel is a big fan of exchange traded funds.
The Amherst native and former Smart- Money.com columnist calls ETFs "mutual funds for the 21st century" and touts them as a cost-effective way for investors to broadly diversify their portfolios.
Mutual funds do that too, but Carrel thinks ETFs are better because their fees are lower and they can be traded during the day, like a regular stock, rather than only after the stock market closes for the day, as with a mutual fund.

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Sprylogics International Corp. - Fifth Default Status Report

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:00:00 GMT

TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SPY TORONTO, Aug. 7 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. ("Sprylogics" or the "Company") is providing this fifth bi-weekly default status report in accordance with National Policy 12-203 - Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("NP 12-203"). In its initial default announcement of May 28, 2009 (the "Default Notice"), the Company announced that it will not be filing its audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 (the "Annual Financial Statements") and its management's discussion and analysis relating to the Annual Financial Statements (collectively, the ...[More...]

ParagonReport.Com Complimentary Market Update on S&Amp;P Depository Receipts (NYSE:SPY), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Paragon is pleased to announce that its latest Market Update analyzing the latest news and events on S&P Depository Receipts (NYSE:SPY), Yahoo!
www.ParagonReport.com is a leading online financial newsletter for subscribers seeking industry leading free independent and unbiased research.
All Analyst Reports will be posted under the "Quarterly Analyst Reports" page that you land on once logged into the site.

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Sprylogics International Corp. - Fourth Default Status Report

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:32:00 GMT

TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SPY TORONTO, July 24 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. ("Sprylogics" or the "Company") is providing this fourth bi-weekly default status report in accordance with National Policy 12-203 - Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("NP 12-203"). In its initial default announcement of May 28, 2009 (the "Default Notice"), the Company announced that it will not be filing its audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 (the "Annual Financial Statements") and its management's discussion and analysis relating to the Annual Financial Statements (collectively, the ...[More...]

Sprylogics International Corp. - Second Default Status Report

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:00 GMT

TORONTO, June 25 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. ("Sprylogics" or the "Company") is providing this second bi-weekly default status report in accordance with National Policy 12-203 - Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("NP 12-203"). In its initial default announcement of May 28, 2009 (the "Default Notice"), the Company announced that it will not be filing its audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 (the "2008 Financial Statements") and its management's discussion and analysis relating to the 2008 Financial Statements (collectively, the "Required Filings") before the prescribed deadline of June 1, 2009. The Company provided its first bi-weekly default status report on June 12, 2009 ...[More...]

SPDR® ETF Family Announces Impact of Receiving Settlement Payments

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:47:00 GMT

The total amount payable to each Fund is listed below.
State Street manages $139 billion in SPDR ETF assets worldwide (as of March 31, 2009) and is one of the largest ETF providers in the U.S. and globally.
State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), delivers investment strategies and integrated solutions to clients worldwide across every asset class, investment approach and style.

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SPDR® ETF Family Announces Impact of Receiving Settlement Payments

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:33:00 GMT

The SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPDR Trust, Series I, NYSE: SPY), Dow Diamonds® (DIAMONDS Trust, Series I, NYSE: DIA), The Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE: XLF), SPDR® Dow Jones Total Market ETF (NYSE: TMW), SPDR® Dow Jones Large Cap Growth ETF (NYSE: ELG) and SPDR® DJ Global Titans ETF (NYSE: DGT) announced today that each Fund received payments as eligible claimants from a settlement fund established by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to American International Group, Inc.[More...]

SPDR ® ETF Family Announces Impact of Receiving Settlement Payments - Business Wire

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:58:00 GMT

The SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPDR Trust, Series I, NYSE:SPY - News), The Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLI - News), SPDR® DJ Wilshire Large Cap Value ETF (NYSE:ELV - News) and SPDR® DJ Global Titans ETF (NYSE:DGT - News) announced today that each Fund received payments as authorized claimants from a class action settlement related to Tyco International Ltd.[More...]

Corporate Update - Mar 13 2009 1:35PM

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:17:00 GMT

TORONTO, March 13 /CNW/ - Sprylogics International Corp. (the "Company") (TSX-V: SPY) announced today that the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company is scheduled to be held on July 30, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. The Company is currently in default of the requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange since the Company has not held an annual meeting of shareholders within the timeframes required by applicable corporate law and Exchange policy. The disclosure in this news release is being provided at the request of the Exchange.[More...]

Net Inflows in State Street’s SPDR® ETFs Reach Record High of $70.1 Billion in 2008

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:59:00 GMT

State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that assets under management in SPDR ETFs totaled $159.4 billion at the end of 2008. During the year, net inflows into State Street’s family of 80 SPDR ETFs reached a record high of $70.1 billion, which represents approximately 39 percent of the ETF industry’s annual net inflows.¹[More...]

SPDR® ETF Family Announces Impact of Receiving Settlement Payments

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:26:00 GMT

The SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPDR Trust, Series I, NYSE Alternext US: SPY - News), The Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE Arca: XLE - News) and SPDR® DJ Wilshire Total Market ETF (NYSE Arca: TMW - News), announced today that each Fund received payments from a class action settlement as eligible claimants related to Enron Corporation.[More...]