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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...]

US Energy starts public offering of 5M shares

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:45:00 GMT

RIVERTON, Wyo. - U.S. Energy Corp. said Tuesday that it started a public offering of 5 million shares of its common stock.
The natural resource company plans to use the proceeds to finance its capital spending through next year, concentrating on the expansion of its Williston Basin drilling program with Brigham Exploration Co. and further drilling work with PetroQuest Energy and Yuma Exploration.
U.S. Energy is giving the underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 750,000 shares to cover any over-allotments.

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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

US Energy starts public offering of 5M shares

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Washington Post scrapping 'hyperlocal' Web site

EDITORIAL: Grassley Looking Out for Iowa

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Geeks double as scourges and sages at media summit

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The Washington Post Company to Webcast Presentation at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces a Public Offering of 5,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Brigham Exploration Announces Strand 16-9 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 2,264 BOEPD

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U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Initial Production Rate of Approximately 2,264 BOE/D From the Strand 16-9 #1H Bakken Well

Brigham Exploration Announces Lee 16-21 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 1,544 BOEPD

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Initial Production Rate of Approximately 1,544 BOE/D From the Lee 16-21 #1H Bakken Well

U.S. Energy Corp. Announces Initial Production Rate of Approximately 1,776 BOE/D From the BCD Farms 16-21 #1H Bakken Well; Provides Williston Basin Drilling Program Update

Brigham Exploration Announces BCD Farms 16-21 #1H Bakken Well Produces at Initial Rate of Approximately 1,776 BOEPD

U.S. Energy Corp. Files Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement

Form 4 GRAHAM DONALD For: Oct 09 (10K)

Form 4 YOUNGBAUER STEVEN R For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 LORIMER R SCOTT For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 LARSEN MARK J For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 LARSEN KEITH G For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 GRAHAM DONALD For: May 06 (10K)

Form 4 LORIMER R SCOTT For: Apr 01 (10K)

Form 4 YOUNGBAUER STEVEN R For: Apr 01 (10K)

Form 4 GRAHAM DONALD For: Mar 16 (10K)

Form 4 GRAHAM DONALD For: Mar 12 (10K)