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Jul 16th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing
Risk aversion returned to markets on Thursday, supporting the U.S. dollar and government bonds, after mixed economic data, while concern about the possible failure of a small U.S. lender sparked caution following the week’s robust gains in stocks.
Tags: Bond Prices, China Economy, Crude Oil Prices, Debt Prices, dollar, euro, European Shares, Federal Reserve Bank, Ftse, Fuel Demand, Government Bonds, Risk Aversion, U S Treasury
Posted in Financial News, Stock Market Investing |
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Jul 7th, 2009 |
By Don Miller |
Category: Financial News
A federal judge handed the Obama administration an important victory in its push to steer the automobile industry back to health Sunday, approving the sale of General Motors Corp.’s (OTC: GMGMQ) most profitable assets to a new government-run company.
Tags: Automobile Industry, Chrysler, credit crisis, Don Miller, FIATY, General Motors Corp, GMGMQ, President Obama, U S Treasury, US auto
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Jul 1st, 2009 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading
A 4-day rally gets stopped at the border… Home Prices fall at a -18.12% pace… Alice Rivlin gives her 2-cents…
* Kiwi bond maturities galore next month… And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Chuck Butler, currencies, Currency, currency rally, Home Price Index, Kiwi, U S Treasury, U.S. housing, us treasury
Posted in Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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Jun 18th, 2009 |
By Money Morning Staff |
Category: Financial News
Consumer Prices Increase Less Than Expected; Ten Banks Repay TARP Debt; Bankrupt Eddie Bauer Attempts Sale; Berkshire Hathaway Options Begin Trading; FedEx Losses Mount; Saab Cuts Debt; Gas Prices Keep Going, Going, Up; Boeing Gets First Air Show Order; China Will Invest Sovereign Wealth in Hedge Funds; Analyst: S&P 500 Will Hit New Highs By 2012; Bond Yields Drop; Mortgage Apps Plunge
Tags: BA, BAC, BBT, BRK.A, BRK.B, CIT, CPI, Crude Oil Prices, EBHI, FDX, FNM, FRE, GE, Global Recession, GMGMQ, GS, hedge funds, Index Cpi, Inflation Fears, JPM, MS, TARP, U S Treasury, US Banking, US stocks, USB
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Jun 18th, 2009 |
By Marc Lichtenfeld |
Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing
Both President Obama’s and Senator Kennedy’s healthcare plans are estimated to cost $1 trillion over 10 years. I’ll believe it when I see it. When was the last time the government completed any project on budget?
Tags: Biotech Stocks, Bond Market, Bond Prices, GENZ, Healthcare Reform, Marc Lichtenfeld, RRPIX, TBT, TEVA, U S Treasury, WPI
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Jun 17th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing
A total of 10 U.S. banks have now repaid the preference share investments in them made by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), thus demonstrating that the government thinks they are sound. A number of others have yet to pay back that federal infusion. For investors, the question is this: Where do we go from here?
Tags: Bailout, BBT, Citigroup Inc, Martin Hutchinson, PNC, Share Investors, TARP, U S Treasury, US banking crisis, USB, WFC
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Jun 16th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Featured, Politics & Economics
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner says the Obama administration’s overhaul of U.S. financial regulations is aimed at creating a “boring” financial system. But after President Barack Obama unveils this boring – and not-so-new – regulatory structure tomorrow (Wednesday), expect a pitched battle that will pit the interests of Wall Street players against those of everyday Main Street investors.
Tags: Geithner, President Obama, Shah Gilani, U S Treasury, US economy
Posted in Featured, Politics & Economics |
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Jun 15th, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
Top financial officials from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations on Friday issued an upbeat evaluation of the global financial crisis, describing signs that markets were stabilizing around the world and warning that it was necessary to devise “exit strategies” to disengage from stimulus programs that have been put in place.
Tags: AT&T Inc, AXXP, BLK, BP, Chrysler LLC, credit crisis, FIATY, G8, Geithner, Global Derivatives Markets, Global Financial Crisis, GMGMQ, JPM, MS, SAR, U S Treasury, William Patalon III
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Jun 2nd, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Financial News
Brother, can you spare half a million? Your family’s (new and improved) share of U.S. debt… GM officially kaput… the dirty details and a brief rant, below… Markets hit a critical “pivot point,” says Rob Parenteau… The one number from China that’s boosting stocks, commodities and currencies today… Plus, two good reasons to buy a precious metal… especially silver
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Baby Boomers, Dollar Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, GM bankruptcy, Gold Prices, Government Debt, Ian Mathias, Medicare, Oil Prices, silver prices, social security, U S Treasury, US debt, Weak Dollar
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May 26th, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is closing in quickly on its June 1 deadline to finish overhauling its operations, or opt for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Because that deadline is actually one week from yesterday (Monday), analysts and investors will be watching GM closely this week.
Tags: ARO, Auto Market, BAC, Bailout Plan, Bank Bailout, Chrysler LLC, Crude Oil Prices, DB, Ford Motor Co., Geithner, Gm, GMAC LLC, GS, HD, HPQ, LEN, LOW, MCD, SHLD, TRIN, U S Treasury, US auto, US Banking, US stocks
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