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- Forex News: GM And Chrysler To Get $13.4 Billion Short Term Loans
The money will be coming from the TARP. Stocks may rally off the news. The EUR/USD is moving higher. The low for the EUR/USD was 1.3908 for the currency pair. The first target on the downside is 1.3810 where the 38.2% retracement of the move up is … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Foreign Stock Markets Consolidate Too
US markets seem to resemble the Hang Seng (^HSI) more closely than the Nikkei (^N225). The dates of the bottoms correlate more closely; the patterns are similar. Both symmetrical triangles that are in the process of resolving themselves.
I will be watching for a sign as to which markets are going to break first, or provide us with information. The Australian market has shown very high volume recently. It’s in a consolidation pattern, similar to S&P 500 (^GSPC) as … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Apple Will Live, But MacWorld…
MacWorld started as a trade show for the MacIntosh computer and remained a computer show for many years. It is not run by Apple Inc. (AAPL) - it is just about Apple.
Apple has moved away from computers as its only business, and MacWorld has been declining in importance for many years.
Without Apple and Steve Jobs at MacWorld the trade show becomes even less significant and, in my opinion, it will waste away much as COMDEX did.
The real question is the health of Steve Jobs. Is … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Quad Witching Today
Today (Friday) is quadruple witching hour. That means that the following contracts expire today:
Stock Index Futures
Stock Index Options
Single Stock Futures
Stock OptionsBelow is the list of SSF’s with the largest open interest. Watch the activity in these stocks … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Stocks May Not Be Cheap Enough, Yet – And Here's Why
For many investors, a low Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio is a sign of value.
But don’t you bet on it - at least, not yet.
According to Michael T. Darda, chief economist for MKM Partners LLC, analysts have overestimated earnings by an average of 30% to 35% in the last three recessions. For millions of investors who use low P/E ratios as a litmus test for selecting their investments, that’s going to be a rather unpleasant shock.
If Darda is right, and our research seems to suggest he is, … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - US Dollar Slumped On The Canvas
Bernanke & Co. on Tuesday signaled to the financial markets that they were hell-bent on pursuing an “inflate or die” approach to rescuing the ailing US economy and fending off the forces of deflation. The Fed is now inflating at a level possibly not seen before by a developed nation since Weimar Germany.
Since the credit crisis started intensifying in July, the dollar benefited from a global flight to safety in US Treasuries and a scramble for dollars to repay USD-denominated debt. … [visit site to read more]Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Cost Of Banks
Consider that one year ago Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) paid US$100 billion for ABN Amro. That seemingly impossible amount would now buy:
Citibank (C) $22,5 billion (74% down)
Morgan Stanley (MS) $10,5 billion (-72%)
Goldman Sachs (GS) $21 billion (-67%)
Merrill Lynch (MER) $12,3 billion (-77%)
Deutsche Bank (DB) $13 billion (-71%)
Barclays (BCS) $12,7 billion (-71%)And still leave $8 billion change - with which you would be able to pick up General Motors … [visit site to read more]
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The exaggerated Forex moves continue overnight as the USD (which is on pace for the largest weekly decline since 1985) firmed up across the board. Looking at the EUR/USD, the pair has just dropped two big figures in the matter of an hour and 20 minutes. The pair did however temporarily cool off as the 100 hour Moving Hour hit as seen … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Big Three To Shutter 59 Plants – Chrysler Forces Dealers To Sell At A Loss
Chrysler LLC stunned its employees and dealers early yesterday (Thursday), announcing it was suspending all manufacturing for at least a month, and tightening wholesale credit terms to dealers. By the end of the day, Chrysler was joined by its two other Big Three brethren - General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford Motor Co. (F). - which also shuttered factories.
All told, the Big Three will idle about 59 factories over the next month as each of the three American carmakers struggle to … [visit site to read more]
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So many issues — so little time. Let us try a few quick takes on some current issues.
Selling the GE News. We watched with some wonder as selling ensued on the basis of a the announcement by S&P of a negative outlook for GE’s (GE) triple A bond rating, perhaps in two years. Surely the issue was widely known, as is Jeff Immelt’s determination to avoid this outcome. If investors doubt his plan, why wait until the S&P announcement?
Additionally, when did everyone … [visit site to read more]
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FedEx Announces Profit, Cost Cuts; Report: Wal-Mart to Sell iPhones; GM Denies Chrysler Merger Talks; Discovery Applying for Bank Status; Initial Jobless Claims Down; Goldman Sells Sanyo Stake to Panasonic; IMF Sees 2009 U.S. Rebound; Carnival Cruises to 4Q Profit
FedEx Corp. (FDX) mixed bad news with good in its latest quarterly report. After posting a profit for its second fiscal quarter, the package delivery giant also said it’s suspending pension contributions, freezing new … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - DIA: A Trend Day Down Full Of Bear Flags
Today’s intraday price action in the DIA (DIA) (Dow Jones ETF) was particularly horrible for the bulls, but it provided us a few excellent examples of clear bear flag patterns as well as an opportunity to view a near perfect trend day down. Let’s look.
DIA 5-min chart:
The day began with an opening gap… to the upside which gapped into confluence resistance via the 20 and 50 period EMAs - this gap was quickly filled. There was no clue at this time that we would have a trend … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - A Shock To The System
Not so long ago, most people would have scoffed at the notion that the United States might experience the sort of turbulence and upheaval that has been common in banana republics or ailing first world nations.
Nowadays, those inhibitions are fading away. One reason, of course, is that the current financial crisis, perhaps the worst ever, has made Americans realize that the dark forces they thought had been relegated to the dustbin of history never really went away.
Given that, … [visit site to read more]
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Why don’t we make more cars? The chart above shows why US auto companies are in trouble: COST & Entitlement mentality. The average US autoworker costs $71 per hour. That is Rs 3,500 per hour.
Assuming an 37.5 hour work week and 52 weeks of work in a year gives an average annual cost of Rs 48.75 lakhs. Almost Rs 50 lakhs per annum on average…WTF.
The average Japanese autoworker is costing $49/hour - Rs 2,500/hour or Rs 35 lakhs per … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Twelve Days Of Christmas
It’s Macro Man’s last day in the office of the year, and hence time for a bit of holiday fun. While Macro Man hasn’t the energy to concoct anything this morning, at least he can pass along the tune that the fellow next to him was humming on the train this morning…
On the first day of Christmas, the market sent to me,
A huge loan from Ben Bernanke.On the second day of Christmas, the market sent to me,
Two year swap spreads and
A huge loan from Ben Bernanke.On the third day … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Coming Collapse Of The US Economy?
Watching the circus of economic stupidity unfold over the past several weeks has been an accurate indication of how desperate the authorities have become.
The powers that be are trying anything and everything to avoid the coming collapse of the US economy. They have pulled out all the stops in an attempt to fix the problem. But the fact is, they are the problem.
And in the end we’re ultimately going to have to deal with the consequences. They simply cannot be avoided.
You would … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Is A New Blow Coming For Real Estate ETFs?
As we hear about home foreclosures and defaults on loans across the country, the commercial real estate market and its related REIT exchange traded funds (ETFs) brace for a possible multi-billion dollar collapse of troubled property loans.
Real Capital Analytics, a New York research company, estimates that $107 billion worth of income-producing property, such as hotels, offices, apartment complexes and warehouses, is in serious financial distress and another $84 billion worth of … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Economic Problems Are Not Behind Us
The index of the U.S. economic indicators fell 0.4% in November, the fifth time in seven months, indicating that the U.S. economy will continue to deteriorate in the coming months. The index of economic indicators, calculated by the Conference Board, is a measure of the direction the U.S. economy should follow within three to six months. The index fell 0.4% in November, after having fallen 0.9% in October, released Thursday by the U.S., according to Bloomberg. This indicator confirms the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Obama, Paulson May Ask For A Combined $1.2 Trillion From Skeptical Congress
A price tag has emerged for President-elect Barack Obama’s infrastructure stimulus, $850 billion, according to one of his advisers.
His team calculates the figure is necessary to create 2.5 million jobs, improve an array of infrastructure projects, and bolster unemployment, health-care, and renewable energy programs, lawmakers told Bloomberg.
In the shorter term, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson may ask for the other half of October’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Inflation And The Falling U.S. Dollar
War fighting may be tough on boots but its murder on the wallet. Unfortunately, Captain Allan McClain learned this lesson the hard way.
And a hard lesson it was. Amazingly, he laid out an incredible $600 for new a pair. And to add insult to injury he was charged a whopping $10 for a simple spool of thread.
It hardly seems like a fair deal for an American fighting man but it happened.
It was January 1781.
Captain McClain wasn’t fighting Islamic fascists but the British. He … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Direxion Shares Offers 6 New Ways to Triple Your Exposure With ETFs
Direxion Shares exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a new tool offering forward thinking investors innovative options and market exposure, and they’ve just expanded their family a little more.
The first-of-its-kind ETF provider has added six more funds to its family, and they now offer a total of 14 triple leveraged ETFs. The new offerings focus on developed markets, emerging markets and the technology sector.
The new funds are:
Developed Markets Bull 3x Shares … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Stock Market Bottom
Nuts.
That’s what I was thinking on the morning of October 10th. After falling nearly 20% in just seven days, the markets were at it again. For the seventh straight session, the markets were dropping like a stone.
But unlike most investors on that nasty morning, I wasn’t selling stocks. I was buying them.
That’s because, in my opinion, the markets weren’t just oversold, they were forecasting something else entirely. They were pricing in a depression that just wasn’t going to … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Forex Trading: End Of A EUR/USD Rally?
After a wild week for the EUR/USD where we saw the pair jump over 14 Big Figures, we witnessed a dramatic pullback of over 5 big figures in one session. Looking at an hourly retracement analysis on the pair from the 11/21 lows to today’s highs we see the pair hit the 23.6% retracement and bounce back toward the 100 hour moving average, which has been providing resistance through most of the NY session. After all the dramatic buying there could be a significant pullback here before the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - OPEC's Oil Outlook
OPEC, the world’s biggest energy fraternity, slashed its output quota by 9% (2.2 million barrels per day) on December 17 in a show of supply force.
OPEC is worried about dwindling demand around the world, which they say is discounting oil too much.
But really, the world’s largest, still-legal cartel needs green energy to pull against. It reminds me of the tug-o-war scene in the 80s movie classic Revenge of the Nerds. The brutes yank as hard as they can and the geeks let go, then the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - General Electric's Outlook Lowered By S&P
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced Thursday that it has revised its outlook on GE (GE) and units including General Electric Capital Corp. [GECC] to Negative from Stable.
GECC, considered a core entity within GE, is one of the world’s most profitable and highly rated financial institutions. However, the unit currently faces extensive structural challenges and is expected to experience high credit costs in '09 versus '08 based on sharply lower earnings from its real … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - T-Bond Bubble A Sign Conditions Are Bad With No Reversal In Sight
Bulls seemed very confident and their clamor, “the bottom’s in” has been hard to miss or avoid. But, like our penguin friend above, bears tripped bulls up today and yesterday. While we may still rally some into the end of the year, it seems more likely we just slosh around.
Today could’ve been just some options related games Da Boyz were playing with strike prices. It’s what they do.
One thing noted yesterday was the Treasury bond bubble sends a very serious message that economic … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - US 30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall To Historic Low
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to an all-time historic low of 5.19% today, according to data available from the FHLMC (Freddie Mac), see news reports here and here. These historic low mortgage rates should be important “mustard seeds” that will help the real estate market recover and heal. Watch for the Housing Affordability Index to reach historical record highs in the coming … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Beware The Ides Of February
According to the Roman calendar, the ides of the month correspond to the 13th for February, or the day of the full moon in the month, which is the 10th in 2009.
As the S&P 500 (^GSPC) seems to be mired in the current resistance zone of 900-920, I continue to believe that we are in for a short-term rally to be followed by a decline which will test the November lows. In this, I agree with John Hussman’s view of the markets:
My guess, and it’s only a guess, is that the general tenor … [visit site to read more]Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Fraud And Greed Of Trusted Rating Agencies Helped Spread The Credit Crisis
Underlying the credit crisis gripping the U.S. and world economies is a crisis of confidence. Blame has been laid at the feet of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and an investment bankers’ brew of toxic financial products. Ultimately, however, it was the supposedly trustworthy rating agencies that got everyone to drink the poisoned Kool-Aid.
The sheer fraud and greed of rating agency analysts and executives is staggering. That no one has gone to jail, and none of the agencies have been shut … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - The Bankers' Dilemma
Right now banks have lots of cash, the Fed and the Treasury has made sure of that with the alphabet soup of lending facilities for banks and the TARP. However, banks are just sitting on that cash, either letting it sit in the vault, or the economic equivalent in short term T-bills that yield close to 0.00%. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Thursday's Stock Charts
Google (GOOG) looking to retest 293 level:
A number of stocks were down today on volume.
JPMorgan (JPM) - Down Thursday on increased volume and retested 28.
Bearish Engulfing on Procter & Gamble (PG) to 57.
Microsoft (MSFT) held trendline, climbing back to 21.
General Electric (GE) broke down today. If we get a light volume rally, I’d consider a short at 18 under the back of the trendline.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) failed to hold above the trendline … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Owning Treasury Notes: The Only Thing That Is Working
The graph below shows that rates on US Treasury bills and notes are at record lows across the yield curve. The graph covers the entire period that data is available for from the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. It shows the history for 1-month, 1-year, 5-year and 10-year notes.
Investors are entirely concerned right now with the return OF their money, not the return ON their money. If you plan on holding a T-note to maturity, you can be assured that you will get your money back. You … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - USD/CHF Breaks Back Above 200-Day Moving Average
In what has been tumultuous session for the USD, we see some interesting technicals coming into play for the USD/CHF pair. Looking at a daily retracement analysis for the pair from the 3/17 lows to the 11/21 highs, we see the pair had broken south of the 61.8% retracement level as the Euro rallied, only to break back up as enormous Euro selling came back on the table. It will be important for the pair to close above the 200 day moving average, which could lead back to the 50% retracement … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - China Unveils Plan To Bolster Real Estate, Ensure Growth
In its latest effort to maintain an annual economic growth rate of 8%, China announced new plans to stimulate the country’s ailing real estate sector.
Beijing said the new stimulus package will benefit 7.5 million low-income urban families and 2.4 million households located in the more remote countryside.
China pumped $387.5 billion into real estate development over the first 11 months of the year, up 22.7% from the same period in 2007. However, residential sales fell 18.8% … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - All Aboard! Opportunity In The Railroads?
In the transportation business, the primary concern has been fuel costs for the past two years. This fate has changed. With a renewed focus on volume strength (level of material shipped around the country) in this depleting macroeconomic environment, many of the same rails that saw buying momentum from the 2008 commodity spike are being absolutely de-railed by renewed concerns amid collapsing volumes. While the major railroad companies have been able to beat expectations for the year, is … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: China's Slashes Fuel Prices
Effective Friday, the Chinese government announced that a price cut for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel will be enacted in order to assist domestic companies that have been feeling the squeeze of high energy prices. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: Oil Prices Continue Its Plunge Below $36
Despite OPEC’s record production cut, today’s poor US jobs data continued to allow demand concerns flourish and therefore push crude prices well below $36 a barrel this session. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: Stocks Post Moderate Losses
There is not too much movement for the markets, despite better than expected data. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: India's Sensex Jumps More Than 3 1/2%
India’s BSE Sensex index soared this session while all other major Asian/Pacific markets posted moderate gains on lower inflation levels and banking sector optimism. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: The US Dollar's Plunge Continues
The Federal Reserve’s actions earlier in the week has led to the continuation of the US dollar’s plunge this session as it continues to hit lows in trading against the euro and yen this session. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: Traders On Hold For Quadruple Witching
Alan Valdes, of Hilliard Lyons, says traders are waiting for the last options expiration day of the year this Friday. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Gold Will Be The Default Currency Of Choice As Currencies Weaken
Gold’s safe haven credentials have been reaffirmed in recent days as the dollar’s safe haven appeal is increasingly being questioned. The scale and speed of the decline of the dollar (and to a lesser extent, sterling) in recent days is unprecedented.
The dollar has fallen against all major currencies but especially the euro. It has gone from 1.26 to over 1.47 in less than two weeks or a decline of more than 16%. The volatility seen this morning is incredible with the dollar … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - OPEC: Lots Of Oil, But No Power
Oil prices have dropped. After OPEC announced that it would cut productions by 2.2 million barrels a day - it steepest cut ever.
But in response, Wall Street has done little more than yawn. In fact, prices actually went down. The price of oil per barrel dropped again this morning to $39.90, under its 4-year low. Merrill Lynch’s oil guru, Francisco Blanch, thinks oil could reach $25, while we suggested $20 just last week.
No one seems to know or have any control over where oil is … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Forex Trading: USD/CHF Moves Back Toward 200-Day Moving Average
The USD/CHF has move back toward the 200 day MA. The level comes in at 1.0819. The high for the day is 1.0792. A move above 1.0816 will solicit additional buying … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Jaw-Dropping Decline Of The US Dollar: The Fed's Wish?
One of the biggest movements in the financial markets this week has got to be the fast and furious decline of the US dollar in the forex market, which has turned cold from hot, in as fast a speed as for-sale designer wear being snapped up at Saks Fifth Avenue. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Video: FedEx: Earnings Rise While Salaries Sink
Packaging company FedEx (FDX) announced this morning that its fiscal second quarter earnings rose by 3%, but due to shrinking demand, executive paycuts will ensue in order to spare expenses. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - More Than 50% Of Stocks In S&P 500 Now Trade Above Their 50-Day Moving Average
The markets will end the year deep in the red. If today was the official end, the S&P 500 would check-out with a sickly 37.81% loss.
How could we possibly make lemonade out of those lemons? Leave it to us master juicers.
You see, the recent buying activity, albeit brief, pushed stocks over a key threshold. Technicians refer to it as market breadth - the number of stocks trading above a key metric (like their 52-week highs or their 50 day moving averages).
And based on the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - 4 Dividend-Paying Companies, Some ETFs That Hold Them
Amidst the consistent bad market news there is a glimmer of Christmas cheer spotted among some of the dividend paying companies and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that hold them.
Over the past week several dividend paying companies announced they are increasing the amount of the payout. Although economic times are tough, some companies are able to show their confidence in their business models and tough out the storm, and in the process, reward the shareholders who hung in there, … [visit site to read more]
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The GBP/USD has moved below the 100 hour moving average at the 1.5303 and triggered stops. Watch the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Mary Schapiro – A "Strong Investor Advocate" – Is Reportedly Obama's Choice For SEC Chief
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Mary L. Schapiro - a strong proponent of protections for individual investors - to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when his administration takes office next month, according to news media reports that began circulating last night (Wednesday).
President-elect Obama is expected to make Schapiro’s appointment official today (Thursday).
Schapiro, 52, is currently the chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - First Solar: A Growth-Story Buy?
First Solar, Inc.’s (FSLR) growth story will continue with its order backlog surpassing $6 billion, higher capacity online with two more facilities under construction in Malaysia, higher capacity at its Ohio facility, lower dependence on the German market, declining cost per watt, and new utility scale PV [photo-voltaic] system deployments in the United States.
First Solar’s reliance on low-cost thin-film cells helped the company avert a silicon shortage, which ravaged the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - 3 ETFs For The Discount Store Shopper
The recent recession may have something special going for the retail-focused stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on bargain-based retail.
Consumer buying habits appear to be evolving with the economy, meaning that the consumer is looking for ways and places to shop that stretch their dollar. The Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart (WMT) H. Lee Scott Jr. thinks that the typical American consumer is really concerned about their job right now, leading to a change in the … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Lost For Words - EUR/USD Rallies On Worst-Ever German IFO Number
People who are acquainted with Macro Man, either personally or virtually, will know that he is very rarely lost for words. This morning, however, he has reached that milestone, as he’s watched prices flicker on his screen in slack-jawed silence.
Policymakers often reference a desire to avoid “excessive volatility” and the proper functioning of markets. Suffice to say that that we are now firmly in the presence of the former, with an utter absence of the latter. Regardless of your … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Global Investing Roundups: Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Woolworths, E-Trade
Credit Crisis Claims $1 Trillion; Dollar Falls Hard; Gold and Silver Rally; Honda Slashes Profit Outlook; Motorola Cuts Costs; Valeo Cuts 5,000 Jobs; Woolworths Closing Its 807 Stores in Jan.; E-Trade Growing and Shrinking
With Morgan Stanley’s (MS) $2.2 billion loss in the third quarter, the carnage from the credit crisis passed the $1 trillion mark. About 67% of that came from U.S. financial firms, and about 30% from European firms, Bloomberg reported.
A day after the U.S. … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Red Flags Ignored On Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
Harry Markopolos, a money manager and fraud investigator who worked from 1991 through 2004 at Rampart Investment Management Co., in Boston, was among the first to raise doubts over alleged hedge fund fraudster Bernie Madoff.
“Madoff Securities is the world’s largest Ponzi scheme,” [NY Post] Markopolos wrote in a 2000 letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. He pursued his claims with the federal regulators unsuccessfully for the next eight years.
In 2005 Markopolos submitted … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Fannie/Freddie: Come Get Your Loan Modification & Pay For Life
The Fonie & Fraudie loan modification push is on. They are pushing some of the highest leverage, exotic loan programs ever created. These loan mods make Pay Option ARMs look conservative. Why in the world do they think they are helping people by locking them into long-term, upside down financing that is orders of magnitude more exotic than the loan on which they are currently in default. These mods are even more aggressive than the FDIC’s (IndyMac).
This is an absolute disaster. I … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Getting Consumers To Buy Cars From A Bankrupt Company
The auto industry says that if they have to declare bankruptcy, no one will buy their cars for fear of warranty failure and lack of parts. A recent Wall Street Journal story casts some doubt on that assertion, but the logic makes sense.
I was listening to the great Clark Howard radio show yesterday and he mentioned that a big box retailer may go belly up after Christmas. That would make me nervous about shopping there even before it filed bankruptcy. It seems that the risk of GM … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Oil Drops To Four-Year Low Despite OPEC Production Cut
Oil prices fell again yesterday (Wednesday) - dropping below $40 for the first time in four years - as weak demand and growing inventories overshadowed a record cut in production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell $3.54 to settle at $40.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange - the lowest level since 2004. Oil futures actually traded as low as $39.88 during the day yesterday. The slide came in spite of an … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - If Oil Rises, Who Wins And Who Loses?
You know, it’s a nice thing to be paying $1.41 a gallon for gas these days. I almost feel like I stepped back in time. However, OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) wants to take a “time warp” forward.
You see, those nice prices that you enjoy at the pump are the result of a drastic fall in oil prices. While that may be nice for you and I, it’s a nightmare for oil exporters.
So everyone’s not cheering for lower oil prices. While I’d agree that much of the known world … [visit site to read more]
Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать - Forex Trading: US Dollar Falls Against Most Currencies
Today’s US Dollar Trading
USD gets clobbered again, drops through support
Traders in one way panic mode
Commodities mixedOvernight Preview
Look for more follow-on selling of USD
Should get quiet ahead of US news tomorrowLooking Ahead to Thursday
All times EASTERN (-5 GMT)8:30am USD Unemployment Claims
10:00am USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
10:00am USD CB Leading Index m/m
10:35am USD Natural Gas Storage
1:30pm USD FOMC Member Fisher … [visit site to read more]Article Published On DailyMarkets.com - visit Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions for more great content. Переслать
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