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Showing posts with label Real Estate and Related. Show all posts

Thursday, August 9, 2012

To Market! Data, Commodities, Stocks, More!

HT @BestMusicNews4U Gibson Guitar settles probe into illegal wood imports: admitted to possible illegal purchases news.yahoo.com/gibson-guitar-… #in

ECB determined to have strong impact on market: To bring down excessive borrowing costs hurting Spain, Italy reuters.com/article/2012/0… #in #tcot

Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Fall [6,000 to 361,000 in the week ended Aug. 4] as Labor Market Mends bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #in #tcot

Diabetes May Be Reversed by Long-Used Vaccine for TB bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… Really took Hahvard this long to find this? Oh. Fundraiser. #tcot

Goldman Says SEC Closed Probe of Firm After Threatening Case bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0…
#in #tcot

U.S. Trade Deficit Shrank More Than Forecast in June: Biggest drop in crude oil prices #in more than 3yrs bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #tcot

Euro Weakens for 3rd Day vs $USD on Growth Concern: Yen Performance; Aussie, Krona; Crisis Resistance bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #in #tcot

Global Food Reserves Falling as Drought Wilts Crops: Biggest crops to decline for 3rd yr across 3 continents bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #in #tcot

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Drop 10% as States Slow Process: Court rulings and new legislation #in some states... bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #tcot

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Results May Ease Wind-Down Push: FNMA, $FMCC have taken almost $190B #in U.S. aid... bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #tcot

Oil Near 3Mo High Amid Speculation of China Stimulus: U.S. petroleum consumption -1.1% last wk, 1st drop #in 4wks bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #tcot

Iraq Oil Tops 3M Barrels for 1st Time Since 2002 bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… Maybe someday the U.S. will get some o' dat blood oil, yes? Hmm. #tcot

Indian Oil $IOCL Posts Nation’s Biggest Qrtly Loss of $4.1B, after govt fails to compensate for fuel price cap, ... bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… #in





Hmmm. Goldman Sachs Leads Split With Obama, as GE Jilts Him Too: Employees of just 4 of top 25 cos... bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0… $GS T #in #tcot

Insolvent US Postal Service Loses Whopping $5.2B In Third Quarter, 70% Higher Than Year Ago via @zerohedge zerohedge.com/news/insolvent… #in #tcot

@BloombergTV Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has forced out COO John Scappert. @BettyInTheLoop has the details: bloom.bg/QhHGdn $ZNGA

@BloombergNews Nokia to sell app unit amid increasing reliance on Microsoft | bloom.bg/NpGft7

@BeachHeadHerald Two Afghan soldiers attack NATO troops: KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Afghan soldiers tried to gun down a g... bit.ly/OWTpz6 #Military


Tuesday, July 31, 2012

To Market! The Data, Fed, Eurozone, Real Estate!


Fed May Act, but Don't Expect Much: Uunlikely that QE3 will provide a sustainable boost to the stock market. briefing.com/investor/our-v… #in #tcot

Today’s Trading Landscape: Earnings Releases - Confirmed online.wsj.com/mdc/public/pag… #in #tcot

July 31 Global Economic Calendar: US - Personal income; PCE price index; Core PCE price index; ... finance.yahoo.com/calendar/econo… #in #tcot

J.P. Morgan Fails to End Mortgage Modification Lawsuit: $BAC, $C face similar itigation over HAMP... foxbusiness.com/industries/201… #in #tcot

$GM Said to Oust Marketing Chief Over ManU Soccer Jersey Deal: Marketg has been shabby, erratic, inconsistent bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #in #tcot

Euro Rises Against Yen, Pound Amid ECB Stimulus Optimism: Draghi Proposal; More QE... bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #in #tcot

U.K. Stocks Are Little Changed Before Fed Mtg: FOMC likely to wait until Sept to buy $600B #in housing, govt debt bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #tcot

Crude Oil Set for First Monthly Advance #in Three: Report tomorrow may show U.S. crude stockpiles declined... bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #tcot

Euro-Area Unemployment Rate Reaches Record 11.2% on Crisis: “We’re #in a recession for the euro zone as a whole” bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #tcot

Buyouts Top $35 Billion on Boost by Anheuser-Busch InBev: 45 acquisitions worth $35.6B vs $27.8B #in all of 2011 bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #tcot

Corzine Wasn’t Too Close with CFTC Chief, Review Finds: Lawmaker Complaints; ‘An Adjustment’ > $MF Rule... bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #in #tcot

Non-confirmation Could be Problematic for Stocks: $TRAN's lack of follow-thru makes Dow's breakout incomplete investorplace.com/2012/07/daily-… #in #tcot

Divided, This Rally Cannot Stand!: Restricted nature of Thursday's rally hints at a correction investorplace.com/2012/07/divide… $IBM QCOM EBAY #in #tcot

It’s Not Too Late to Buy $CCI:Crown Castle broke above bull channel following better-than-expected earnings investorplace.com/2012/07/trade-… #in #tcot

Passed Over for CEO Role, Ross Levinsohn Exits $YHOO: Departure Was Expected After Mayer Hiring adage.com/article/digita… #in #tcot

Consumer Spending in U.S. Unchanged in June: Incomes rose 0.5%, lifts savings rate to 4.4%, highest #in a year bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #tcot

U.S. Housing Recovery Tested as Economy Tempers Optimism: Residential Investment ; Mortgage Debt; Filings... bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-3… #in #tcot

DJIA Fights For a Monthly Win: Will SPY's recent advance be hindered by peak call open interest? schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con… $ADM CBOE #in #tcot

Is Lululemon Back in Rally Mode?: Trader uses a ratio call spread to bet on short-term upside in $LULU schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con… #in #tcot

What's Happening to Copper?: Futures options provide the direct plays on the biggest movers... schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con… $FCS BHP RIO #in #tcot



CoreLogic: Fewer foreclosed homes in June - 3.7M homes lost to foreclosures since financial crisis began #in 2008 marketwatch.com/story/fewer-fo… #tcot

One place they can’t build homes fast enough: N. Dakota’s increased oil production creates dire housing need marketwatch.com/story/they-can… #in #tcot


Record low 15yr mortgages gain appeal:; Home prices reach a bottom; Sales of new houses drop 8.4% #in June; 40yr? marketwatch.com/story/housing-… #tcot

Euro turned down on Bundesbank comments: The "ECB is not going to be unveiling big measures this week"... marketwatch.com/story/euro-tur… #in #tcot

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

To Market! Day of the Fed, Upgrades, Downgrades, RE!

The market should not bet on a direction the Fed cannot deliver. El-Erian, PIMCO CEO & co-CIO on @CNBC. ‪#in ‪#tcot

NO CHANGE: June CPI Comes in Right In Line At 0.0%; Core is 0.2%. http://www.businessinsider.com/june-cpi-2012-7   ‪#in ‪#tcot

@zerohedge RANsquawk US Data Preview - Fed's Bernanke's testimony to Senate - 17th July 2012 http://tinyurl.com/6lueqfh 

HAMLET ACT III: Why The Fed Will Do Something http://www.businessinsider.com/hamlet-act-iii-why-the-fed-will-do-something-2012-7 QE3 is ALWAYS under consideration; politics will determine. ‪#in ‪#tcot

Here's Proof That The Fed Is Feeding The Rich: Bulk of equity returns for 10+yrs due to actions by US central http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-feds-feed-the-rich-2012-7 ‪#in ‪#tcot

GOLDMAN: This Is What Bernanke Will Say At His Testimony Today: More dovish than June 20?; QE2 result downgrade?...  http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-this-is-what-bernanke-will-say-at-his-testimony-today-2012-7 ‪#in

The World Is Experiencing The Opposite Of A Sovereign Debt Crisis http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-experiencing-the-opposite-of-a-sovereign-debt-crisis-2012-7 | How about the RESULT of it? Yields charted. ‪#in

We're Looking At The End Of A Nearly Century-Long Experiment ‪#In Big Government: Free enterprise is suffocating.. http://www.businessinsider.com/dependence-day-2012-7 ‪#tcot

Europe Is Over. Now It's All About The US: Fiscal cliff; Retail sales; GDP forecasts; The election; FOMC; ... http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-is-the-new-focus-of-worry-2012-7 ‪#in ‪#tcot

Europe’s Escalating Cycle Of Turmoil: Graphic from the IMF nails the policy paralysis in the Eurozone... http://www.businessinsider.com/europes-escalating-cycle-of-turmoil-2012-7 ‪#in ‪#tcot

GOLDMAN SACHS: This Is What The Country's Biggest Housing Markets Will Do For The Next 2 Years http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-forecasts-13-housing-markets-2012-7 ‪#in ‪#tcot

This May Be The Best Bullish Housing Case That We Have Ever Seen: Housing has bottomed, now rebounding.. http://www.businessinsider.com/bienville-capital-investment-theme-us-housing-2012-7 ‪#REI ‪#in ‪#tcot

Market’s Short-Term Buy Signal Still ‪#in Force: Stochastic buy flashed Friday held despite Monday’s 50-point hit http://www.investorplace.com/2012/07/daily-stock-market-news-markets-short-term-buy-signal-still-in-force/ ‪#tcot

Pfizer Breaking Out After Long Series of Corrections: $PFE's breakout is supported by two new buy signals http://www.investorplace.com/2012/07/trade-of-the-day-pfizer-inc-nyse-pfe/  ‪#in ‪#tcot

Dow Futures Jump as Bulls Bet on Bernanke: Anticipation for the Fed Chair's testimony fuels global markets http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/ezines/dow+futures+jump+as+bulls+bet+on+bernanke/openingview.aspx?id=111971 ‪#in ‪#tcot

@lindayueh US June industrial production above est: 0.4% vs est 0.3%; May’s decline rv 0.2% from 0.1%, manufacturing 0.7% after dropping -0.7% in May




TJX Companies Looks Stable in the Short Term: Can $TJX remain above $42.50 through August options expiration? http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/marketcenters/optionscenter/content/tjx+companies+looks+stable+in+the+short+term/default.aspx?ID=111974 ‪#in ‪#tcot

Thursday, July 12, 2012

To Market! The Data, Stocks, Libor, and Real Estate!

@zerohedge The Fed? RT @bobivry: Simon Johnson asks Who's next guilty party to be exposed as Libor cheat? http://nyti.ms/Saxeb2

Buffet/Simpson/Bowles on @CNBC as the ‪#Jobs numbers come out... ‪#in ‪#tcot
‏@NolteNC Talk about a buried lead --> WaPo Fact Checker: 'Likely' Obama's Stimulus Used to Create Jobs Overseas http://shar.es/tuCsT  via @sharethis

U.S. jobless claims fall 26,000 to 350K June http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-joble … US import prices drop 2.7% on fuel decline http://www.marketwatch.com/story/june-us- … ‪#in ‪#tcot

8:30a BREAKING June U.S. import prices drop 8:30a BREAKING U.S. jobless claims fall >>8:30a Onetime factors likely caused drop in claims<<

Treasurys, dollar higher after jobless claims http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury … U.S. stock futures maintain losses after claims ‪#in ‪#tcot

Fed Signals Support for Further Stimulus If Economy Slows http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-1 … But, of course... ‪#AuditTheFed ‪#EndTheFed ‪#in ‪#tcot


Jobless Claims ‪#in US Plunge as Fewer Auto Plants Shut Down http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-1 … Chrysler, $F Nissan keep more plants than normal open ‪#tcot

Buffett Says Economy ‘More-or-Less Flat’ as Housing Rebounds http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-1 … ‪#REI ‪#in ‪#tcot

In foreclosure data, a sign of more pain to come: Banks take 1st step of the foreclosure process more often. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-forec … ‪#in ‪#tcot

U.S. stock futures remain off after claims data http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stock … ‪#in ‪#tcot

Stock futures sink as central banks stand aside http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-fu … Marketwatch Front Page: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-fu … ‪#in ‪#tcot

Euro, jobless claims, China growth fears; Gold trades lower after BOJ stands pat; $USD, yen buoyed... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/euro-job … ‪#in ‪#tcot

Branson claims space as Virgin territory: Rock-star CEO and British peer is hottest Farnborough ticket http://www.marketwatch.com/story/branson- … ‪#in ‪#tcot

Dow Faces 6th Straight Drop w/ Futures Down 93 Points: With the $USD pointed north, crude and oil head south http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con … ‪#in ‪#tcot

Trading Ideas on Underloved Outperformers Skepticism sizzles on Lululemon, Amex, PulteGroup, despite strength http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con … ‪#in ‪#tcot

While You Were Sleeping: Chevron, Yahoo!, Boeing, JPMorgan Chase: Today's stocks to watch incl $FAST ELY DAL BA MAR JNJ http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/con …


Libor Investigation Extended to US Mortgages, but What About TALF Loans?: 900K+ US home loans... http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/07/libor- … ‪#REI ‪#in ‪#tcot

RT @NJEstates3: ‪#NJ Estates ‪#RealEstate Groups-Town Information http://buff.ly/LftrsL 

RT @commonpatriot via @NewsBusters: AP Coverage of 'Lie-bor' Scandal Fails to Note Geithner Ran the New York Fed http://buff.ly/LftCUZ  ‪#tcot


Wednesday, June 13, 2012

To Market! Headlines, Data, The Bears And The Bulls!

Retail Sales in U.S. Fall for 2nd Month, Signaling Slowdown: Follows similar decline #in April reported as a gain http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/retail-sales-in-u-s-fall-for-second-month-signaling-slowdown.html #tcot

Wholesale Prices in U.S. Dropped 1% #in May on Cheaper Energy, the most since July 2009: Follows a 0.2% decrease http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/wholesale-prices-in-u-s-dropped-1-in-may-on-cheaper-energy.html #tcot

Oil Falls in New York as IEA Says Global Supplies Have Improved: Futures slide as much as 0.8 percent http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/crude-futures-rise-as-much-as-0-3-percent-in-new-york-trading.html #in #tcot

Treasuries Drop for Second Day Before $21B 10-Year Sale: $13B of so-called long bonds to sell tomorrow. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/treasury-bonds-drop-for-2nd-day-before-auctions-today-tomorrow.html #in #tcot

Yen, Dollar Remain Lower as Asian Stocks Snap Decline: The euro strengthened for a second day against $USD... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-12/yen-dollar-remain-lower-on-prospects-asian-stocks-to-advance.html #in #tcot

Falling Coal Use in U.S. Fails to Stem Global Growth: Global use rose 5.4% #in 2011, as U.S. consumption declined 4.6% http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/falling-coal-use-in-u-s-fails-to-stem-global-growth-bp.html

U.S. Renewables Use-Other Than Nuclear And Hydroelectric-Rose Faster Than China #in 2011: 6.4 vs 5.8MT oil equiv http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/u-s-renewables-use-rose-faster-than-china-in-2011-bp.html #tcot

EU May Soften Draft Energy Savings Law, Drop CO2 Option: #In a deal expected by the EU tomorrow is the planned... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/eu-may-soften-draft-energy-savings-law-drop-co2-set-aside-call.html #tcot

UK Offshore Wind Must Copy Oil Drillers to Cut Costs by Third: The Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/u-k-offshore-wind-must-copy-oil-drillers-to-cut-costs-by-third.html #in #tcot

JPMorgan Traders Took Risks They Didn’t Understand, Dimon Says: VaR Switch, and timing of disclosures #in focus http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/jpmorgan-traders-took-risks-they-didn-t-understand-dimon-says.html #tcot

Rajat Gupta Lawyers Submit Wiretaps of Goldman’s Loeb: “compelling” evidence $GS exec shared inside info w/Galleon http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-12/rajat-gupta-lawyers-submit-wiretaps-of-goldman-s-loeb.html #in

Stocks Point Lower as Bears Put a Lid on Tuesday's Rebound: $CASY reported earnings, SMG revised its outlook http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/ezines/stocks+point+lower+as+bears+put+a+lid+on+tuesdays+rebound/openingview.aspx?id=111510 #in #tcot


Analysts upwardly revised their ratings on E*Trade Financial, Navistar International, Zynga http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/blogs/analyst+upgrades+etfc+nav+and+znga/trading_floor_blog.aspx?single=true&blogid=111513 $ETFC NAV ZNGA #in #tcot

Analysts downwardly revised their ratings on Cypress Semi, JPMorgan Chase, and McDonald's http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/blogs/analyst+downgrades+cy+jpm+and+mcd/trading_floor_blog.aspx?single=true&blogid=111512 $CY JPM MCD #in #tcot

San Diego-based BioMed Realty Trust Inc. Crosses Over, Buys UK Tech Park For $196M http://www.globest.com/news/12_370/europe/office/BioMed-Crosses-Over-Buys-UK-Tech-Park-for-196M-322346.html #CRE #REI #i #tcot

Mega REITs Remain Confident #in NYC Office, Class A Malls: Value-add opps, new leasing strategies, ditching non-core... http://www.globest.com/news/12_370/newyork/office/Mega-REITs-Remain-Confident-in-NYC-Office-Class-A-Malls-322349.html