11/28
Will Ambac and MBIA
Survive? Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis via Safehaven / Mike
Shedlock
FED be Nimble, FED be
Quick - Run into that WALL OF BRICK! Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein
IL:
Homes sales drop but Chicago prices grow Chicago Sun Times
Hong
Kong soars on rate talk, Tokyo also looks up Marketwatch / Chris Oliver
The
Beige Book Federal Reserve Board
The
slowdown has arrived, Beige Book finds Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Fed:
Consumers growing cautious AP via USA Today / Jeannine Aversa
Beige
Book, Kohn Point to Cut The Street / Liz Rappaport
Rate
policy must be nimble, Fed's Kohn says Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Inflation
has Dallas Federal Reserve president 'very concerned' Bloomberg via
Dallas Morning News
Wall
Street, Banks Failed in CDO `Lottery,' SEC's Sirri Says Bloomberg /
Jody Shenn
Two-Year
Treasury Notes Post Biggest Two-Day Drop Since 2004 Bloomberg / Deborah
Finestone and Sandra Hernandez
Despite
Beige Book Markets In the Black Forbes / Steve Schaefer
Oil
prices tank nearly $4 CNN / Steve Hargreaves
A
Durable Decline Forbes / Carl Gutierrez
U.S.
Stocks Stage Biggest Two-Day Rally Since 2002; Banks Gain Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Dow
soars over 330 points CNN / David Ellis
Bush
chooses new economic adviser AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Deb
Reichman
Democrats' health
plans echo Nixon's failed GOP proposal McClatchy / Kevin G. Hall
Candidates
take on Social Security CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
OH:
Region's jobless rate down in October Cincinnati Business Courier
Fed's
Fisher says very concerned by inflation Reuters
Fed
Comment Feeds Rate Cut Hopes Forbes / Evelyn M. Rusli
Dovish Fed gives
equities much-needed boost FT via MSNBC / Dave Shellock
Bonds
retreat as stock rally lures investors Reuters / Ellen Freilich
Buoyant
stocks knock bonds lower Reuters
Foreclosure's
other victims - those left behind CNN / Les Christie
MI:
Metro area home prices down 9.6% Detroit News
300-Point
Surge Lifts Dow Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman
LinkedIn
CEO: We’d only sell for “a helluva lot” CNN
Beware
our shadow banking system Fortune via CNN / Bill Gross
Net Income
Falls to $28.7 Billion in the Third Quarter at FDIC-Insured Institutions
FDIC
Quarterly Banking Profile
FDIC
Profits
at banks dropped by 25 percent in third quarter amid mortgage industry
troubles AP via San Diego Union Tribune / alan Zibel
Bear
Stearns Cuts 4 Percent of Staff AP via San Francisco Chronicle / Joe
Bel Bruno
Fed
seeks to calm markets FT / Daniel Pimlott and Krishna Guha
Fed
Walks Economic Tightrope The Street / Liz Rappaport and Simon Constable
Oil
Drops Below $92 on Inventory Report AP via San Francisco Chronicle /
John Wilen
Home
sales hit new low, prices drop CNN / Chris Isidore
Home
Sales Slide More Than Forecast Bloomberg / Joe Richter and Courtney
Schlisserman
Techs
Lead As Stocks Extend Gains Investors Business Daily / Vincent Mao
Wednesday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
No Market Bottom in Sight Yet
as the Fed Fails Wall Street Window via Safehaven / Michael Swanson
CA:
S.D. ranks third among sagging housing markets San Diego Uinion Tribune
/ Roger Showley
Financial
Markets and Central Banking Federal Reserve Board / Donald L. Kohn
Kohn
Sees Risk of Reduced Credit From Market Upheaval Bloomberg / Craig
Torres and Anthony Massucci
Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
Florida
School Fund Rocked by $8 Billion Pullout Amid Defaults Bloomberg /
David Evans
Freddie,
Fannie Live Soft `Core Capital' Fantasy Bloomberg / Jonathan Weil
Orders
for Big-Ticket Goods Drop AP via Chicago Tribune / Martin
Crutsinger
Dreaded
`R' Word Starts Tripping Off the Tongue Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Mortgage
Applications Decrease In Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage Bankers
Association
Stocks
pumped up at open CNN
Be
certain that no one predicts markets for sure Chicago Tribune / Bill
Barnhart
Recipe
for a meltdown CNN / Shawn Tully
Dell's
Report Card Forbes / Brian Caulfield
Net
income at Staples declines 5% LA Times
Gold
futures retreat as dollar gains Marketwatch / Polya Lesova
Dollar
Rises as Traders Trim Bets on Drop Amid Gains in Stocks Bloomberg / Bo
Nielsen and Gavin Finch
Wall
Street's Merry Christmas Forbes / Liz Moyer
Oil
steadies near $94, OPEC, U.S. economy in focus Reuters / Alex Lawler
A
Slowdown in Jobs Lost, and Created NY Times / David Leonhardt
Amid recession
jitters, world's financial system vulnerable Christian Science Monitor
/ Mark Trumbull
Freddie
to Cut Dividend, Sell Stock to Aid Reserves Washington Post / Thomas Heath
Not
all bulls are breathing better Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Asian
Stocks Fall; BHP Billiton Drops as Metal, Oil Prices Slip Bloomberg /
Darren Boey and Emma O'Brien
Insurers
See Reinsurance As 1st Capital Option Bond Buyer / Matthew Hanson
Congress
Called Near Compromise on Fuel Economy Bill NY Times / John M. Broder
Top
economic advisor to leave White House Marketwatch
Oil
Producers See the World and Buy It Up NY Times / Steven R. Weisman
Russia:
Inflation Seen Rising To 11.5% Reuters via Moscow Times / Gleb Bryanski
Goldman
says US rates must be slashed Telegraph / Ambrose Evans-Pritcahrd
Citigroup’s
Abu Dhabi deal is 'desperate' Telegraph / James Quinn
U.S.
Notes Rise Before Reports on Home Sales, Durable Goods Bloomberg / Wes
Goodman
Why
China will not leave yuan to float London Times / Carl Mortished
Yen
Rises on Speculation Japanese Exporters Buying the Currency Bloomberg /
Ron Harui and Stanley White
ECB
to pump €30bn into money markets Independent / Sean O’ Grady
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11/29
Banking:
This Disaster Was Guaranteed Business Week via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / David Henry
How
long will banks worry about liquidity? The Economist
The Epic Battle over Crude
Oil and the US$ SirChartsAlot via Safehaven
/ Gary Dorsch
Bernanke:
Upcoming data may tell the tale on rates Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Oil
prices leading to higher shipping costs Newsday / Tom Incantalupo
E-Trade
deal not seen as catalyst to takeover – yet Marketwatch / Murray
Coleman
Follow
the leader? The Economist
National
and regional economic overview Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke
The
Federal Reserve’s Enhanced Communication Strategy and the Science of
Monetary Policy Federal Reserve Board / Frederic S. Mishkin
Bernanke
weighing economic signals Charlotte Observer / Rick Rothacker
Bernanke:
Fed 'alert' and 'flexible' CNN / David Ellis
Bernanke
Says Fed to Judge Market `Turbulence' Impact Bloomberg / Craig Torres
and David Mildenberg
Bernanke:
Financial strains dimming U.S. outlook Reuters
Dell's
U.S. sales fall, profits disappoint USA Today / Michelle Kessler
The
panic about the dollar The Economist
Oil
hovers above $91 after giving up big gains Reuters / Jiwon Chung
The
nomination is up for grabs The Economist
UK:
When the money machine blows up The Economist
Asset-Backed
Commercial Paper Shrinks for 16th Week Bloomberg / Bryan Keogh
Choppy
day on Wall Street CNN / Alexandra Twin
Bush
steps into Amtrak row AP via Washington Times / Sarah Karush
FL:
Condos take a sharp slide Palm Beach Post / Linda Rawls
A
Tale of Two Dollars National Review / Thomas E. Nugent
U.S.
Economy: Growth Is Faltering After Third-Quarter Surge Bloomberg /
Shobhana Chandra
Exports
help US economy in third quarter FT / Daniel Pimlott
New
home prices: Worst drop in 37 years CNN / Chris Isidore
White
House Lowers '08 Economic Forecast AP via Chicago Tribune / Jeannine
Aversa
How
to lose $9 trillion in a bull market CNN / Jason Zweig
Thursday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Is the Bull Market Dead?
Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven
/ Clif Droke
Oil
falls back after surge on pipeline explosion Reuters / Jane Merriman
The
Treasury’s Missing Minutes Mystery NY Post / John Crudele
Middle
class courted, but skeptical, in campaign Reuters / Andrea Hopkins
Solar
Power as the Next Great Investment Bonanza Bloomberg / David Pauly
Boeing
worth billions to Texas San Antonio Express Courier / Sean M. Wood
U.S.
Stock-Index Futures Fall; Sears Holdings, Lehman Decline Bloomberg / Marco
Bertacche and Elizabeth Stanton
GM,
Wounded by Autos, Now Catches It From Housing Bloomberg / Doron Levin
Sears
earnings disappoint with 99% drop Chicago Tribune / James P. Miller
US
RATE FUTURES-Extend gains on jump in claims Reuters
October
foreclosure filings surge CNN / Althea Chang
Getting
a Mortgage Is Harder These Days ABC News / Scott Mayerowitz
DC:
Middle Class Can't Afford Most Washington Area Homes Washington Post /
Allan Lengel
UK:
The worst is yet to come for Britain's housing market The Economist
U.S.
weekly jobless claims jumped 23,000 last week Reuters
Consumers
Can't Hang on Forever as Trouble Brews Bloomberg / Gene Sperling
Economy
best in four years CNN / Chris Isidore
Bonds
rise on soft jobs data, bank strains Reuters / Burton Frierson
Treasury
3-Month Bill Yields Fall Below 3% on Credit Concern Bloomberg / Dennis
Fitzgerald
Credit
Cracks, Markets Close, Bonds Yelp `Help!' Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
E*Trade's
White Knight Forbes / Evelyn M. Rusli
Gold
futures edge up, underpinned by oil rally Marketwatch / Polya Lesova
Crude
Oil Climbs After Explosion at Enbridge Pipeline to U.S. Bloomberg /
Grant Smith and Eduard Gismatullin
BoE
sees U.K. growth, inflation outlook worsening Marketwatch / Simon
Kennedy
Ted
Turner's land buys stir suspicion in West AP via Tennessean / Nate
Jenkins
Municipal
Bond Deals Squeezed By Credit Crisis Washington Post / David Cho
Temperature
falls to freezing for junk bonds Telegraph / Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
PA: Real estate
here defies U.S. trend Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Tim Grant
An
Airline Shrugs at Oil Prices NY Times / Jeff Bailey
In housing
downturn, a new uncertainty factor Christian Science Monitor / Mark
Trumbull
Lenders’
Belt-Tightening Stifles Growth in Economy NY Times / Peter S. Goodman
Candidates get
aggressive, but civilly Christian Science Monitor / Linda Feldmann
BOK
to Purchase Government Bonds to Stem Yield Gains Bloomberg / Kim
Kyoungwha
China
to Let Market Forces Weigh on Value of Yuan NY Times / David Lague
Asian
Stocks Rise on U.S. Rate Cut Speculation; Samsung Climbs Bloomberg /
Darren Boey and Patrick Rial
Japan
Factory Output Rises to Record on Export Demand Bloomberg / Lily
Nonomiya
$200
Billion to Invest, but in China NY Times / Keith Bradsher
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11/30
Innovation,
Information, and Regulation in Financial Markets Federal Reserve Board
/ Randall S. Kroszner
Market
Bailouts and the "Fed Put" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / William Poole
Poole-moral
hazard concern won't affect Fed policy Reuters
Nomura
Ends U.S. Primary Dealership After 22 Years Bloomberg / Sandra
Hernandez and Ye Xie
Hope
grows for a half-point cut CNN / Paul R. La Monica
Russia attracts
investors despite its image BBC News / Konstantin Rozhnov
Banks
may agree to plan that freezes ARM rates Marketwatch / Greg Morcroft
& Robert Schroeder
Real
Estate: Last of the red-hot markets CNN / Joe Light
Insured
Home Mortgage Defaults Rise as Slump Deepens Bloomberg / Erik Holm
Utah still tops in
home-price appreciation Salt Lake Tribune / Lesley Mitchell
Ambac is Effectively
Insolvent & Will See More than $8 Billion of Losses with Just a $2.26
Billion Market Cap Safehaven / Reggie Middleton
Treasuries
Fall as Bernanke's Comments Reduce Bid for Safety Bloomberg / Deborah
Finestone and Sandra Hernandez
Analysis:
Rate cuts won't help market if the economy tanks Marketwatch / Rex
Nutting
Stocks
Cool Off As Techs Weigh On Nasdaq Investors Business Daily / Donald H.
Gold
Friday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Dell shares fall 10% on poor results
FT / Kevin Allison
The Fallacy of
Money Mania Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
The Effects of
Expectations on Perception: Experimental Design Issues and Further Evidence
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston / Tyler Williams
Analysis:
Housing Price Appreciation pdf Federal
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Greenspan
Was `Very Bad' Fed Chairman, Says Artus of Natixis Bloomberg / Farah
Nayeri
Florida
Schools Struggle to Pay Teachers as Investments Frozen Bloomberg /
David Evans
Paulson’s
mortgage bailout Band-Aid Fortune via CNN / Colin Barr
Loonie
drops below par Globe and Mail Roma Luciw
Oil prices drop
to lowest level in a month AP via MSNBC
Bond
Traders Reclaim Master of Universe Title Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Muni
Sales Top $400 Billion, Now Watch Out Next Year Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Bonds
maintain losses after rise in Chicago PMI Reuters
Credit
Quality in a Freefall CFO.com / Stephen Taub
The
Banking Bargain Bin Forbes / Liz Moyer
Capital,
Once Derided by Citi, Saves the Day Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Futures
Higher on Bernanke Remarks AP via Orlando Sentinel / Lauren
Villagran
White
House: too early to discuss subprime plans Reuters
Housing
Slump's Third Year Will Be `Deepest' Since World War II Bloomberg / Dan
Levy and Brian Louis
Chicago
regional economy expanding in November, index shows Marketwatch / Rex
Nutting
Price
tag in mortgage crisis is looking like real money LA Times / Walter Hamilton
and E. Scott Reckard
U.S.
Consumer Spending Increases Less Than Forecast Bloomberg / Joe Richter
Growth
expected to approach zero Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Middle
class finds it hard to move up ladder Orlando Sentinel / Beth Kassab
Nonprime
Mortgage Conditions Data for New York and New Jersey Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
Gold
futures edge lower amid profit-taking Marketwatch / Polya Lesova
Crude
oil falls sharply to trade below $90 a barrel Marketwatch / Polya
Lesova
To cool a market
meltdown, apply aid carefully Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull
Bernanke
Says Fed Must Judge `Renewed Turbulence' in Markets Bloomberg / Craig
Torres and Vivien Lou Chen
Bullish
bond timers Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Treasuries
Have Best Month in 12 Years on Credit-Market Losses Bloomberg / Wes
Goodman
Cox:
MSRB Should Host Muni Edgar Bond Buyer / Andrew Ackerman
U.S.
Consumer Spending Probably Rose in October on Fuel Bills Bloomberg /
Joe Richter
Presidential
race silent on owner’s issues Boston Herald / Jennifer Heldt Powell
UK:
King puts UK economy on danger watch Independent / Sean O’ Grady
UK:
BoE Governor's stark picture of UK economy Telegraph / Josephine Moulds
Fed
Chief Offers New Hint on a Rate Cut NY Times / Edmund L.
Andrews
Asian
Stocks Gain, Led by BHP Billiton; JFE Holdings Advances Bloomberg /
Chen Shiyin
Yen
Falls as Asian Stock Gains Spur Demand for Higher Yields Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto and Ron Harui
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