Posts Tagged ‘ Merrill Lynch ’

NY Fed Sells Assets, Drains Reserves and Shrinks Balance Sheet, But At What Cost?

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January 19, 2012

I’ll just post this NY Fed press release verbatim, and leave the comments up to you. My short take is in the headline. NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced that it has sold $7.014 billion in face amount of assets from its Maiden Lane II LLC (ML II)...
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Analysis: The great hedge fund humbling of 2011

Analysis: The great hedge fund humbling of 2011 By Svea Herbst and Katya Wachtel | Reuters – 3 hrs ago... BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excuses, excuses and more excuses. The result was a humbling year for the $1.7 trillion hedge fund industry, with...
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U.S. Growth Decoupling From Bonds Means Lower Yields to JPMorgan

Bloomberg U.S. Growth Decoupling From Bonds Means Lower Yields to JPMorgan December 11, 2011, 7:26 PM EST By Daniel Kruger and Liz Capo McCormick Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The strengthening U.S. economy is proving no deterrent to the biggest rally in ...
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Why It’s Cheaper to Dine Out than to Eat In

All across the country tonight, Americans will be asking one important question: What’s for dinner?For an increasing number, the answer will be on a restaurant menu rather than their kitchen, according to a report released this week by Bank of Ame...
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Lloyd says the economy will snap right back, and Volcker will be overturned

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/goldman-s-blankfein-growth-to- snap-back-.html And if that doesn't pan out, there's always a job waiting as head of Treasury, the Fed, or Greece. Excerpt: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest ...
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Cheat sheet: Big players in the financial crisis – what they did & how they’ve been penalized

Hat tip to SDRman, on another board Excerpt: Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately. So here’s a quick refresher on what’s happened to some of the main pla...
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Nightmare scenario: U.S. deflation risks rising

Nightmare scenario: U.S. deflation risks rising On Wednesday October 26, 2011, 4:19 pm EDT By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Risks are rising that a moribund job market and potentially steep drop in inflation could push the United States into a d...
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Downgrade in late November or early December when the super committee crashes

U.S. Credit Rating Will Likely Be Downgraded Again: Merrill First Posted: 10/24/11 08:06 AM ET Updated: 10/24/11 09:34 AM ET The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of ...
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Herd Analysts Are Putting Lipstick On Every Pig

The “lipstick on a pig” quote is pretty infamous after the 2008 U.S. presidential race and former Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget's enthusiastic recommendations on stocks that he privately derided. It looks like there is still lots of lipstick ...
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Stock-ECRI Disconnect Suggests More Downside.

September 19, 2011, 1:48 PM ET. Stock-ECRI Disconnect Suggests More Downside. By Mark Gongloff Unlike her former colleague David Bianco, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s technical analyst Mary Ann Bartels has been fairly downbeat on the stock market ...
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S&P Could Fall 20%, 2-Year Treasury Hit 0%: Analyst

S&P Could Fall 20%, 2-Year Treasury Hit 0%: Analyst Published: Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | 4:27 PM ET Text Size By: John Melloy Rising risk aversion, a surging U.S. dollar, historical seasonal weakness and a climb in bonds could send the S&P 500 down as mu...
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S&P Rates Subprime Loans Higher Than U.S. Treasuries

Standard & Poor’s is giving a higher rating to securities backed by subprime home loans, the same type of investments that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, than it assigns the U.S. government. S&P is poised to provide ...
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Corporate profit outlooks will worsen: survey

Aug. 16, 2011, 12:06 p.m. EDT Corporate profit outlooks will worsen: survey But 42% of investors think global recession won’t happen this year By Dawn Lim, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) –– Investor sentiment has taken a sharp turn in the ...
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Aftershock to Economy Has a Precedent That Holds Lessons

August 12, 2011 Aftershock to Economy Has a Precedent That Holds Lessons By JAMES B. STEWART Like earthquakes, financial crises seem to be accompanied by aftershocks, like the one we’ve been living through this week. They can feel every bit as bad a...
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Millionaire Wealth Rises to Pre-Crisis Levels

Millionaire Wealth Rises to Pre-Crisis Levels

Millionaire Wealth Rises to Pre-Crisis Levels By Lorie Konish June 22, 2011 While the international millionaire population’s wealth rose past pre-crisis levels in 2010, wealth managers need to prepare as that demographic gradually shifts to younger...
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Advancing Technology and Globalization Threaten U.S. Job Growth

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May 25, 2011
Advancing Technology and Globalization Threaten U.S. Job Growth

The U.S. job market's sluggish pace of recovery has kept many workers jobless and discouraged, and now many feel advancements in technology and globalization will hurt U.S. job growth.

The U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier this month that the country's unemployment rate in April rose to 9.0% from...
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Get Real

Americans gathered around the hearth of CBS's 60 Minutes must have been bemused to hear reporter Scott Pelley announce self-importantly that the US Department of Justice is investigating Lance Armstrong's bicycling team for performance-enhancing dru...
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The Number 1 Thing Worrying Professional Investors

Check out the chart in this very brief article.... Fund managers have become less concerned about commodity price inflation with the collapse of the market, and refocused their attention on the European sovereign debt crisis, according to the latest...
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Confidence in Equities among Global Investors at Record!

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February 16, 2011

Money managers are more bullish on global stocks this month than at any time in the past decade, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research survey. A net 67 percent of respondents, who together manage $569 billion, had an “overweight” pos...
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Global Bond Growth Rate Decelerates to Pre-Crisis Levels

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January 20, 2011

Global Bond Growth Rate Decelerates to Pre-Crisis Levels: Credit Markets By Sapna Maheshwari - Jan 20, 2011 7:02 AM ET The global bond market’s expansion is slowing for the first time since 2005 as governments withdraw stimulus and credit conditio...
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Bernie Sanders Blasts Fed’s "Jaw-Dropping" Actions

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December 5, 2010

Hey, this guy sounds like a - gasp! - socialist! Seriously, sounds like Bernie has a good grasp of what's going on with the Fed... After years of stonewalling by the Fed, the American people are finally learning the incredible and jaw-dropping detai...
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Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Split on Junk as Prices Soar

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September 23, 2010

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Split on Junk as Prices Soar: Credit Markets By John Detrixhe - Sep 23, 2010 5:59 AM ET Morgan Stanley says investors should buy the lowest-rated corporate debt, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says stay away, underscorin...
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Bank of America to take over GM at request of US government

by Trader Joe Charlotte, NC (Stool Pigeons Wire) – Bank of America will take over GM at request of the US government. When asked, Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America stated, “We think that GM will be a good strategic fit for Bank of America. Along with our forced acquisitions of Countrywide and...
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