BoA gets another handout. Bank of America (BAC) is close to finalizing a deal in which the government will provide billions of dollars in aid to help the bank close its Merrill Lynch acquisition. BoA approached the Treasury in mid-December, sources say, warning that Merrill’s larger-than-expected Q4 losses posed a problem in the acquisition process. [...]

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Mall and retail REITs have sunk so drastically in value that some question whether now is the time to buy in to them– the proverbial bottom of the market. Certainly the outlook is extremely gloomy. Retail sales fell 2.7% in December, the sixth straight quarter of declines and more than double the anticipated amount.
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Investment U submits:
by Alexander Wissel
With the credit crisis ransacking good companies and leaving less stable ones in shambles, some of the metrics used to find good “values” are setting some value traps for investors. Here are the Top 10 Value Traps that have unreasonably high dividends:
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Simit Patel submits:
In this post, we’ll take a look at the the Ka-Poom Theory, a framework for investing in "bubble" economies — economies driven by the creation of asset bubbles.
Ka-Poom Theory: What It Is
The Ka-Poom Theory is a theory that postulates how the asset bubble cycle works — meaning how bubbles are created, destroyed, and [...]

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Market Folly submits:
SAC Capital, the billion hedge fund firm run by Steven Cohen has been quite busy with SEC filings as of late. We recently covered SAC’s portfolio holdings here. Since then, SAC has amended various 13G filings with the SEC, adjusting many of the positions in its portfolio. All of the following 13G [...]

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