This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

• Jennifer Hughes (Financial Times): Visibility improved but storms may lie ahead, November 13, 2008. The fog is beginning to lift. All year executives, analysts and investors have talked of a “lack of visibility” on the outlook for the economy, earnings and financial markets. By “visibility” they are in essence complaining about the uncertainty that clouds all forecasts all the time, but which we had increasingly managed to ignore during such a steady run of good times. Investors are becoming more confident that the fog is lifting, but that does not necessarily mean there is sunshine waiting just behind it.

• Doug Kass (TheStreet.com): Market ignorance is bliss, November 12, 2009. I do believe with some certainty that the market’s vulnerability

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  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may offer a six-month emergency extension to its debt-guarantee component of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP) that guarantees more than $270 billion of debt sold by U.S. banks. The FDIC is considering two alternatives. Under the first, as planned, the program would expire October 31st with the FDIC's guarantee for such debt issued through the program expiring before December 31, 2012. According to the second, the debt guarantee program will end October 31, but for an emergency, the FDIC would extend the guarantee facility by six months. The proposed extension is intended to address emergency circumstances for insured depository institutions and some other entities participating in the program. Institutions would have to apply to the FDIC for approval to participate in the extended program and show that they were unable to issue non-guaranteed debt due to market disruptions or other ...

In order to address the key problems of the current financial crisis and restore the economy, the Obama Administration introduced the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) earlier this year. The program has pledged $75 billion to retain the homes of 3 to 4 million Americans by preventing avoidable foreclosures. According to the program, mortgage servicers who have received federal aid from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) need to modify the loan terms to help the housing loan borrowers avoid foreclosures. As part of their role, the servicers requires to lower monthly payments for borrowers at risk of default by lengthening repayment terms, lowering interest rates and forbearing outstanding principal, along with other methods. Also, servicers can receive a $1,000 fee for each modification completed under the program. According to the National Mortgage News, Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is the biggest U.S. mortgage servicer, ...

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – August 6, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Freddie Mac (FRE), J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Barclays Capital, Inc. (BCS), Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DB) and International Business Machines (IBM).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

Freddie Mac Issues 3-yr Notes

Freddie Mac (FRE) announced its plans to issue a new series of 3-year Reference Notes that will be due September 21, 2012. The issue will be priced today and will settle tomorrow at a benchmark size.

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Freddie Mac (FRE) announced its plans to issue a new series of 3-year Reference Notes that will be due September 21, 2012. The issue will be priced today and will settle tomorrow at a benchmark size. The company refrained from disclosing the size of the issue.

J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM), Barclays Capital, Inc. (BCS) and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DB) have been appointed as dealers and managers to the sale. The company also plans to apply to list the security on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Freddie Mac has been among the hardest hit financial firms by the housing slump, credit crisis and ongoing recession. We do foresee the current expansion of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) to bring down losses from foreclosures in the upcoming quarters.

However, we expect the government conservatorship to continue for a long time and thus see no value

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EXOU, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM

 

Today’s Stocks of Interest Are :

EXOU Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc (OTC BB: EXOU.OB) Exousia to be Cash Flow Positive in China in July HRAL, HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. in North America’s Billion Dollar Hearing ...

Dr Stock pick Hot Stock NEWS & Alert!

EXOU, HRAL, CSRH, STDF, CVAT, CRWE, AQNM

 

Today’s Stocks of Interest Are :

EXOU Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc (OTC BB: EXOU.OB) Exousia to be Cash Flow Positive in China in July HRAL, HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. in North America’s Billion Dollar Hearing ...

STDF, Steadfast Holdings Group Inc, STDF.PK

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STDF, Steadfast Holdings Group Inc, STDF.PK

“Steadfast Holdings Group Subsidiary Banx and Green Group

to Create Green Show“

 

DrStockPick Stock Report! Friday July 24, 2009

Steadfast Holdings Group Subsidiary Banx and Green Group to Create Green Show

EAST HAVEN, CT–(CRWENewswire - July 23, 2009) - Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (Pinksheets:STDF), through its Banx and Green Group, Inc. subsidiary, will create an Internet Green Show to be featured on “Totally Green TV” on www.totallygreennetwork.com.

The show will feature the Green Building industry, updates on current company projects and different Green partner companies in a “Spotlight Feature.”

Newly hired Marketing Director Ryan Bowen will oversee the

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STDF, Steadfast Holdings Group Inc, STDF.PK

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STDF, Steadfast Holdings Group Inc, STDF.PK

“Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. Subsidiary Hires

Ryan Bowen as Director of Marketing“

 

DrStockPick Stock Report! Wednesday July 22, 2009

Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. Subsidiary Hires Ryan Bowen as Director of Marketing

East Haven, CT - (WORLD STOCK WIRE) - July 21, 2009 — Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: STDF) through its Banx and Green Group, Inc. subsidiary has hired Ryan Bowen to head its Marketing Department and represent the Company for all press events and assist in the growth of all markets for the parent company and all of its subsidiaries. Mr. Bowen

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Gold stocks are taking a drubbing, as are most of the other classic inflation hedges. Why? Because inflation fears have abated. The deflationist view of the world is the one that now prevails. That’s why 10-year Treasury yields have dropped all the way down to 3.35% from a high of 3.95% one month ago.

The deflationist view, which makes some compelling and elegant arguments, maintains that the credit losses in the U.S. financial system far surpass the size of the government’s monetary and fiscal stimulus. All those trillions in bad loans – plus the yanking of credit from consumers and businesses – overwhelm new money creation. The Fed, in other words, is trying to fill a swimming pool with a Dixie cup. This might take a while.

Therefore, this reasoning goes, the greater risk is that asset prices continue to fall. This is the classic debt-deflation point of view. I

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