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Agenda for this Evening • Review the week • Examine Economic Data • Tax & Deficit Cuts • Outlook on Oil • A New Year of risks • European Debt • China Correction
Competition Winners 1st place: jnurre 2nd Place: mvbutzy08
Airtime: Fri. Dec. 3 2010 | 5:01 PM ET A Week in Review
Airtime: Thurs. Dec. 2 2010 | 12:02 PM ET What moved the markets Thursday?
Housing Data • Pending Home Sales for October expected to remain unchanged ( Zero Percent) • Actual Results +10.4% • Midwest & Northeast: Large Increases • South: Modest Gains • West: Little/NO change
HousingTrends • Existing home inventories are falling • The top 10 homebuilders have remarkably higher market share now than they did during peak of housing market • Significant increase in demand for smaller homes (2-3 bedrooms)
Goldman Sachs' Top Bank Picks • JPMorgan • Citi • Bank of America • Principal Financial Group • Blackstone Group • Invesco • Evercore • TD Ameritrade • Stifel • State Street • Simon Property Group • Dr Horton
Tax & Deficit Cuts • Wednesday’s Proposed Plan • Overhaul the tax brackets to 12%-22%-28% • Lower Corporate tax rate to 28% from 35% • Raise Social Security retirement age to 69 in 2075 • Needed 14 of 18 votes to pass • Only received 11 votes on Friday • A deal could still be made before year end which could send the markets higher
Airtime: Fri. Dec. 3 2010 | 6:25 PM ET Return of $100 Oil?
Video Summary • Crude Oil prices up 6.5% on the week • Dollar significantly weaker on the week • Price of Oil: $89/barrel • Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank all raise oil price forecasts for 2011 & 2012
National Average Gas Price per Gallon • One Month Ago: $2.80 • Today:$2.90 • Expected Year End: $3.00+
Drilling Ban • March 3oth: Obama announces permission of greater offshore oil exploration • April 20th: BP Oil Spill • December 1st: Ban on further offshore oil exploration for 7 years • China and Venezuela ramping up offshore drilling
Oil Plays • Halliburton (HAL) • Weatherford (WFT) • Schlumberger (SLB) • Baker Hughes (BHI) • British Petroleum (BP)
Beginning of 2011 Things to keep an Eye on
Airtime: Fri. Dec. 3 2010 | 4:18 PM ET An Equity Correction in China?
Risks with China • Industrial growth will continue but stocks could hurt by measures to reduce inflation • Short (FXI) & (HOGS) • China may increase reserve requirements for banks http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-05/greater-china-daybook-bank-reserve-ratios-may-rise-in-new-year.html
Airtime: Fri. Dec. 3 2010 | 5:02 PM ET The Week Ahead