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Textron, the owner of business jet maker Cessna, posted atrocious results early today. Stock was down 30% at last check... This is unfortunately in line with our expectations that nothing good awaits the private jet maker and its peers.

As Dealbook reported previously, Perella Weinberg, the advisory/investing company headed by former Morgan Stanley Chairman of Investment Banking Joe Perella, has been retained by the FDIC to "advise on transactions and strategies to stabilize the banking system, and also on the proper way to dispose failed institutio

As Dealbook reported previously, Perella Weinberg, the advisory/investing company headed by former Morgan Stanley Chairman of Investment Banking Joe Perella, has been retained by the FDIC to "advise on transactions and strategies to stabilize the banking system, and also on the proper way to dispose failed institut

Bill Gross, manager of PIMCO, the largest bond fund in the U.S., issued his February investment outlook today.

CNBC just broke the news that Senior VPs and Managing Directors will get no bonuses this year, and next year the bulk of bonuses will be in stock. Lastly, there will be a bonus clawback provision: If UBS has a loss over a three year period, no bonuses at all will be paid.

RIP Wall Street

5 day Ruble chart presented without comment.

5 day Ruble chart presented without comment.

When we inducted Artridis Barracuda in our "coolest name of all time" hall of fame, we had no clue just what a powerhouse this fund is.

In another take on the previously discussed basis trade topic, a curious statistic that few have paid attention to is the significant premia new issues have offered to existing comparable CDS spreads on the same issuer. The definition of the new issue premium is the spread of the new issue versus the matched maturity CDS spread.

In another take on the previously discussed basis trade topic, a curious statistic that few have paid attention to is the significant premia new issues have offered to existing comparable CDS spreads on the same issuer. The definition of the new issue premium is the spread of the new issue versus the matched maturity CDS spread.

"New home sales drop to lowest level on record", down 14.7% from 388,000 in November (revised)

A statistic that may surprise some, is that January 2009 has seen a record amount of new Investment Grade issues: $104 billion so far. This easily surpasses the 2008 total of $83 billion. Granted, of this tally $61 billion is FDIC-guaranteed paper, but the $43 billion non-financial balance is still much higher than the $28 billion comparable in 2008 and $11 billion in 2007. Even more surprising is that 56% of new issues were BBB rated, up from 25% in December. This is summarized below:

A statistic that may surprise some, is that January 2009 has seen a record amount of new Investment Grade issues: $104 billion so far. This easily surpasses the 2008 total of $83 billion. Granted, of this tally $61 billion is FDIC-guaranteed paper, but the $43 billion non-financial balance is still much higher than the $28 billion comparable in 2008 and $11 billion in 2007. Even more surprising is that 56% of new issues were BBB rated, up from 25% in December. This is summarized below:

• Economy on the brink: durable goods orders plummet, unemployment benefits hit record high (Bloomberg here and here)
• Citi follows in Merrill footsteps, cancels boondoggles, cuts down on trips (NY Post)
• Ford burns $5.5 billion in cash, changes tune, might need bail ou
  

Tim Geithner is moving fast. In this addition to the US Treasury's website made available literally hours ago, he discloses a variety of TARP-related documents that had not been publicly available previously, most notable among them being this disclosure about the Targeted investment program that the Treasury has established w/r/t keeping Citi alive.