Morning Market Report 11/11/2013

The KUIK Morning Market Report for Monday, November 11:
It’s Veteran’s Day, a Federal holiday.  The stock market is open but the bond market and banks are closed and markets are up.
Index Direction Change Units Last Time Change
Dow Up                     20 points           15,782 7:09 AM
S&P500 Up 0.10% percent             1,772             1.80
Nasdaq Composite Up 0.09% percent             3,921             3.33
30 Year Treasury Up                       1 Basis Points               3.85 Annual Yield
Janet Yellen, President Obama’s nominee to replace Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve will be questioned by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.  The key issue will be when the Fed will reduce its $85 billion a month in bond purchases.  The committee is expected to approve her nomination.  It will then go to the full Senate for approval.
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the U.S. government wants Bank of America pay a penalty of $864 million to cover losses from  bad mortgages made from August 2007 until April 2008. The mortgages were part of a program created by CountryWide called “Hustle,” which aimed to quickly make loans that were then sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Bank of America purchased CountryWide in 2008.
Friday’s jobs report showed surprisingly strong labor market in October, but one exception was home-building. Looking at residential construction, employment in building and among specialty trade contractors rose by a seasonally adjusted 4,800 jobs in October, down from a gain of 5,000 jobs in September andlower than an increase of almost 13,000 at the start of the year.
Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yellen-to-get-quizzed-as-taper-timing-debate-rages-2013-11-10
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-wants-bofa-to-pay-864m-over-bad-loans-wsj-2013-11-09
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2013/11/08/home-building-job-gains-slow-down/
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