Europe
May 6th, 2010 |
By Rob
Crude Oil has reluctantly played follow the leader with U.S. equities for much of the past 12 months. More recently, fundamentals took a back seat to short term speculation as risk takers drove the price of hot button commodities up with stocks. Crude has been in a holding range between $80 and $87/barrel for all of March and April, but in the past two trading sessions NYMEX WTI crude plunged directly from the top to the bottom of that range.
Posted in Commodities, DS Feature, Europe, Market Synopsis, Trade Strategy, U.S. |
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Feb 26th, 2010 |
By Rob
Even after the TARP fund liquidity injections in the U.S. financial sector in 2008, the E.U. has decided to bail out one of it’s member states, Greece, from insolvency. How can this even be considered? Yes, the EU constitution is a whopping 7 years young and therefore demands a minuscule thread of adherence by member states,
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Posted in Europe, Geopolitics, Soap Box |
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Tags: bailout, bankrupt, Bond, bond market, deficit, Dominique-Strauss Kahn, economic woes, ETF, EU, European Union, federal deficit, free trade, Geitner, global economy, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Greek Bailout, GS, Hank Paulson, insolvency, italy, Macro Analysis, Obama, Paulson, portugal, Sarkozy, sovereign debt, spain, stock, stock market, systemic risk, trade, Zapatero
Feb 11th, 2010 |
By Rob
“That will never happen to this country.” – Timothy Geitner in response to suggestions that the U.S. Treasury may one day lose its Aaa credit rating. Perhaps inspired by Niall Ferguson’s dramatic Financial Times piece, “A Greek Crisis Coming To America“, we see today as a prime opportunity to recap our short U.S. Long Term
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Posted in Bonds, Europe, Market Synopsis, Trade Strategy, U.S. |
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