Posts Tagged ‘ Bond ’

Bloomberg Finds Greek Bonds on Bill Gross’ Black List

Mar 26th, 2010 | By Rob
Bloomberg Finds Greek Bonds on Bill Gross’ Black List

The “bond king” of PIMCO, Bill Gross, tells Bloomberg and the world his strategy on the issue of Greek debt… “Stay away!” In the interview, Gross explains recent moves of the Absolute Return PIMCO fund, including record low holdings of Long Term U.S. debt and increased holdings of “core” European bonds, most notably Germany. Having
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TARP 2.0 : Will the E.U. Let One of Its Own Die?

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Rob
TARP 2.0 : Will the E.U. Let One of Its Own Die?

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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U.S. Treasury Insolvency: “It’s Greek to Us”

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Rob
U.S. Treasury Insolvency: “It’s Greek to Us”

“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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NOT a 2010 Postion Piece

Jan 2nd, 2010 | By Rob

Is anyone else sick of the montage of blog posts and articles titled "yada yada yada 2010"?  To institutional investors who have to decorate their books to look "pretty" for investor relations meetings, the end of the year is important, but to actual investors, traders, analysts, etc., (i.e. readers of this blog, Seeking Alpha, WSJ,
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“Bond King” Insights

Jun 5th, 2009 | By Rob

Bill Gross of PIMCO began his June outlook statement with the fitting quote from Abraham Lincoln stating, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time". Perhaps there are a few more fools than
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The good, the bad, and the U.S. equity market…

Mar 10th, 2009 | By Rob

The pessimism among traders and investors throughout the United States is relentless. Warren Buffet commented Monday morning on CNBC that U.S. stocks have "fallen off a cliff", veteran traders and private equity managers wear faces of grim defeat, and the once revered Jim Cramer sulked like a vampire after giving blood for the first ten
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