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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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Tags: bill, Bond, bond market, bond trader, bonds, Debt, Direxion, Direxion bear 3x 10 year treasury, easy money, economy, equities, ETN, Geitner, Greece, Greece Default, hidden gains, insolvency, inverse treasury ETF, losing ground, Obama, secret profit, stock market, T-bill, T-bond, Treasury, Treasury Bear ETF, Treasury Yield ETF, Treasury Yield ETN, TYO, U.S. Debt, winning trades
Dec 14th, 2009 |
By Rob
The last five days before the shortened Christmas week may bring tidings of inflation, Bernanke rhetoric, and volatile Friday trading as investors unwrap both producer price (PPI) and consumer price indexes (CPI), foreshadowing Bernanke language, and a "quad witching" day on friday. We will get a taste testing of government debt as the 4 week, 3
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Posted in Weekly Spectrum |
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Tags: "witching" defined, "witching" definition, 3-month bill, 4 week bill, 52 week bill, 6-month bill, Bernanke, Bernanke outlook, Consumer Price Index, CPI, December 14 economic data, December 18 economic data, Decmber 15 economic data, Dember 16 economic data, Dember 17 economic data, Empirte State Manufacturing Survey, Fed Funds, Federal Reserve, FOMC, FOMC announcement December 16 2009, Geitner, Housing Market Survey, Housing Starts, Industrial Production, ISCS store sales, Jobless Claims, Leading Indicators, MBA Purchase Applications, Philadelphia Fed Survey, PPI, Producer Price Index, Quad Witching Defined, Quad Witching Definition, Quadruple Witching, Quadruple Witching Definition, Rate hikes, Redbook, The Fed, USD, Witchin definition
