Posts Tagged ‘ T-bill ’

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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Rally Triggers Misfire; Treasury Yields, US Dollar, Crude Oil

Jun 18th, 2009 | By Rob

Summing up the pieces that have lead us to the strange "here and now" in global financial markets may produce a different result for each market practitioner, yet there are truths agreed upon by most worth mentioning. The purpose of this article is to identify some truths and un-truths, which will provide a fresh slice
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Britain, U.S. Solvency Questioned

May 22nd, 2009 | By Rob

Much of the losses in equity markets across the globe on Thursday were the result of poor economic data as well as concerns over the credit worthiness of the Unites States, UK and other western borrowing soverigns. The scare has been in place for weeks and months with the announcement of historically swollen stimulus packages
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Who Picks Up the Tab?

May 7th, 2009 | By Rob

No one seemed to questioning the vicious buying of Bank of America (BAC) and Citi Group (C) on a Wednesday where stress test leaks suggested the two banks will need an additional $35 billion and $50 billion of common equity. Does the transparency of major U.S. banks' financial needs warrant the KBW Banking Index's gain
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