Still long those ZQ Feb 2010, the spread now is 13.5bps so I'm thinking of taking profits. Then rolling over a few months down the curve. I'm not...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124986234040818217.html 'Since the 1970s, the Fed has waited 14 months, on average, after unemployment topped out...
Now that I'm long Dec 2010 eurodollar calls, I'm taking quite a bit of fed hike risk However even if the fed hikes once(to 0.5% fed funds with a...
How can a company going bankrupt with negative networh, earnings and cashflow get out of trouble giving stuff for free?
If I understand these correctly, they are SUPPOSED to keep changing from premium to discounts as people change their views. You are trading...
For those who dont want to blow $1,500 a month. Reuters?I'm mainly interest in real time market data for all kinds of obscure markets and realtime...
I'm also long the fat talish scenario where the fed stops paying interest on reserves(this one actually seem likely) then starts to tax...
I do expect libor to go up at some point, that could very well happen because TARP might run out of funds, bank earnings will dissapoint(Even Bove...
And the most important thing I'm increasing my reward by DECREASING my risk. ZQ contracts are highly levered(they are worth $400k each but the...
Just made a dramatic change in my portfolio. I'm taking profits in most Fed Futures(still keeping a few in the Feb May zone for the unusual...
People pay 2/20 to be long XLB XLE, brillant :D
What money printed are you referring to?Bank reserves are not really money, only if they get lended out they can create inflation. M1 and M2...
Chances are the fed will disclose this information with a lag. Just like they do with the FOMC transcripts(5 year lag for these). So the...
Bernanke reappointed. Its probably not THAT big of a deal, he changed the voting order of the FOMC. Greenspan would vote first and few would have...
"a federal judge ruled" Why you a congress and a president when judges can just do what they want. Might as well call him fürher
Sheila Bair takes care of that :D
Right, the FDIC is giving money away. Ally bank was paying something ridiculous a while back. Wamu was paying 5% before they failed
yes but the big money cant invest in these. If pimco wants to deploy $10b, FDIC guarantees will be no good. CDs would be loaded with credit risk
2y at 1% is a steal http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5MX8Y3f1NfQ
If so, please explain why
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