True, but it's also the case that the only main scenario that keeps JGBs up is continuation of the status quo. I think almost all other scenario...
Fwiw I noted a couple of things recently: - Major Japanese banks sold a lot of JGB through to Aug this year...
Why more juice in JPY than in JGBs? If JPY is to weaken substantially...won't it need some real-money sellers behind it? What are they going to...
hi - thanks for sharing. this is quite interesting. if it's not giving too much away how do you achieve the orthogonality of your patterns on...
To no-one in particular but many in general: <rant>one of the saddest things about the internet is the way it gives morons the opportunity to...
DT-waw, Nice feast of sarcasm there. Just a teeny bit too much salt for my taste but not bad, not bad... :D
Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. Just keep it going along those lines. The rest of the world is watching, popcorn in hand...:D
The point is their traders don't care what commentary their analysts give out to clients etc. All that is just fluff - we all know this right? -...
Pity then that he isn't an Arab - check the Arab population of Iran on the CIA world fact book (3% of Iranians are Arabs). If you don't know...
I've said before elsewhere I went back to read magazines from 1987 to see what the actual sentiment looked like. I read the Investors Chronicle...
New record volume on the Bund today(?) 3m+ contracts so far....
Looks very like longs puking big time=> should provide room for a bounce...
So, how many hours/minutes until CNBC et al start asking "analysts" whether we are now officially in a "correction". Perhaps some bright spark...
sorry forgot the most important one for the future: EqtTrdr becomes bearish = bullish :D
tidal wave wipes out US east coast = bullish Tokyo destroyed in earthquake = bullish global avian flu pandemic = bullish terrorists nuke...
Bonds are really just following EuroBunds and Gilts in their 2 month puke-fest. Bunds have backed up about 60bps (to 4.45%) in about 10 weeks -...
but how many people bid several times what they really wanted in order to get the allocation? of the 140m bid I doubt half that is actually even...
According to the prospectus 46% of revenue is TRADING GAINS and 10% from COMMISSIONS (in 2006). So with IB you're not really buying a broker,...
krishiyer, i think you mean short the future and short the USD pair - otherwise its a "texas hedge" :D no its negative carry. if you...
if Elitetrader had a "hall-of-fame" thread list I'd vote for this.... fresh fresh fresh tulips! Q1
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