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Margin Call 0002
Margin Call Ken Odeluga, July 5th, 2014 (M2 items only this time.) Goldman Sachs hit with Rare Broker Downgrade The stock of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was downgraded by an analyst at brokerage Sanford C. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraaj, Banks, BT, Bulgaria, central bank, commodities, Copper, Fund, Fund Manager, Goldman Sachs, IPO, Matomy, Norway, pension fund, regulation, risk, Stanford Marine
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Fed Decision – A Minority Report
The analogy sort of fits; and what put me in mind of it was the news this week that the FBI has commenced a project to create a hi-tech facial recognition database. We of course, are concerned about a different … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, central bank, dollar, Economic Forecast, Economic Policy, economics, federal reserve, foreign exchange, forex, macroeconomics, markets, monetary policy, sovereign debt, The City, The Square Mile
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ECB Floats Yield Target Idea; U-Boats Launched
Late this morning the markets seem to have sobered up a bit following earlier barely fettered optimism about a Der Spiegel article over the weekend. It said: “The European Central Bank is considering setting limits on yields of euro area sovereign … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, central bank, debt, Economic Forecast, Economic Policy, economics, EUR, euro, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, macroeconomics, markets, sovereign debt, Sovereign Debt Crisis, The Square Mile
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ECB Bullets To Shoot Down High Hopes [Sorry]
The views below are based on my soundings, readings and common sense. Responsibility my own: ESM banking licence: crisis would need to deteriorate significantly (threaten the core) before such a politically contentious and legally complex policy change is considered. Bear … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, central bank, debt, dollar, Economic Forecast, Economic Policy, economics, EUR, Euro zone, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, foreign exchange, forex, macroeconomics, sovereign debt, The City, The Square Mile, trading
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What Will The Fed Do? – Predictions from The Mile [and beyond]
There’s half an hour to go before the FOMC policy announcement, which will be followed by ‘The Ben Bernanke Show’ from 1815 GMT. You can Watch the Federal Reserve press conference with chairman Bernanke here: http://www.ustream.tv/embed/4944768 Live video for mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged bernanke, central bank, Economic Forecast, Economic Policy, fed, federal reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, FOMC, interest rates, macroeconomics, monetary policy, Monetary Policy Announcement, operation twist, QE, QE3, USD
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Spain: the Pain the Bailout Forgot
EU leaders hailed it. Merkel & Co. gave their blessing to it. UK leaders nodded in mild approval to it. The IMF applauded it [from the sidelines.] And markets, of course, ‘sold’ it. It’s not that frequent for the political … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, central bank, Economic Forecast, Economic Policy, EFSF, ESM, Euro zone, macroeconomics, markets, sovereign debt, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Spain, The Square Mile
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Staying Sharp At The Summit
Personally, I’m making an effort to remain alert as we go into the 2 millionth Summit [slight exaggeration] to discuss the euro-zone crisis. No matter how monotonous this newsflow has become though, it can still spring surprises – including for … Continue reading
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Tagged central bank, ECB, Economic Policy, economics, EUR, Euro zone, Europe, European Central Bank, fiscal policy, politics, Sovereign Debt Crisis
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Why Pillaging Alpha From Italy’s Yields Might Not Be So Easy
Espresso 7% rate on all debt would cost just EUR140B Italy projects it will collect c. EUR500 bln taxes in 2012 Italy’s Total Debt Scenario Relatively Tame Italian household debt is about 40% of GDP Risk/Scope for Financial Repression Some … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlusconi, Bond Yields, Bonds, central bank, debt, EUR, euro, Euro zone, Europe, European Union, Italy, Mario Monti, Monti, politics, sovereign, sovereign debt, Sovereign Debt Crisis
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#FOMC news won’t push the plunger on any volatility bombs anytime soon. The main new thing to focus on may be on the fact that inflation isn’t behaving. The Fed may need to re-cast what it means by ‘inflation’ so … Continue reading
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Tagged bernanke, central bank, Economic Policy, economics, EUR, fed, federal reserve, forex, JPY, macroeconomics, monetary policy, USD
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Aussie + Kiwi could turn out to be a topspinner
#AUD and #NZD eyed with central bank announcements looming: #RBA overnight, #RBNZ Thu. ‘On hold’ is expected in both. But check correlation of AUD/NZD and AUD-NZD 2yr swap rate differential – forex may have some catching-up to do. Factors at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia Pacific, aud, central bank, foreign exchange, forex, macroeconomics, risk, USD
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