Archive - Nov 2009

November 26th

Tyler Durden's picture

RANsquawk 26th November Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc.





RANsquawk 26th November Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc.

 

inoculatedinvestor's picture

Turkey Day Readings





Some things I am thankful for this year: John Hussman, The Baseline Scenario, AIG, inept government regulators, and of course, Goldman Sachs. Absent these I would have nothing interesting to write about. So, without further ado, here are some interesting links for those of you who are not enticed by the Cowboys vs. Raiders game.

 

Leo Kolivakis's picture

California Rumblings?





What's going on in Los Angeles will soon be going on across the US and developed world. Don't think for a second that tough fiscal measures won't be taken to shore up public finances. And this will certainly mean curtailing pension benefits for new and existing public sector employees.

 

Marla Singer's picture

Thanksgiving Dinner with the Family





Zero Hedge's inkmaster, John Redmann on the typical horrors of Thanksgiving dinner with the family.

 

November 25th

George Washington's picture

The Fed Doesn't Want Banks to Increase Lending





"Easing credit standards and expanding their lending substantially ... if not offset by Federal Reserve actions, could give additional impetus to spending and, potentially, to actual and expected inflation"

 

Bruce Krasting's picture

Turkey Factor





While we are eating the rest of the world goes on. "They" are going to be talking about us.

 

Marla Singer's picture

Radio Zero: Happy Thankstaking!





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Tyler Durden's picture

Sprott's John Embry Discusses The Four Horsemen Of The Financial Apocalypse





"In my opinion, the current equivalent of the mythical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are our financial leaders in the western world who are enthusiastically promoting and aggressively implementing quantitative easing in an attempt to sustain an obviously failed system and to bail out their banking cronies. They would include the atavistic Lawrence Summers...the extremely naive Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, the truly feckless U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner and Bernanke's British equivalent, the hapless Mervyn King, head of the Bank of England."

 

Marla Singer's picture

Presented Without Comment: Experience





 

Tyler Durden's picture

Top 100 Most Active Cash Bonds - November 25





  1. ECOPET, 35.9 million, 20 trades
  2. CCU, 34.5 million, 10 trades
  3. GMAC, 34.5 million, 13 trades
  4. PDE, 33.1 million, 10 trades
  5. HEIGR, 25.8 million, 8 trades
 

Tyler Durden's picture

Daily Credit Summary: November 25 - Going For Gold





Spreads closed mixed with IG unch and HY marginally tighter as volumes dried up this afternoon ahead of the holiday. With low volumes in indices and less in single-names and intraday ranges in IG and HY at their lowest in months, picking out themes from today's market action seems useless although we do note that between Dubai and Gold, the economic headlines seemed to be forgotten about.

 

Tyler Durden's picture

$1,190 Breached, John McClane Summoned To The Scene





At this point there is little sense in putting up any more gold charts. It is pretty clear what is happening: John McClane and Samuel L. Jackson are waiting for the next phone call with detailed instructions from Bernanke on how to short the dollar as the kleptocrats haul the 33 Liberty Street gold stash using garbage trucks.

 

Marla Singer's picture

All That Expires is Not Gold





It is difficult to draw comparisons between last year's market for gold futures and today's, given that gold wasn't exactly on anyone's radar in late 2008, but we'll try anyhow. Curiously, the January contract (expiring January 5, 2010) might as well be chopped liver according to volume today. What does it say about futures traders that none want a contract that expires 4 days after the new year? Just that they plan on having a significant hangover? Or that they want zero roll risk after a long market holiday?

 

Tyler Durden's picture

Euro Passes $1.51 As Gold Surges To $1188/Oz, Dollar Monkeyhammered





"I believe deeply that it's very important for the U.S. and the economic health of the U.S. that we maintain a strong dollar. We bear special responsibility for trying to make sure that we are implementing policy in the U.S. that will sustain confidence not just among American investors and savers but investors around the world that the U.S. will fix its budgetary problems as its economy improves." - Tim Geithner

 
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