Archive - Jun 2009

June 27th

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The Republican Regulatory Reform Plan





The following is the Regulatory Reform Plan proposed by Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus. The plan effectively touches upon all weaknesses of the current regulatory environment, if one can even claim one exists.

 

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VWAP Close





SPARC computers are taking the SPARC bus to the SPARC hangout in the Hamptons after another job well done.

 

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There Goes The CMBS Neighborhood





S&P announced that it was likely to downgrade $235.2 billion in CMBS securities as it evaluates how these would fare in an "extreme economic downturn."

 

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Time For Lift Off





 

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RIP Market Volume, USD





 

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Intraday News Roundup





  • S&P: 160 global corporate defaults so far in 2009: one a day sounds about on par.
  • ECB share of covered bond purchases is EUR 4.8bln
  • Porsche says negotiations with Qatar approaching final stretch
  • Daimler doesn't want to buy Porsche stake, according to Welt Am Sonntag
  • Citigroup cuts JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) Q2 share view to USD 0.07 vs. Prev. USD 0.11
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    Q1 Bank Trading: Only Interest Rate Derivatives (Make That Goldman Sachs) Profitable





    "The notional value of derivatives held by U.S. commercial banks increased $1.6 trillion in the first quarter, or 1%, to $202.0 trillion, due to the continued migration of investment bank derivatives business into the commercial banking system."

     

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    Intraday Equity Observations





    The SPY is stuck between Friday's low and Monday's gap open on no volume - and it is RUT rebalancing day! Also high beta is the place to be it seems today (IWM outperforming). And guess what - VWAP reversion wins, at least every 5 minutes or so.

     

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    Goldman Sachs Principal Transactions Update: Back With A Vengeance





    Just released NYSE data indicate a 50% ramp up by Goldman's principal Program Trading unit. Whereas the prior week saw Goldman trading only 631 million principal shares on the NYSE, the most recent data indicate a massive rise to 977.8 million. Also notable is Credit Suisse's doubling in principal program trades to 586 million from 245 million.

     

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    Friday Morning Visceral Anger Management





    Wall Street Pro vs. Made In China Ford Taurus

     

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    Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Update: Week Of June 24





    Total Federal Reserve balance sheet assets for the week of June 24 of $2,048

     

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    Daily Highlights: 6.26.09





  • Asian Stocks rise on growth optimism.
  • Crude oil rose, exceeding $70/barrel, as Asian equities extended a global stock market rally, raising expectations of fuel demand growth.
  • Initial jobless claims jumped 15,000 to 627,000 last week amid a pickup in layoffs related to the end of the school year.
  • US economy decreased at 5.5% in the 1Q09 after a 6.3% decline in 4Q08.
  • Yields on Fannie and Freddie mort. secs. declined to the lowest pt. in 3 weeks.
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    Frontrunning: June 26





  • Not surprisingly, Citigroup Japan caught manipulating markets again (FT and NYT) [because nobody, certainly not the SEC, cares about US market manipulation]
  • ...Speaking of the second biggest economy, no inflation here... in fact record price drop (AP)
  • China calls for dollar replacement (Bloomberg)
  • Almost a trillion in Obama stimulus paper finally trickles down to consumer (Bloomberg)
  • ...But not enough, as savings rate at 15 year record outpaces spending (AP)
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    Overalottment: June 25





    Time to adjust those durable goods numbers? Quantas cancels/defers 30 plane orders (Bloomberg)

  • But all is good: somehow, somewhere Asia sees optimism in more than just efficient market manipulation (Bloomberg)
  • Now they are gunning futures after hours... and this post should technically be in Frontrunning (Market Ticker)
  • Office building in Denver sells for 9% cap rate, below replacement cost (Denverpost, h/t Ian)
  • Plain Vanilla financing could melt bank profits (WSJ)
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    Cerberus: "Tortious, Conspiratorial, Collusive And Predatory"





    And we at Zero Hedge thought we were hard on pro-cyclical, bull market, momo, value destroying private equity shops. In a case filed in the Supreme Court of New York, mezzanine lenders for recently bankrupt Extended Stay Motels, Line Trust Corporation and Deuce Proeprties, go to town against not just the two PE firms, but everyone's favorite Bank Of America, recently defunct Wachovia and U.S. National Bank Association (as successor for Bear Stearns), accusing them of one of the oddest collusive arrangements we have ever witnessed.

     
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