Archive - Jan 14, 2010 - Blog entry
WH's Romer on Street Bonuses - "Simply Outrageous"
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 01/14/2010 22:15 -0500The Big Bonus story is coming out and boy is it going to stink. D.C. has done it's best to put lipstick on this pig. A talking down to the bank bosses and a 'see through' tax. That strategy is not going work.
CFTC To Hold Open Meeting On A Proposed Position Limits Rule
Submitted by Chopshop on 01/14/2010 12:48 -0500The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting at 1:00 pm EST on Thursday, January 14, 2010, to consider issuance of a proposed rule on energy position limits and hedge exemptions on regulated futures exchanges, derivatives transaction execution facilities and electronic trading facilities. Watch a live broadcast of the meeting via webcast on www.cftc.gov.
S&P Futures Volume Spike Raises Questions: Market Internals Provide Answers
Submitted by Fibozachi on 01/14/2010 10:10 -0500Yesterday's (1.13.10) extraordinarily out-sized one minute volume spike on the ESH10 (S&P 500 Futures / E-mini, current basis March) has raised many questions from who and how to where and what the hell ... but virtually no one has explained, welp, the only thing that actually matters: the technical posture of key market internal readings.
The five charts below highlight the technical postures of: the ES (S&P 500 Futures Continuous Contract, current basis March) on the 1-minute; the TICK (NYSE Cumulative TICK) on the 1-minute; the VOLD (NYSE Up / Down Volume Difference) on the 1-minute; the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) on the 1-minute; the ADD (NYSE Advance / Decline Issues Differential) on the 1-minute.
A Fundamantal Investor's Peek into the Alt-A Market
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 01/14/2010 07:54 -0500It will be interesting to see how optimistic/pessimistic this quarter's bank credit losses will be reported. Here are some very interesting facts on the latest trend in Alt-a mortgages that have been in the news as of late. The following charts were culled from my mortgage default model which was built primarily from date gathered from the FDIC and the NY Fed.
Don’t bet against the 220 year trend for the dollar
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 01/14/2010 02:09 -0500An unlucky bullet in New Jersey. Depreciating the national debt through a stealth devaluation. Buy the Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand dollars and short the Euro. Put some Yuan on your back book for a sleeper. The fifth in a series of seven on The Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Annual Asset Allocation Review. (FXC), (FXA), (BNZ), (CYB)
