Archive - Oct 24, 2010 - Blog entry

I suggest you keep this map handy for the rest of this week...

The Treasury Secretary who surfs. The crisis was caused by excessive debt levels, the adjustment of which is now mostly behind us. Permanent investment tax credits for domestic R & D are on the way. So is a one year tax credit for capital investment. Stepped up spending on infrastructure is a big priority. The US will not engage in a debasement of its currency. There will be no non dollar reserve currency in our lifetimes. By any measure, the Chinese Yuan is undervalued. Promises, promises. Don’t expect to see any Geithner signed dollar bills soon.

The Commitment of Traders Report is created by the CFTC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is published weekly every Friday. This body gathers and publishes the open futures positions on all publicly traded US futures contracts as well as the corresponding options. The data consists of 3 main categories.

More trouble?

What's keeping Leo de Bever, CEO & CIO of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, up at night?

Should be another interesting week.

Is Indonesia the next China? Despite the triple digit return, it could still be early days for the world’s largest Muslim country. Since the rumblings about a global, synchronized QEII began in September, $2 billion a day has been flooding into emerging markets, and Indonesia has been at the top of the list. A rupiah that has been steadily appreciating against the dollar has added a nice double leveraged effect to the upside. (IDX), (EIDO)

It's astounding, markets are fleeting...Keynesian madness takes its toll...Lets do the Subprime Warp Again...