Archive - Mar 15, 2011 - Blog entry
Market has a JaPanic Attack
Submitted by MoneyMcbags on 03/15/2011 23:56 -0500Holy fucking shit. It is not often Money McBags wakes up to such a far reaching news story...
CalPERS Holds Assumed Return Rate at 7.75%
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 03/15/2011 22:25 -0500Board members of the nation's largest public pension fund have rejected a proposal to reduce the fund's estimated future investment returns.
IRS on BABs: "No Data"
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 03/15/2011 21:33 -0500A small story in the midst of a very big story.
The Multi-Trillion Question For the Markets Pt 1
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 03/15/2011 21:06 -0500The following is a follow-up to the article I wrote titled "We've Broken All the Trendlines" which was featured on Glenn Beck's show earlier tonight. In it, I present the implications of those charts, and what they mean for the financial system going forward.
"BeWaRe THe iDes oF FaRCe"
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 03/15/2011 14:00 -0500
All Hail the Quantitative Easer!
Japan Update: It’s Much Worse than it Looks
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 03/15/2011 11:00 -0500Japan is back in recession. The incoming tide just brought in 2,000 bodies. Most major companies, including Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Sony have shut down all domestic production. Tokyo’s subway system is closed, stranding 25 million residents there. Electric power shortages are a huge problem. Half the country’s nuclear generating capacity is now down. 20,000 expatriates waiting at Tokyo’s Narita airport as foreign companies evacuate staff to avoid a nuclear meltdown. $187 billion worth of credit intervention to “save Japan.”
Margin Shrinkage – It Can Happen to You
Submitted by Vitaliy Katsenelson on 03/15/2011 10:51 -0500Shouldn’t average profit margins be higher now, as the U.S. economy has transitioned from an industrial (low-margin) economy to a service (higher-margin) economy?
We’ve Taken Out All Trendlines
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 03/15/2011 09:00 -0500In plain terms, the financial system is RED ALERT. The question now is if additional liquidity can prop this giant house of cards up anymore. We’re about to find out.
Can Contagion Be Avoided Considering The Magnitude Of Japan’s Woes?
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 03/15/2011 07:40 -0500There are simply too many balls being juggled in the air to hope that none of them - not one of them - will fall.
EVeRYTHiNG iS UnDeR CoNTRoL
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 03/15/2011 07:24 -0500"The level has come down to the level to cause no harm to human health, according to the report I have received," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano--
Trade Against The Retail Herd 15th Mar
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 03/15/2011 02:10 -0500Some big moving news events today with the release of the German ZEW Eco Sentiment at 06:00 EST which is likely to have an impact on all EUR crosses if we have a deviation from consensus. Out of the US we have the TIC report released at 09:00 EST and the big one is the FOMC Statement at 14:15 EST.
