Archive - 2013 - Blog entry

December 12th

govttrader's picture

30yr UST Auction Post-Mortem





After the fireworks following yesterday's weak 10yr auction, tensions were high going into today's 30yr bond auction.

 

EconMatters's picture

Stock Buybacks at Market All-Time Highs: Poor Use of Corporation Capital





When I heard Kyle Bass discussing one of the reasons he was investing in Herbalife is because of possible future stock buybacks at all-time highs – I just shake my head as this isn`t going to end well folks!

 

williambanzai7's picture

CHRiSTMaS WiTH ED SNoWDeN...





From Russia with love...

 

GoldCore's picture

Part 7 - New EU Bail-In Agreement Yesterday - What Bail-Ins Would Look Like





Given this lack of warning, depositors need to plan in advance for the day when ATMs do not work and they cannot access cash in their bank accounts. Customers could only withdraw a maximum of €300 per day from branches and ATMs, and could only carry a maximum of €3,000 while travelling out of the country

 

Given this lack of warning, depositors need to plan in advance for the day when ATMs do not work and they cannot access cash in their bank accounts. Customers could only withdraw a maximum of €300 per day from branches and ATMs, and could only carry a maximum of €3,000 while travelling out of the country. 

 

thetechnicaltake's picture

Trade of the Century





Remember that it was only 2 years ago that pundits where calling rising Treasury yields the “trade of the century”?

 

December 11th

govttrader's picture

10yr Auction Post Mortem + 30yr Auction Thoughts





Today's 10yr auction result was a surprise for many traders.  Will tomororrow be a repeat?

 

GoldCore's picture

Part 6 - How Likely Are Bail-Ins? Bank of England Says U.S. “Could Do Today”





The Bank of England's Tucker, who has worked with U.S regulators on the cross-border hurdles to taking down an international firm said that "U.S authorities could do it today--and I mean today". The FDIC official in charge of planning for resolutions, confirmed that the U.S system is ready to handle a big-bank collapse.  

 

December 10th

Pivotfarm's picture

Mandela and Obama: Millions of Miles Apart





It’s always astonishing how funerals and memorial services can do two things to people. They make platform for public show and then they provide the opportunity for public speaking that knows no bounds in the hope that they will be remembered for eternity.

 

williambanzai7's picture

THE VoLCKeR RuLe...





There, everything is fixed, now go shopping...

 

GoldCore's picture

Part 5 - Deposit Confiscation and Bail-In - Where Likely and When?





Emergency resolutions and legislation would be likely in many countries in the event of another Lehman Brothers collapse and another global credit and financial crisis. 

Particularly vulnerable banks in each country are....

 

December 9th

williambanzai7's picture

THe CeNTRaL PLaNNeR, THe JuGGLeR, THe OPeRaToR AnD THe BuST...





Commemorating 100 Years of Central Banking Fraud...

 

GoldCore's picture

Part 4 - Bail-In Regimes - The Key Attributes and Who Is Driving?





The FSB's first chairman was Mario Draghi, current President of the European Central Bank, while its current chairman is Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. The inclusion of Financial Market Infrastructures means that large parts of the global financial system is susceptible to bail-in and could potentially be bailed-in including exchange traded funds.

 
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