Archive - May 19, 2010 - Story

• Asian, European stocks, commodities fall; Treasuries rise after Germany bans short selling.
• Consumer prices in US may show inflation contained as economy recovers.
• Germany to ban naked short-selling on certain financial stocks, soverign bonds.
• Hedge Funds bet Europe's $1 trillion rescue package won't cure debt crisis.
• Private Equity-backed US IPOs leave buyers with worst returns in decade.
• US Regulators proposed new curbs to tame volatility; circuit breakers for every stock.

Zero Hedge has long discussed the strange phenomenon whereby Goldman recommends a trade only to unwind it shortly, after institutional clients who have been naive enough to follow it, end up losing millions, sometimes in a period as short as a few days. The observation there being that the only way Goldman scores something like a perfect 63 out of 63 quarter is by literally raping its clients, along the lines of what Goldman is currently facing civil and criminal probes for allegedly doing in the CDO space. And while our rant has been public for quite some time, yesterday was the first time the Bloomberg also decided to join the fray.

RANsquawk 19th May Morning Briefing Stocks, Bonds, FX