• rc whalen
    02/09/2010 - 08:06
    At our firm we frequently receive calls from clients and readers asking about the likelihood of the passage by the Congress in Washington of reform legislation regarding over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, financial regulation and/or mortgage securitization. Our answer is small to none given the political trends and the state of the lobbies in Washington, most specifically the large bank lobby that protects the Sell Side monopoly in OTC derivatives and securities. The fact that Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is still apparently not comfortable with the entirely watered down House proposal to reform OTC derivatives, for example, tells you all you need to know. Stick a fork in it.
  • Leo Kolivakis
    02/09/2010 - 08:44
    Greece just implemented pension reforms in an attempt to shore up its public finances and others will follow suit...
  • smartknowledgeu
    02/09/2010 - 02:23
    Today, casinos have much more integrity in their business dealings than do banks. In general, casinos have more cash and more transparent business dealings with their clients than do banks. That's why it's so ironic that most large commercial banks, as part of their "moral code", do not allow private bankers to do business with casinos. It appears today, that the bankers got that one entirely wrong.

$16 Billion 30 Year Auction Closes At 4.469%

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More rotation out of long end paper into near maturities. Soon 100% of US Debt will be maturing every few months. Ugly tail and equities are reacting correspondingly.

  • Yields 4.469% vs. Exp. 4.424%
  • Bid-To-Cover 2.26 vs. Avg. 2.23 (Prev. 2.54)
  • Indirects 44% vs. Avg. 38.3% (Prev. 48.1%)
  • Indirect Bid-To-Cover: 1.24
  • Directs a staggering 12% of Accepted
  • Allotted high 18.01%

 

2s10s is steeper again: next stop: vertical?

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by anynonmous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 13:28
#128703

WTF

White House Aims to Cut Deficit With TARP Cash

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125799009185344567.html?mod=rss_Today%27...

by chet
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 13:37
#128716

Hmmm.  Borrow $700b, give $200b back, and POOF! you've got deficit reduction!

I'm going to try that with my home finances!  Get me Capital One on the phone!

by anynonmous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:03
#128763

now it makes sense

The move could buy the Treasury Department time before it hits the so-called debt ceiling, which limits the amount of money the U.S. can borrow. Already, some members of Congress have said they won't approve an increase in the $12.1 trillion debt cap unless efforts to reduce the deficit are included.

by hack3434
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:50
#128835

LOL didn't they learn from us that shuffling debt around doesn't solve anything. Hmmmm maybe they should get some equity from the White House to pay down some of the debt

by Cognitive Dissonance
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 19:42
#129190

"Already, some members of Congress have said they won't approve an increase in the $12.1 trillion debt cap unless efforts to reduce the deficit are included."

Let's see, when was the last time Congress tried to grow some short hairs? Oh yes, back last year when they said "No" the first time the bailout bill came up for a vote.

Suddenly the market starts taking a dive thanks to some disappearing liquidity thanks to the Fed and presto chango, they passed the bill.

Let's see what happens when the powers that be really want the debt ceiling raised and the boys say no. Hell, it's time for a correction anyway, right?

by Oso
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 13:40
#128722

not a good auction.  yields are increasing - this is where i await the phantom QE. 

 

I contend the only way yields stay down is to transfer from risk assets.  There is far too much global issuance.  See nyt (or wsj?) article on Japanese long rates inching up and administration concern.

by jm
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:03
#128764

You're looking pretty smart today.  Post-auction feels weird, no? 

IG had a meltdown, and then bounced right back in the space of 20 minutes.  10s and up not so much.

People scared of that long end...

 

by Oso
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:35
#128813

ya, post-auction feels really weird.  someone just mentioned this to me, actually: "feels like when you get to the top of a roller-coaster, those few seconds of weightlessness, just before the plunge back down..."

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:48
#128831

A smooth ride at the long end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtkg6lr746M

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 19:15
#129168

That's what i want to know, who bought the break of 118?

by Grainium
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 13:52
#128744

Shit must taste good, millions of flies can't all be wrong...

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:26
#128800

Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the flies

-N. Peart

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:04
#128766

riddle me this

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:13
#128786

interesting.. post-auction complete rebound.

by Trading Nymph
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:29
#128805

Verticle 2/10....and heavy heavy short interest in usd...but Bob Pasanti on CNBC said it was so easy to short the usd..lol.

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:31
#128808

Help with the definitions / differences.

indirects (44%) + directs (12%) = 56%???

Is the indirect a bid number?

by A Man without Q...
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 15:05
#128868

The Primary dealers have ended up with a bucketful of bonds!  Expect there to be some fun as they move to clear this off their books.

 

I question how meaningful the bid to cover ratio is - given that 67% of the bids are from PDs, but they "only" got one third of their bid filled, isn't it possible that they put in an offer for $15bn at some stupid level, like 10% yield that they knew would not get filled.  Everyone knows the old game of price to miss....

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 16:22
#128980

Bingo. They were still standing when the music stopped and all the chairs were filled. If you look at recent auctions, this is what the PDs have been doing - shilling. Except here, to avoid a failed auction, their silly high bids (maybe not 10%, but more like 4.75%) had to be accepted, dragging the yield up. Rare recently that the indirects and directs walk away with the same stash. This could be ominous in terms of debt service on the mounting Everest of debt.

by poydras
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 15:12
#128878

Who is buying this paper?  Is the next AIG selling some interest rate derivative?

by Rollerball
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 17:42
#129094

Dollar sellers.

by Anonymous
on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 18:13
#129131

I'm curious and perhaps one of you who no way more about the bond market than I can answer this: What happens next year when the first of the 30-year T's issued during the last 'Great Recesssion' mature? Weren't those issued during '80,'81,'82,'83 at yeilds close to 15%? Won't that have any bearing on the bond market in 2010? Will the holders of those bonds be eager to roll them over at a paltry 4.5% yield? Just askin'.

by Anonymous
on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 01:40
#129442

No it wont make a difference because the yield would have changed with the comparable benchmark based on its residual maturity. So people who bought it originally would have made a nice capital gain in it.
In my country it makes a slight difference due to taxation laws but dont know about US so wont comment

by TumblingDice
on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:43
#129420

Just about the worst thing one can buy right now...16b of it sold like hot cakes.

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