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$44 Billion 2 Year Auction Closes At 0.88%, Direct Bidders Again Major Factor, Take Down 10.8%

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Auction stopped slightly above 1:00 pm bid side.

  • Yields 0.880% vs. Exp. 0.885%
  • Bid To Cover 3.13 vs. Avg. 3.12 (Prev. 2.91)
  • Indirects 43.1% vs. Avg. 43.70% (Prev. 34.86%)
  • Indirect Bid To Cover: 1.71
  • Alloted at high 88.79%
  • Direct take down: very high at 10.8% - the "Direct Bid" presence continues to be a determining factor

 

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Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:15 | 206551 Mr Lennon Hendrix
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This isn't going to end well.  They can't give them away!

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:21 | 206559 Orly
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If you really want to bring down the Fed, find out where all of this "direct" money is coming from.  I have a feeling that the source is far more sinister than the Chinese wanting to bolster their Treasury holdings on the sly.

This must have to do with the half-trillion dollars we exchanged with the Europeans and British back in March 2009.  A tit-for-tat arrangement that is clearly unconstitutional and designed to obfuscate reality and allow them to extend and pretend all that much longer.

When this house of cards comes a-tumblin' down, it will be beyond spectacular.

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:08 | 206632 crosey
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Constitution?  Oh, you mean that document written by those old guys soooooo many years ago.  It's, like, so yesterday.

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:25 | 206571 fuu
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What happened with the 13 and 26 week yesterday or were they cancelled?

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:41 | 206594 phaesed
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http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2010/2010...

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2010/2010...

4 -WEEK 01-28-2010 02-25-2010 0.000 0.000 100.000000 912795T43 13-WEEK 01-28-2010 04-29-2010 0.055 0.056 99.986097 912795UP4 26-WEEK 01-28-2010 07-29-2010 0.135 0.137 99.931750 912795U74
Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:51 | 206604 fuu
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Thanks. Now I feel like a moron for not looking there before I asked. Wow bid to cover 4.32 on the 13 and 4.12 on the 26.

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:54 | 206615 Assetman
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Public:  Can you tell us the general identification of entities that participate as Direct Bidders, and why that might be twice as high as average?

Treasury: No.  That wouldn't conform to our policies on transparency and accountablity... two things we are generally strive for, by the way.  Well, unless it doesn't suit our purpose.

Public: Oh... okay then.  Can you tell us what time American Idol is on this evening?

Treasury:  Sure... 9pm eastern, 8 central.

Public: Thanks!

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:02 | 206620 Dixie Normous
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Zero Hedge: See, they're still fucking lying, Idol starts at 8 EST!

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:24 | 206653 crosey
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Yes, America, just keep watching American Idol and don't worry about things.  We'll take care of them for you.

Ignorance + Complacency = American Idle

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 20:18 | 206993 Problem Is
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Let us test that:

Suppose Ignorance + Complacency = American Idle

Since we know American Idol = Idiot + Narcissism + TeeVee

=> Ignorance + Complacency = Idiot + Narcissism + TV

=> Ignorance = Idiot + Narcissism + TV - Complacency

Which we claim true since the lack of complacency gets the ignorant off of their ass in front of the TeeVee to having their ass on the TeeVee.

The Ignorance-Idiot Identities

Since we know Ignorance = Person - Education

=> Person - Edu = Idiot + Narcissism + TV - Complacency

Since we know Idiot = Person - Education - Common Sense

=> Person - Edu = (Person - Edu - CS) + Narci + TV - Complcy

Thus  Zero = Narcissism + TeeVee - ComSens - Complacency

 

The Kudlow Complacency Theorem

We know further Complacency = Kudlow - Coke

=>  Zero = Narci + TV - ComSense - (Kudlow - Coke)

=>  Zero = Narci + TV - Common Sense - Kudlow + Coke

Which we know by definition to be true since:

Kudlow = Narcissism + TeeVee - Common Sense + Coke

 

The Cramer Zero Axiom

Consider the definition Jim Cramer the Clown is a Zero, such that

Cramer the Clown = Zero

=> Cramer the Clown = Narci + TeeVee - ComSens - Complcy

Since Kudlow left the show with Cramer,

=> Cramer the Clown = Narci + TV - ComSens - Kudlow + Coke

Shown to be true by Ignorance-Idiot Identities and Kudlow Complacency Theorem

Thus Ignorance + Complacency = American Idle is proven true. Bitches. QED

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 14:55 | 206616 Anonymous
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this would not end well for UST if all the other countries were doing better with their currency debt, but PIGS or Japan or someon else likely to collapse sooner, and US will benefit in short term....what really scares me dominoifn of all govt debt, that would not end well.

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:06 | 206628 Defiant1968
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Yeah the idiots do not know that American Idol starts at 8 pm eastern

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:36 | 206667 Anonymous
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Any insight into rumnors this am ECB secretly re Greek issue

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 16:00 | 206692 Anonymous
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sorry - stupid question --
what does "Bid To Cover", the "Alloted at high", and direct/indirect
mean and say?
I know I know I should ask google

thanks

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 16:35 | 206725 Anonymous
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Naive question(s) here, but what are the legitimate reasons for someone to give their cash to the US for 2 years at 0.88%? Are there really no other investments on Earth where cash can be parked for 2 years? Is this now just entirely about the Fed propping up the US with Monopoly money?

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 17:06 | 206757 Gordon_Gekko
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Somebody has to be a real idiot to buy the two year at these yields. They would have to offer 100% interest (yes - for the 2 year bond) to make me even consider buying these toxic assets...er..."treasuries".

Tue, 01/26/2010 - 23:20 | 207208 johngaltfla
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I still bet it's those bastards at the Fed or even FHLB using discount window money buying the auctions directly. They all are screwing each other in one big circle jerk and this crap will come to a nasty, nasty end when it gets exposed, which it always does.

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