• Reggie Middleton
    02/09/2010 - 05:12
    The levered assets of the banks in many Euro-sovereign nations easily outstrip those nations' GDP's. So when the nations' banks get in trouble from bad banking practices (and a very large swath have), the nations themselves are helpless in attempting to truly save the banks (and instead only institute a bait and switch wherein private default risk/insolvency potential is swapped for public manifestations of the same).
  • madhedgefundtrader
    02/09/2010 - 07:22
    The rug may about to be pulled out from under the market. The onslaught of contradictory news coming out of Washington is wearing the market down. An exclusive interview with Andrew Horowitz of The Disciplined Investor.

AMG Reports Record Taxable Bond Inflows Of $315 Billion Year To Date

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According to AMG Data Services the abandonment of moral hazard concerns and the pursuit of risk in every form has resulted in an all time record inflow into taxable bond funds (IG and HY). The January through October total amount of inflows of $315 billion dwarfs the $60 billion for the comparable period in the prior year and is double the prior full-year record of $153 billion from 2007. The High Yield bond subset has also been on fire clocking in at $32 billion YTD versus $2.6 billion in HY outflows during the first 10 months of 2008. At the credit crisis peak, money outflows surged to -$45 billion, however for the past three months have inverted into consistent $40 billion + inflows every month since August.

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by Anonymous
on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:03
#129651

Great consumer confidence report courtesy of Univ of Mich

present cond & outlook both DOWN
1YR inflation expectation DOWN
5YR inflation expectation UP

Bernanke's nightmare unfolding...that 5yr inflation expectation up to 3.1%. that is not a good number.

ReturnFreeRisk

by mrhonkytonk1948
on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 13:06
#129903

Hmmmm... could it be that Joseph-Box-Wine has figured  is not going to let a bubble bite him on the butt for a third time in ten years?  That the stock market is a manipulated casino where he sits down to play not knowing - as the old joke goes - who the patsy is?   What other choice do most 401k participants have among the 10 crappy OEFs offered by their plan?  Just a thought.

by Anonymous
on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 13:45
#129954

Regarding choices, cash is always a position.

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