ilene's blog
Treasury Market About Face - Just a Blip or Sign of Things To Come?
Submitted by ilene on 02/08/2012 13:09 -0500Sudden collapse in withholding taxes... so now we can get back to the normal state, where the government borrows more than expected.
Yes, It Is Halftime In America
Submitted by ilene on 02/07/2012 15:30 -0500So Now Is The Time To Get Your Financial Priorities In Order
The Tumblin' Default
Submitted by ilene on 02/07/2012 13:22 -0500If the people in this country had any balls (or actual leaders and not just the Corporate puppets we're allowed to vote for), we'd have a mortgage strike.
Employment Data Saga Continued: Krasting Says Larry Summers Misstates; Stockman Says It Goes Deeper
Submitted by ilene on 02/06/2012 20:07 -0500Call it the economists’ Truman Show.
Crazy Little Thing Called Greece
Submitted by ilene on 02/06/2012 16:09 -0500Our bullish premise rests on Greece being fixed.
The Relentless Pursuit of Meaningless Metrics
Submitted by ilene on 02/06/2012 14:07 -0500Mind versus technicals.
Deconstructing The "Massive Beat" in Employment Data
Submitted by ilene on 02/03/2012 15:57 -0500If last week's tax data is indicative of what's ahead this month, the "good news" won't be sustained.
Expanding the LTRO Looting Program
Submitted by ilene on 02/01/2012 16:28 -0500All in, with an opt out?
The Trouble With Case Shiller, Again
Submitted by ilene on 02/01/2012 12:25 -0500The Case Shillers are shilling that the market is still weakening. But that's just not the Case.
Shipping Loans Go Bad for European Banks
Submitted by ilene on 01/31/2012 13:37 -0500"Quirky canary-in-the-coal-mine indicator" indicating trouble.
Pushing Non-Official Holders of Local-Issued European Debt into Subordination
Submitted by ilene on 01/30/2012 03:18 -0500Both the ECB and the Fed are accepting poorer and poorer sludge and collateral to back various liquidity schemes.
Entering the Debt Dimension
Submitted by ilene on 01/30/2012 00:00 -0500- Belgium
- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Bill Gross
- Bond
- Carry Trade
- Central Banks
- Corruption
- Creditors
- default
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Fitch
- Germany
- Greece
- Insurance Companies
- International Monetary Fund
- Ireland
- Italy
- MF Global
- Monetary Policy
- PIMCO
- Quantitative Easing
- recovery
- Reuters
- Simon Johnson
- Sovereign Debt
- Tyler Durden
- Volatility
- Withholding taxes
You've just crossed over...
Largest Central Banks Now Hold Over 15 Trillion in Fictitious Capital
Submitted by ilene on 01/27/2012 23:50 -0500A strong yen strikes again.
Liquidity is Bullish is All - Tomorrow is a Big Day
Submitted by ilene on 01/24/2012 15:59 -0500The markets follow the money.
