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Frontrunning: January 4

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  • Iowa result leads to GOP confusion (FT)
  • Romney ekes out Iowa caucus victory (FT)
  • MF Global sold assets to Goldman before collapse (Reuters)
  • China’s Wen Jiacao sees ‘relatively difficult’ first quarter (Bloomberg)
  • German Scandal Adds to Pressure on Merkel (WSJ)
  • US mortgage demand fell at year-end, purchases sag (Reuters)
  • Bank worries hit Europe stocks, euro down (Reuters)
  • Martin Wolf: The 2012 recovery: handle with care (FT)
  • SNB Chief’s Wife Defends Dollar Trades (Bloomberg)
  • China Home Prices Slide Amid Reserve-Ratio Speculation (Bloomberg)
  • Analysis: Obama among the winners in Iowa (Reuters)

European Economic Data:

  • Eurozone PMI Composite 48.3 – higher than expected. Consensus 47.9. Previous 47.9.
  • Eurozone PMI Services 48.8 – higher than expected. Consensus  48.3. Previous 48.3.
  • Eurozone CPI Estimate 2.80% - in line with expectations. Consensus 2.80%. Previous 3.00%.
  • Germany PMI Services for December 52.4 – lower than expected. Consensus 52.7. Previous 52.7.
  • France Consumer Spending for November -0.1% m/m -2.1% y/y – lower than expected. Consensus 0.4% m/m -1.8% y/y. Previous 0.0% m/m -0.9% y/y.
  • France PMI Services for December 50.3 – higher than expected. Consensus 50.2. Previous 50.2.
  • Italy PMI Services for December 44.5 – lower than expected. Consensus 45.3. Previous 45.8.
  • Italy CPI - EU Harmonized for December 0.3% m/m 3.7% y/y – higher than expected. Consensus 0.2% m/m 3.5% y/y. Previous -0.1% m/m  3.7% y/y.
 

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Wed, 01/04/2012 - 08:37 | 2032286 GeneMarchbanks
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'Corzine, who was CEO of MF Global at the time of the collapse, headed Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 1999 before being ousted after a power struggle with co-CEO Henry Paulson.'

LOL.


 

Corzine and other top MF Global executives reached out in desperation to Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and JPMorgan, as well as Jefferies Group Inc (JEF.N) Barclays Plc (BARC.L), Citigroup Inc (C.N), Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), Macquarie Group Ltd (MQG.AX), State Street Corp (STT.N) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N), as potential buyers in its final days as the firm teetered toward collapse, Reuters earlier reported.'

Just wow. RICO redux please?


Wed, 01/04/2012 - 09:16 | 2032346 GetZeeGold
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MF Global sold assets to Goldman before collapse

Wow......there's a fu_king shock.

 

 

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 10:10 | 2032451 Haywood Jablowme
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Let me fix that shit for you...

"Wow......there's a FUCKING shock."  

 

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 08:38 | 2032287 LongBalls
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You forgot:

- Dig your bomb shelter because if this comes down to Obama, Romney, or Santorum the smell of burning flesh will make it hard to retain your generic soup.

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 08:41 | 2032297 boxxxer
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Everybody is now forgetting Gingrich.

A mormon isn't gonna fair that well in South Carolina. 

Plus Santorum's senate record will soon come under scrutiny.

Gingrich has a real chance to pull this thing out.

Stupid Youtube Video.

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 09:31 | 2032368 GetZeeGold
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Gingrich.......socialist light.

 

No thank you. What part of progressive do you not understand? His role model is FDR......HELLO!!!!

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 09:36 | 2032383 Hephasteus
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My brother is a mormon. The mormons go and steal children from the easter islands and raise them. Easter island also happens to be where the certification that the BNP platform that completely fucked the gulf came from. I used to like my brother before discovering the tribes of israe pattern of abuse. Now I know the other tribes of israel are loosely connected to their shit. He also just magically happened to end up working for the government destroying chemical weapons that are constantly being manufactured. Of course no egyptian tear gas cannisters are ever destroyed. Those are always factory fresh.

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 09:14 | 2032340 The Reich
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In historical terms January 4th won't be considered as worst day of 2012.

 

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 10:26 | 2032488 jjsilver
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The Iowa results are a complete joke. Maybe now the unwashed will finally see what a rigged election process it really is.

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