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More Liquidity Extraction: Fed Resumes Reverse Repos
Dumping yet another liquidity cold shower in the aftermath of today's less than dovish Humphrey Hawkins speech by Bernanke (and sending precious metals even lower, albeit briefly), is the Fed's resumption of even more purely optical liquidity extractions, however symbolic, in the form of reverse repos, after the NY Fed just completed the first such operation since the dark days of summer 2011. As a reminder, the last time the Fed did these was back in August 2011 which cemented the market's plunge as it gave the market the impression that at least superficially no more money was coming in (intuitively it makes no sense to have Reverse Repos running at the same time as incremental liquidity), even as the reliquification baton was quietly being passed to the ECB. Today, reverse repos resume, as the Fed pays Primary Dealers an annualized rate of 0.17% in exchange for lending out $100 million in Treasurys. Will this continue? It depends entirely on what the economy, pardon, the Russell 2000 does. After all, that is the third and only mandate of the Fed that matter. And if the market considers this an indicator that QE3 really is delayed indefinitely, the FRBNY will mostly likely be forced to reassess.
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beep beep beep...shit in reverse, bitchez
yeah Bob, everyone knows you like yours pushed in!
btw...check your mail!
hahaha
who the fuck is bob?
Beep_Beep_This is a test of the FED liquidity removal operations. This is only a test. Had this been a actual liquidity removal operation, you would see the equity markets crashing. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
What is FED thinking? I agree that this is merely a test, yet a strong suggestion.
how crazy is this goin to be when economic data improves and markets go down LOL
Here we go again.
Problem:
"Fear" gripping financial markets.
Result:
GLD goes down 4x faster than SPY
http://www.wallstreetbear.com/board/view.php?topic=95602&post=347518
Yes, Robo - CBs pull back on liquidity when markets are gripped with fear.
Premise = FAIL
Equity markets are like Robo, the kid in the sandbox with the hockey helmet on.....takes em 24 to 48 hours to figure out whats going on.
Another buy opportunity for PMs. Had to happen, silver up 30% in two months.
Maybe they WANT the market to correct?
agreed. Just wondering which "they" they are.
If it's PM markets, then they've got their wish. If it's US stock markets, it seems nothing short of pulling the plug on the Internet will accomplish that. Otherwise, it's AAPL up 2% per day as far as the eye can see.
Hard to fathom how commodities get killed like that while equities remain untouched.
I was just thinking about that. Who would BB and Geitner rather work with? My guess is Obama.
If you crash stocks now they will be on the upswing in November (possibly).
If you keep filling the balloon it may pop in the fall at the wrong time for Obama to get re-elected.
Official withdrawl, unofficial flooding.
Should be fun.
Sounds like they want some people to do one thing and others to do the opposite. But I thought the Fed was on "our" side?
Damn. Foiled again. :)
Yes, pay no attention to the other hand...look at this shiny object that makes you laugh (I learned that from the Teller piece thank you ZH)
Exactly, you got the point: the baton was handed over to collegue Draghi, and his doing his job in a perfect manner. When comes BB's turn?
Could he (Bernacke) be trying to help Europe weaken the EURO which should eventually help Europe help us by not imploding.
Who has more ammunition to expand the bal. sheet?
Bernacke does but must feel he doesn't need to right now. Bigger problem is Europe and he doesn't help Europe by driving the EURO to 1.50
At least Bernanke keeps things exciting.
The market looks like a DUI arrest and 13000 is the line it's suppose to walk.
Again- Does anyone else think the market looks drunk?
Parron me, Misser Ossifer....sir, why am I breeing pulled over agin?
What seems to be the officer, problem?
[Hiccup]
HE HAS TO... from the onset, ambiguity is the only way the magic trick works... as soon as it is so apparent that even a caveman cannot reasonably dispute the dollar devaluation, then the whole thing collapses as panic ensues... maybe we get there with $5 gas... maybe it takes a few oil producing nations to decide to switch the medium they accept in exchange for their oil... maybe it takes a military loss by the united states... who knows...
but, in the meantime, there will be ambiguity.
[ps, the money changers make the most from volatility].
Well, golly, if you can leverage 100 : 1 and buy futures, so what?
The heavy hand of the Fed is, as usual, right in there today propping up this piece of shit. So, really, who gives a shit about some tiny reverse repo operations? The script is written.
Unfortunately sometimes it has to be corrected because rookies make their jokes in the PM markets.....
This is a fuckin disgrace these bastards are playing games with our lives and money and this has got to end. END THE FED NOW!
You obviously don't know the rules of the game. This is past the point of no return. Oh, by the way, you lose the game in the end.
just got email from Harry Dent's service:
"Traders,
As you probably know, gas prices are soaring, European 'austerity measures' are expected to fail, our own debt situation is a clown car, it's an election year, and Israel will soon attack Iran."
Calls our debt situation a "clown car" which got me laughing. Banzai??
The market top is all because of the Jupiter! - check this article out 'The Jupiter Cycle Effect On Wall Street'
setup for the oil takedown into the summer driving season and the election ramp. Jesse on gold. http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/
The downdraft in gas will be sold as a stimulus for consumers.
Carrot and stocks
I welcome another exciting year for Zero Hedge and a boring year for everyone entertained by TV and iPhones. While we watch the Fiat Ponzi destroy itself and buy PMs at the best levels, everyone else drones on about Kimmy K's dress size and Bob the Bacholer's pregnant girlfriends.
Keep this shit going, Bernankenstein! At least so I can keep stacking at these ridiculously low prices.
Never going to happen. Everyones got it all figured out 'theyre taking down oil, to placate the bankrupt american, for happy-time election'...bunch of bullshit 100%
damn sheepie, not only has ben told them qe3 is a wet dream, hes pulling his money OUT of the market!!! shit man, pouring salt on the wound!!!!
Yep! Meanwhile stock are still busy playing with cat turds in the sandbox.
All averages now GREEN.
Well, again and again, I tell myself I'll never be surprised by the manipulation. But, somehow, it just blows my mind yet again.
How shameless can this get?
How shameless can this get?
Do you really want to find out? 'Cuz yer gonna!
Relentless placating of the 401K Bathrobe Brigades....cant have THEM selling before the FED rips everything they own one morning.
Well, yea, but not even a hint of camo? Just fuckin' out in public now? My god, this is pathetic as hell now.
I'll go out on limb....major unexpected and unexplainable ramp up into the close to solidify "13,000"
Ben needs to reset to "pre-flood" levels so that a "rescue" can be orchestrated just ahead of November 6th.
Ok, well....let er RIP then Ben! What are you waiting on?
Reverse Repos(April 2010-August 2011)=DOOM
where are all the whining bitches screaming "qe is always happening!!...ben is printing!!...ben is printing" ?how does one print when hes sucking liquidity out of the market. gold down 75 bitches...ben is NOT PRINTING
LOL...and stocks like RoboTarder the kid playing with cat turds in the sandbox will require a couple days before they realize whats really going on. No QE, putas.
Whip Inflation Now !
Window dressing, pure and simple. Not even as sensible as starting up an old tractor up at the country place one every six months to make sure it can still start. In case you need it.
If they ever need reverse repos to mop up liquidity, it will quite a show that precipitates its use.