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Overnight Sentiment Turns South

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Overnight sentiment is turning south, after 4 successive days of breakout attempts have failed to conquer Dow 13K, and with crude sticky at multi month highs. The EURUSD is down over 100 pips and is testing 1.32 support. BBG summarizes the key overnight events that are shaping the mood: EU leaders, bowing to German demands, signed a deficit-control treaty at the 17th summit since the outbreak of the crisis. The treaty puts tighter  restrictions on spending. A test of Europe’s commitment to austerity will come when the region debates whether to ease the deficit-reduction target for    Spain, which is part of the overnight downbeat mood in stocks after PM Rajoy announced that the deficit target for the coming year is 5.8% of GDP and the 4.4% deficit goal is unattainable. The European Central Bank said overnight deposits soared to  a record after its second allocation of three-year loans. Elsewhere, investors are complaining that the European Investment Bank doesn’t deserve the same exemption from losses on its Greek bond holdings as the euro region’s central bank because it didn’t buy the notes to support monetary policy. Well - don't complain, and merely just say no to the PSI. Treasuries steady; Bloomberg’s Soveriegn Debt Movers shows Greek yields plunging, Portugal slightly higher. European stocks mostly higher, U.S. futures steady. Will this downbeat mood remain - all depends on which way the momentum algos move, and whether they have been recalibrated from the prior program of following crude with a positive correlation.

WHAT TO WATCH

  • Greek CDS are headed back to ISDA ruling committee as the group will probably be asked to determine whether collective action clauses, or CACS, used by Greece to force investors to participate in a wider exchange of bonds would trigger the swaps
  • Regulators probing the alleged manipulation of global interest rates are focusing on what traders involved in setting the benchmark say were routine discussions condoned by their superiors
  • German retail sales unexpectedly declined in January as rising oil prices fueled inflation
 

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Fri, 03/02/2012 - 08:47 | 2216346 GetZeeGold
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What's there to be negative about?

 

 

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 08:49 | 2216355 cat2
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Third time's the charm.  Germans finally figured out how to conquer Europe.

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:05 | 2216378 Ghordius
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yes. by becoming European without stopping being German

same way as in the US they became Americans, though stopping being Germans

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:09 | 2216381 Spooky Polish
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Third ? You mean in last 100 years ? 

Take a look at 1000 years , then You'll se what Black Eagle and his Bear Friend could do. 

just ...

use Banks not Tanks.. 

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 08:52 | 2216358 cnhedge
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it looks like sales around the world are hurt by high oil prices.

http://www.jinrongbaike.com/
http://www.cnhedge.com/

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:02 | 2216375 GetZeeGold
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Oh come on......Obama and Chu say that's a good thing.

 

I love the smell of radicals in the morning.

 

 

 

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 08:55 | 2216360 ArkansasAngie
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Overnight sentiment?  All you day traders ... good luck outsmarting ... second guessing ... the criminals that run things.

The system will work until it doesn't.

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:01 | 2216370 mrbalfour
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ZH - it would be great to read your prediction on how the PSI plays out and then the domino effects thereafter.  Is this a tipping point?

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 09:20 | 2216408 kito
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Death destruction fire hail and locust

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:32 | 2216630 Georgesblog
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Of course, sentiment should turn south. After being told repeatedly that the next load of manure is better than the last load of manure, there aren't any selling points left.

http://thedailyclimb.wordpress.com/

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 12:27 | 2216943 Jacks Nipple
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I would love to see the EURUSD go to 1:1

That would really strech out my travel plans.

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