As we sarcastically noted this morning, [6] "one group of Federal workers that is definitely not taking the day off, is the trading desk located on the 9th floor of the New York Fed, responsible for such things as preserving the "fair" value of the bond and the stock market and avoiding any sharp downward moves." And sure enough, with stocks levitating, here are the fabulous 5 left of the 285-plus Bloomberg Users at the NY Fed who are maintaining the world's status quo today...
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You may remember ex-Lehman Brothers' Yan Chow from a previous profile...
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Because if there is one thing on the "national security" agenda that must be avoided at all costs, it is a drop in the S&P in today's trading session - after all now is when the official Santa rally begins and... we may finally hit Goldman's year end target of 2100 for 2015... by the end of 2014.