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    Nikkei 225 Slump Caused by Deutsche Bank System Fault

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    Nikkei 225 Slump Caused by Deutsche Bank System Fault

    June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG sent a spate of erroneous sell orders for Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures contracts because of a system malfunction, said Aston Bridgman, deputy head of communications in Japan. The erroneous orders sent stocks on the Nikkei 225 into a brief...
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    German President Koehler to Quit After Afghanistan Criticism

    May 31 (Bloomberg) -- German President Horst Koehler unexpectedly announced his resignation with immediate effect, citing public criticism of remarks he made about Germany’s military mission in Afghanistan. Koehler, a former director general of the International Monetary Fund, suggested in...
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    Unfortunately, France also now in danger of losing AAA rating

    No surprise here, lately it is a French obsession to talk down the Euro. BNP Baripas - yes, funny enough a bank in the Euro System is the most bearish with its Euro forecasts ! Sees Euro at parity and even below parity ! So if you ask yourself who is buying European peripherals CDS - no, its...
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    Euro - carry trade currency de jour ?

    The euro already faces a sea of troubles, but it could confront one more: It is becoming a favorite funding currency of the "carry trade." Analysts at Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and French bank BNP Paribas SA expect the euro to suffer at the hands of the carry trade, one of the riskier...
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    Profile of Mutual Fund Shareholders, 2009

    profile of Mutual Fund Shareholders, 2009 INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE RESEARCH SERIES This report summarizes the fi ndings of the 2009 survey. As described in the fi rst chapter, in 2009 the “typical” mutual fund–owning head of household » was middle-aged, employed...
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    Fitch downgrades Spain's ratings to 'AA+'

    http://www.marketwatch.com/
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    Fed to start term deposit auctions

    Fed: Auctions have no 'near-term' policy meaning Fed: Term deposit auction just prudent planning Fed term deposits a tool to soak up bank reserves No, no, no meaning. Only the beginning of the "meaning"...:cool:
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    Spain cuts GDP forecast for 2013

    MADRID (MarketWatch) -- The Spanish government on Friday projected gross domestic product would rise 2.5% in 2012, against prior forecasts of 2.9%. Growth is expected to fall 0.3% this year. For 2013, GDP is expected to fall to 2.7%, against 3.1% in a prior forecast. It sees unemployment at...
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    S&P may cut Rome's A-plus bond rating

    May 27 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's may cut Rome's long-term issuer credit rating, the firm said on Thursday, saying it was concerned about the Italian capital's ability to generate revenue. S&P placed Rome's A-plus rating, the fifth-highest, on negative credit watch, suggesting a potential...
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    Spain's La Caixa in talks with Caixa Girona

    MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Spanish savings La Caixa on Friday confirmed talks with much smaller savings bank Caixa Girona about a possible merger. The news comes on the heel of a string of mergers and action surrounding Spain's troubled savings banks, many of which are exposed to the collapse of...
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    Do Not Dizpute Ze Zafety Of Ze Bobl, You Schweinehund

    Waiting for that €9.5bn Friday Italian bond auction? Here are some charts to mull over ahead of (another) litmus-test of demand for peripheral eurozone debt. Italy will be selling three- and 10-year BTPs plus seven-year CCTs. Courtesy of Marc Ostwald at Monument Securities, the charts...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Enter Strangle ( 6250/5650 ).
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    Obama Advisor: Damaging If All Countries Move To Austerity At Once

    PARIS (Dow Jones)--Some countries need to shift immediately to austere policies, but it would be damaging if all nations began such fiscal tightening at the same time, a top aide to U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday. "It would be very damaging for every country in the world to quickly...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    You can thank our friendly neighbourhood bank GS for this insane rally...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Next one 5963.50....
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    Oliver Stone: Wall Street today is a financial casino

    CNN) -- Gordon Gekko-inspired suspenders may have faded from Wall Street and lunch isn't for wimps anymore, but if there's one thing that hasn't changed in the last two decades it's this: greed is good. With his new film director Oliver Stone is back to exposing financial chicanery, this time...
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    Spain's parliament passes austerity package

    MADRID, May 27 (Reuters) - Spain's parliament passed a 15 billion euro ($18.4 billion) austerity package on Thursday by one vote as the country drives to cut its budget deficit. The vote was close, with 169 voting in favour of the Socialist government's austerity plan and 168 against. Spain...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    5957.00. Always a pleasure how short-term memory of different market players around the world works. Yesterday everybody was sh..ting his pants that Europe is watching into abyss. Today, dementia and insanity prevail. :p :eek:
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    Short DAX at 7740

    :)
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