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    Jim O'Neill faces red card from Goldman Sachs

    Jim is finally doing something he never did before in his life : invest into the REAL ECONOMY. Good luck, Jim ! :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    BMW said Tuesday that sales of Mini, Rolls Royce and BMW brand cars rose 14% in February to 91,758 from 80,474 a year earlier. Sales for the 12 months to the end of February were up 15.3% at 173,911 units. "We saw growth in Asia, in particular, but we also made gains in many markets in Europe...
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    The French stepping up. Sarkozy: If Greece falls, euro is pointless.

    The Greek sovereign debt crisis and the U.S. dollar rally have drawn attention to currencies in the past month. We expect currencies to dominate other investment themes throughout 2010. Massive government spending and extreme monetary policy choices halted the 2008 crisis, but they also...
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    The French stepping up. Sarkozy: If Greece falls, euro is pointless.

    Merkel is plain stupid. Every school children learns in Germany about the so called "Länderfinanzausgleich" ( financial equalization scheme between the Federal Government and the Länder ). According to Art 107 Par.2 (1) Nach Art. 107 Abs.2 Satz 1 GG Basic Constitutional Law the goal of...
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    If you apply to 759 jobs and get 0 is it you or the jobmarket?

    Job of last resort : open your own hedge fund shop....:D
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    Turkey recalls ambassador over US vote

    Washington suffered a setback in its attempt to strengthen relations with Turkey when Ankara recalled its US ambassador on Thursday night. The move came after a congressional panel backed a resolution describing the Ottoman-era massacres of 1.5m Armenians as “genocide”. Ankara has long...
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    Ireland, Greece May Leave Euro

    Who cares about the debt ? 5th Avenue is more interesting to own : Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Ave. Bergdorf Men's, 745 Fifth Ave. Brooks Brothers, 666 Fifth Ave. Bulgari, 730 Fifth Ave. Cartier, 653 Fifth Ave. Disney Store, 711 Fifth Ave. Fendi, 720 Fifth Ave. Ferragamo Women's, 661...
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    Ireland, Greece May Leave Euro

    Remains the question to be answered soon : 1) When and for which price will the USA sell New York to the Chinese ? 2) Will Arnold Schwarzenegger go back to Austria and become chancellor of Austria if the Chinese take over Sacramento ? :D :D :D
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    SAC, Greenlight, Soros, Paulson Told to Retain Records; a Collusion Question

    The Journal article disclosed that the big euro bets were emerging amid gatherings including an "idea dinner" involving a number of hedge funds including SAC, Greenlight and Soros, where a trader argued that the euro is likely to fall to "parity," or equal to, against the dollar on an exchange...
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    To Be or Not to Be: Greece Bailout

    The Anglo-Saxon media is playing the EUR weakness card in conjunction with fresh made "analysis" and worst case scenarios from Anglo Saxon investment banks. YAWN. Weaker EUR ? Sarkozy and Merkel say "Welcome" ! As the EUR is the most currency de jour to speculate - why not ? I need anyway some...
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    Pound Could Collapse Within Weeks, Predicts Billionaire Financier Jim Rogers

    I like the swings in GBP / JPY...don´t understand why ANY TRADER on this site should give ole Jimmy too much attention - as long as he is providing volatility. Let him talk - the more controversial - the better. :)
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    Fed examining Goldman Sachs over Greece: Bernanke

    "International brooderhood of Banksters"...:cool:
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    Fed examining Goldman Sachs over Greece: Bernanke

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/newsviewer :p :D :)
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    The Toyota Hysteria

    100 billion ber US bank betraying the whole world with toxic us real estate sh.t seems to me also quite a sound "rule of thumb"...:)
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    Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 % since Dec 16th 2008...

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The impetus for the Federal Reserve to increase its discount, or emergency lending, rate came from two relatively hawkish district banks, the Federal Reserve revealed on Tuesday. The St. Louis and Kansas City Federal Reserve banks voted to increase the discount rate...
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    Home Depot swings to profit, gives rosier outlook

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In another sign that the battered home-improvement sector is poised for a recovery, Home Depot Inc. reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit Tuesday on after its comparable sales unexpectedly increased. The largest home-improvement retailer also raised...
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    Is AIG the main CDS insurer for Greek government debt?

    Yves Smith and I received a tip at the weekend from a friend who reads the German press regularly about credit default swaps (CDS) on Greek government debt. Read Yves’ piece based on that article here. Below is mine. Previously, I had mentioned the CDS exposure of the hapless German...
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    Fed raises discount rate to 0.75%, wants banks to borrow from the private market

    BREAKING SPDR S&P 500 ETF off 0.5% after discount rate hike
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    Abby J Cohen thinks overall market is undervalued

    I am buying 1300 DEC calls based on Abby's "analysis". If I blow up, I will sue her - not GS. :D
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    Collapse of the euro is 'inevitable' says French Banking Chief

    Do you write off the roll over as "hedging costs" in your fund ? :D
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