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    Presenting a record 222,1 GBP billion UK pension shortfall

    The Bank of England’s financial repression and the eurozone debt crisis continue to take their toll on the UK’s private pension funds. Lowlights from the latest Pension Protection Fund report: M&G’s Bond Vigilantes reckon that’s a record. More from the report...
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    Spanish short term bond auction yields drop to 4.05% from 5.022% last month

    Spain's short-term financing costs dropped sharply at a primary Treasury bill auction on Tuesday from a month earlier, though it still paid eye-watering levels as nervous markets braced for a raft of potential euro zone rating downgrades. Spain's Treasury easily sold 4.9 billion euros of 12-...
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    US companies sitting on $1200 billion in cash...

    American corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash, but that doesn't mean their greenbacks are safely tucked away at a bank down the block from headquarters. To the contrary, billions of dollars worth of corporate cash and short-term securities sit in foreign subsidiaries located in...
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    Croatia to Sign EU Accession Today

    The European Commission announced that the accession treaty will be signed on Friday morning on the margins of the session of the European Council. Presidents or Prime Ministers of all 27 EU member states will sign the treaty on behalf of the EU. The Croatian government announced that...
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    Draghi: It’s a very good outcome for euro-area members

    In an accord hailed by ECB President Mario Draghi, the leaders outlined a “fiscal compact” to prevent future debt runups, accelerated the start of a planned 500 billion-euro rescue fund and watered down bondholder loss-sharing provisions. “It’s a very good outcome for euro-area...
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    Sarkozy says UK demands were ‘unacceptable’ for treaty change

    In the end, diplomats said, it was the UK that became the biggest stumbling block to a deal between all 27 countries, with Britain’s prime minister David Cameron holding out for hours in the hope of getting concessions for the UK’s financial services industry. “Very simply, in order to...
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    Yes, i will be buying GRPN

    At $0.10, too. :D
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    Merkel warns solving the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone will take years

    http://www.ft.com/home/europe Sure "Mutti", as long as you are ruling Germany - it will be this way.
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    UK banks are told to plan for eurozone break-up

    BRITAIN’S biggest banks were told last night to prepare for the break-up of the eurozone as six of the world’s central banks announced a co-ordinated move to avoid a new credit crunch. Hector Sants, head of the Financial Services Authority, told the UK’s largest lenders to draw up...
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    Spain sells 3.75 bln euros of bonds, yields rise

    FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- The Spanish government on Thursday sold a total of 3.75 billion euros ($5 billion) of bonds, with yields rising in the wake of increased turmoil in Europe's debt markets. Spain's Treasury sold 1.2 billion euros of a bond due to mature in April 2015 at an average rate...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Last print 6091.00. UNbelievable. That´s the iceberg of stupidity.
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    U.K. Nov. manufacturing PMI lowest since June 2009

    FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Activity in Britain's manufacturing sector contracted for a second straight month in November, according to the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers index for the sector released Thursday. The index fell to 47.6 from 47.8 in October, its lowest level since June 2009. A...
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    Euro-zone Nov. manufacturing PMI falls to 46.4

    FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Activity in the euro-zone manufacturing sector contracted at the sharpest pace in 28 months in November, according to the purchasing managers index for the sector compiled by Markit. The index fell to 46.4 from 47.1 in October, unchanged from an earlier, preliminary...
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    Swap Lines – Not A Panacea

    Yesterday’s announcement about the Fed’s central bank swap lines sure caused a lot of confusion in the markets. For instance, Rick Santelli of CNBC said this all but guarantees QE3. Goldman Sachs said: “Although there is the obvious counter: why act now. Is there something lurking around...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Euro-zone Nov. manufacturing PMI falls to 46.4
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Exit 6026.50 for first 100 points profit. Next target 5957.00.
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    ES Journal Archive (2011)

    BINGO ! Now that all psychopaths in the investment arena are long like there is no tomorrow: Short 1242.50, target below 1226.50. The next European "crisis" is just lurking around the corner ;=)
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    Short DAX at 7740

    The plan is to go short Market On Close (MOC). It´s good to make money, but the underlying problem in Europe is still not solved. Recession will come. Liquidity swaps? Just fine for headline grabbing fund managers. Tomorrow reality will set in - like usual.
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    Former Mossad chief: Israeli strike on Iran will lead to regional war

    Meir Dagan said in a television interview that a military strike will result in massive rocket attacks from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas. Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said in a television interview on Tuesday that if Israel attacks Iran, it will be dragged into a regional war. According to...
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    Seems, this article got to do something with the central bank intervention...

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/11/30/big-european-bank-failure-averted-what-central-banks-did-not-tell-us/ Read the rest here: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/11/30/774011/financial-comet-crashes-into-planet-hyperbole/
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