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    Moody’s error gavetopratings todebtproducts

    Moody’s awarded incorrect triple A ratings to billions of dollars worth of a type of complex debt product due to a bug in its computer models, an Financial Times investigation has discovered. Internal Moody’s documents seen by the FT show that some senior staff within the credit agency knew...
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    Quant, Quanto, Quando

    According to this study by the CFA Institute, three quarters of hedge fund managers think the outlook for computer-driven strategies is troubled. (HT Fintag). The survey’s findings do reflect part of the long-held view that quant strategies have had their day. If pre-crunch those strategies...
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    Ranieri's Franklin Bank Faces SEC Inquiry, May Seek a Buyer

    Franklin Bank Corp., the Texas bank led by mortgage bond pioneer Lewis Ranieri, may seek a buyer after an internal probe of lending practices led to the removal of a top executive and sparked an inquiry by federal regulators. Ranieri, chairman of the Houston-based bank and former vice...
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    Smaller HFs Outpace Bigfoot Firms

    Smaller, newer hedge funds are outperforming the Goliaths, according to PerTrac Financial Solutions LLC research, Investment News reports. The New York-based developer of investment analysis software came to this finding through two studies of the hedge fund industry conducted in March and...
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    Banks Keep $35 Billion Markdown Off Income Statements

    -- Banks and securities firms, reeling from record losses resulting from the collapse of the mortgage securities market, are failing to acknowledge in their income statements at least $35 billion of additional writedowns included in their balance sheets, regulatory filings show. Citigroup...
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    whats the best stock screener you guys ever used !!!

    Hum...dou you have a name and tel. nr. of that particular person ? :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Buy call options for a decent profit then ! :)
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    Short DAX at 7740

    FDAX short 7159.00...and buying some call options...Just wait and see when the market will melt down...think just a matter of time...:)
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    Kenneth Griffin, founder of Citadel Investment, bashes his hedge fund industry peers

    :D :D :D
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    Kenneth Griffin, founder of Citadel Investment, bashes his hedge fund industry peers

    Kenneth ? Smart guy, just hanging around waiting for others to stumble and then arising as the white knight hero to rescue silly, dumb "hedge fund" managers who care a sh.t about other people´s money....
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Seems 1370 might be good support. Good old neighbourhood bank Goldman Sachs is expecting that some managements will begin to guide down expectations for 2Q earnings, to avoid disappointments during the next reporting season.... Don´t have any reason to mistrust reasearch by GS...so far...
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    Goldman cuts EPS estimates for Bear, Lehman, Morgan Stanley

    Just have to recall last year....:p
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Initiating short. Sold 400 contracts at 1415.00.
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    GM May Need to Raise About $9 Billion, Lehman Says

    General Motors Corp., the biggest U.S. automaker, may need to raise about $9 billion over the next two years should selling conditions not ``materially rebound' in the second half, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said today. The proceeds would go ``to refinance debt, with potential additional...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Short FDAX 7103.00 again today....:p
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    Goldman cuts EPS estimates for Bear, Lehman, Morgan Stanley

    Goldman cites weak M&A, propietary trading in estimate cuts
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    Amaranth HF Mgr To Start Hedge Fund

    Nicholas Maounis, the hedge fund manager whose Amaranth Advisors collapsed under a record $6.6 billion loss in 2006, is seeking to start a new firm, according to Bloomberg. ''Many of you have inquired as to my future plans,'' Maounis wrote in a note to his former investors. ''I welcome the...
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    While massive risk looms, the bulls have reasons to hope

    [...] Tainted love Treasury Secretary HankPaulson and Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke have a clear mandate. They're willing to mortgage our future with hopes that a legitimate economic recovery takes root. We've seen this movie before (on the back of the tech bubble) but memories are...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Short FDAX 7106.00...ready to sell more
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    BNP Paribas, ING, Deutsche Postbank profits decline almost 20 %

    BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, reported a 21 percent drop in first-quarter profit after ``violent'' market conditions led to asset writedowns and increased provisions for risky loans. Net income fell to 1.98 billion euros ($3.06 billion) from 2.51 billion euros a year earlier, the...
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