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    Trading Wizards Arcades rack up high volumes, spend more on technology and attract IT talent who use "gray box" strategies. Few of the restaurant diners and pub-goers on Islington's fashionable Upper Street in London have heard of Kyte Group. But its discreet location near one of the...
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    MAN's AHL is hiring...

    I am not affiliated with them... AHL AHL implements two main managed futures investment programmes - the AHL Diversified Programme and the AHL Institutional Programme. These programmes are quantitative and primarily directional in nature, meaning they seek to identify and take advantage of...
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    ECB says EU inflation still too high, must be brought below 2.0%

    Soon, ECB will cry like Alister Darling : Britain is in the grip of its worst economic crisis for 60 years, Alistair Darling has admitted. The Chancellor of the Exchequer warns that the slump is going to be "more profound and long-lasting than people thought". In an astonishingly frank...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    U.S. Q2 GDP up 3.3% vs. 1.9% prev. est.. Any further comments needed ? :p
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    Weber Says Higher Rates May Be Needed After Recovery

    Does that mean you are short treasuries and bunds, long commodities and long EUR / USD or do you want to impress us with your "Volkswirtschaftslehre I" course ? :confused:
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    Weber Says Higher Rates May Be Needed After Recovery

    Ha, ha, ha...take a look at EUR / USD parity in the last couple of weeks and then tell me again about the "stability" of the European economy ! If ECB members prefer a hard landing - let them go - my EUR / USD short position will like it ! :D :D :D
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    Weber Says Higher Rates May Be Needed After Recovery

    Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank council member Axel Weber said there's no scope for interest-rate cuts and policy makers may need to raise borrowing costs once the economy emerges from its slump. ``Monetary policy at the moment is roughly where it should be and I think the...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    US initial jobless claims came in better then expected. Look for a nice bounce in US markets until the release of unemployment figures at beginning of September.... :)
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    Who has connections at Knight?

    So true...Best Regards :p
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    Lone Star to Buy IKB, First German Subprime Casualty

    Lone Star Funds, the Dallas-based private equity firm, agreed to buy IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG after the German bank collapsed, becoming the country's first casualty of the subprime mortgage crisis. The U.S. firm will acquire 90.8 percent of IKB from KfW Group, Germany's state-owned...
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    Is the European Union doomed?

    Hum...have fun ! ==>> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzuinISI9Bk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzuinISI9Bk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"...
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    Goldman calls a bottom to the USD

    As the dollar rallied for a tenth consecutive session on Thursday, Goldman Sachs rather excitedly reversed its outlook for the currency. “The dollar has bottomed!” analysts led by Thomas Stolper wrote. “Dollar lows are almost certainly behind us.” Stolper’s 3-month, 6-month and...
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    Congrats Fed! Maybe CPI Will Heal Itself: Inflation @ 9.6% Annualized

    ECB official warns of ‘protracted weakness’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78d1effc-6868-11dd-a4e5-0000779fd18c.html Separately, Axel Weber, Germany’s Bundesbank president, told a German newspaper that the ECB had to keep fighting to ensure current levels of inflation did not become...
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    Congrats Fed! Maybe CPI Will Heal Itself: Inflation @ 9.6% Annualized

    Makloda, five year low in CPI expectations - what would Bundesbank' s Mr. Weber comment ? :D :D :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Results weak, outlook bleak More companies have missed estimates than have beaten them Earnings results in Europe have come in below expectations since companies started reporting two weeks ago. With 53 companies having reported so far (34% of the total number we expect to analyze), 28% of...
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    Spain, Ireland `Thrown to the Wolves' After ECB Move

    It's pretty simple: central bankers are correcting other central bankers mistakes by taking mistakingly mistake decisions. I am just laughing about the central bankers and enjoying volatility. We should let the central bankers carry on reading 101 "marcoeconomic books"...:D :D :D
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    Jiang, Ex-SAC Trader Accused of Harassment, Starts Hedge Fund

    Ping Jiang, the former SAC Capital Advisors LLC trader accused of workplace harassment by a former colleague, is seeking to raise about $500 million for his own hedge fund, and another $2 million for a new wardrobe, according to two people familiar with the matter (his lawyer and his personal...
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    Euro May Be Poised for `Explosive Breakout,' Citigroup Says

    The euro may be nearing an ``explosive breakout,'' reaching record levels against the U.S. dollar, according to a Citigroup Global Markets Inc. research note. The trading pattern, including a so-called double-bottom that tested lows, resembles the one before Feb. 26 that preceded the surge to...
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    Deutsche Bank to Report Profit, Won't Raise Capital

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha....:D :D :D :D
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    Deutsche Bank to Report Profit, Won't Raise Capital

    Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, said it will report a profit in the second quarter and won't need additional capital, sending shares higher after four days of declines. The stock rose as much as 3.7 percent and was up 1.05 euros to 53.50 euros at 9:20 a.m. in Frankfurt after...
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