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Here’s a hilarious story (via SWF Radar). Libya has a sovereign wealth fund, and Gadhafi’s son said he wants to invest here in the U.S.: Libya wants to open a new chapter in relations with the United States by investing some of its $100 billion sovereign wealth fund in U.S. companies...

[Today on OA, a guest column by Dash Riprock. Dash previously worked as a CDO underwriter at a U.S. brokerage house in New York. He currently helps evaluate fixed income derivatives for banks and insurers.] With all the talk of bank failures and government involvement here on...

"October was a difficult month; November-though we were hopeful-was really no better with asset prices for equities, credit and real estate-only coming under more pressure," analysts at Credit Suisse told clients in a research report Monday. The analysts estimated that Goldman would report a $4...

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of hedging against losses on U.S. Treasuries surged to an all-time high after the Federal Reserve’s new $800 billion effort to combat the financial crisis raised concern about how the ballooning debt will be funded. Benchmark 10-year credit-default swaps on...

http://gmacbank.com/todays-rates/os-rates.html I had a good laugh reading their offer...:D :p :) Best about it : the trademark sign.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Treasury is struggling to hire enough people to handle the $700 billion financial rescue package passed by Congress in October, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Recently, many decisions have been left up to interim staff members, often from other federal...

UBS upgraded HSBC Holdings to buy from neutral, citing valuation. UBS said that lowered earnings forecasts due to lower deposit spreads, falling sales and higher impairments "invites discussion" of a reduced dividend, but added any cut would be temporary, rather than permanent. "While it is...

Citing declining earnings outlooks and "extraordinary risk aversion," Citigroup U.S. equity strategist Tobias Levkovich on Monday cut his targets for the S&P 500. He now sees the S&P 500 ending the year at 850, down from 1,200 previously and only 10 points higher than its current levels. By the...

Judging by Dayna Neumann's pantry, Campbell Soup Co. may turn the U.S. recession into rising sales, just as it did in the last two contractions. Neumann's family in Louisville, Kentucky, is bracing ``for a rough road ahead,'' the 32-year-old working mother said. After her 30-year-old husband...

Maybe of help : http://europe.pimco.com/LeftNav/In+Focus/2008/In+Focus+September+2008+Swap+Spreads.htm

"If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank! Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called "The Bloody Fucking Bank" :D :D :D

Yesterday's low = 4511.5. Yesterday's high = 4926.5. 8 % swing. So good, I am not working as an analyst. :D

If he had to pay in Zimbabwe Dollars - sure, why not ? :D

Mexico is taking steps to protect itself if oil prices remain below $70 a barrel, in the clearest sign yet of the concerns of producer countries at the impact of the global economic slowdown on their revenues. The world’s sixth biggest oil producer hedged almost all of next’s year oil...

I suggest a short 4972.00

Headline jobless number seems "in line". But : U.S. Sept. nonfarm payrolls revised to 284,000 loss

For very obvious reasons, unemployment figures today should be "very bad". In anticipation of theses numbers, the sell-off in the last two days may be explained... Market participants might drive prices higher as an "excuse"...

When I have more time, I will elaborate on the subject.

I am slightly more optimistic...my target is 2703.5. :D :) :p

That's the easy part...target / exit price ?