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I have a hard time believing Asia misunderstands the bond market... This has been going on too long now to just be the Chinese finding a place to put their money... Either their means to an end differ from where the general market has tended to go, or they're seeing something that we are not...

The backoffice is filled with former dreamers, whose dreams have mostly been dashed when they're in their 30s, have their CFA, MBA and what not, and still doing accounting and reconcile... YOu MAY be able to break into Middle, but then you'd still only be calculating ratios, risk and...

Okay, I must be asleep at the wheel, because I can't seem to calculate the duration on the TY (or ZN for the electronic)... C= I assume regular deliverable 4.5%, semi-annual n=10 dividend by 2 Y= 6% as per contract spec P = 108.5 at today's price. Am I missing something? thanks

Ya, was nice while it lasted... I"m remembering back to mid-2003 when the fed lowered unexpectedly, sparked a sell off that lasted a month, let's see what he has to say...

Ya, it's hard to trade chop... I'm outta my position, I have NO idea where we're going next, but since we've been going sideways, the trend is over, I"m waiting until we breakout either way...

Long end of the curve is influenced by inflation mostly... short end is mostly influenced by the Fed

Ya, may go flat going into the Fed...and I HATE that COT has speculators major long, i'll check the stats again this week and see if any of them have shaken out... I think the catalyst that will push us up with any oomph will be supply, coz I can't see inflation being a problem...

Here we go AGAIN! Looks like we're waiting on CPI...

The look on the lady's face (raking leaves) is priceless... They're DEFINITELY not in a good mood!! :D

Nice buy at 380, I'm have one slight reservation about gold in that as a hard asset it may not rise as quickly as many of its other friends... I'm much more bullish on oil, it's expendable, it's usable and demand seems to go beyond just CB hedging. I'm Canadian, so even though I bought gold...

YOu bought any ounces yet? I'm in a small position from 430, at the time I thought I was late... now I"m still thinking i'm waaay early

I would think oil too... Plus maybe, and this is a long term play, if too much supply hits the market due to increased deficits by the Gov drives up yields to compensate...

Interesting theory, contrary to most economists... How high do you think inflation will go?

Ya, felt this market fell off a cliff after the lousy auction in 5s, I think we need to make higher highs soon on good volume or we may be in another sideways market... Speaking of mortgages/convexity, housing numbers coming out soon, hope they get the same reaction they did last time...

Who's this Chicago firm that purchased all those Calls? I wonder what's going on in their heads

If we don't get much of a bid for regular ten yrs then ya I think that would definitely be a sign that foreigners are scared.

The most reasonable explanation I can think of behind late-day is maybe reallocation of assets into safe haven... PPI I think is gonna be more of the same, slightly above expectation but within reason... All I know is, we got a higher low, that's all I can ask for right now

What was behind the last minute rally?

Buying at ask, selling at bid, repeat...

I dont see what all the fuss is about, it doesn't sound like THAT much is being auctioned off... If we're falling this much over a few billion, we're in trouble