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Wow, deep pokets, that's a pretty wide range... Topside of your range is where I think I will prob get out... thanks

Hi Surdo, how far in would you be willing to scale in before you change your mind? I personally added to a position I already held, but am wary of the light volume and the beginning of the new year right around the corner thanks

Besides prices having not acted favourably to the conditions presented them, is there any other fundamental reason you see to short bonds? Do you see the fed overdoing itself?

You must've been the one out of the 30 traders on the floor today...

I read about Greenwich on the bloomy this morn, I think the dealers are divided thou, which is frankly putting me to sleep if anything... 4.30 sounds VERY ambitious but hey I never expected it to go below 4 a few months ago, the market has the tendency to overshoot...

The curve is inverted in the short stuff... We got the closest today as any to TUT inverted, FIVE basis points. No need for another rate hike, even if the fed stayed put it looks like the Street wants to push it that way... Anybody else have a flattener on?

That's exactly how I see it!! I"m not putting too much weight on anything right now with the holiday season upon us, but by the next Fed meeting if we don't see this unfolding I may need to change my opinion on things

I work for a bank and indeed it is very bad news when we go inverted. The reason why financial services have jumped, in my humble opinion, is that investors feel the fed is almost done raising, in which case a steepening due to a lower yield on the short-end will be good biz for the financials.

Made a good chunk of money with that one move after the Fed, but haven't sold yet, I'm still hoping to scale more in as we get into the new year. Right now I'm just scared of the holiday doldrums (lack of volume) and maybe the foreign buyers having taken a prolonged holiday break wait and see

It'd be hard pressed to push to that level, since the curve would most likely go inverted. HOwever, i'd be curious to see how it would react if such a scenario took place, whether we go more inverted very quickly, or bounce off it... Me says the former

Something interesting to be said about where the hedgers are vs. where the speculators have positioned themselves too... But again, the corporates have big pockets, they're not out there to pick tops and bottoms, so it's a big laggy

If You're afraid that gold held in trust is just a scam, don't be, you're dealing with State Street, a HUGE company. However, if you're afraid that the U.S. banking system will fall apart, hyperinflation, reserves going to shit, the dollar falling to a tenth of what it is at now, then DONT hold...

Definitely was on the edge of my seat, thanks for the pick-me-up, i'm sooo bored at work right now... Obviously this couldn't happen in this day in age, post-1987, limit-up would have come into affect Did you dream who was responsible for the buying?

INflation inflation inflation Went long gold at 430, still holding... Wanted to go short treasuries after Katrina, but couldn't find a good entry point.

Not quite, since there's only 1 month left till Dec's expiration and 3 months from Dec to Mar expiration, so the March will most likely fall to about 1274 or somewhere between. The Decembers will also fall a little bit, but not as much since there is only 1 month to expiration, so it'll probably...

What is the command function on bllomberg? My fav is GLDL "GO" and CRUD "GO" and FOMC "GO" thanks

Treasury rates are going lower after fed mins released... makes it less attractive to hold notes and more attractive to hold the tangibles...

Workopolis and Monster.ca are garbage, all they have are INvstment Advisor positions at Edward Jones or one of the big-5. My cousin who works in NY has been trying to push her employer for an H1B to no avail... The only thing I got going for me is I work for a US company so at least recruiters...

London doesn't have the NAFTA visa treaty so you'd have to rely more on the fact that you're a commonwealth citizen... I know a lot of people push the "trade your own money" kinda route a lot, but especially in my perspective, nothing beats OPM and suits/ties shouting on the trading floor...

It's WAAAY too hard to break into T.O. and even when you do the money isn't as good as NY. I've talked to many a recruiter and maybe the second question they ask me is "what's your visa status?" Some understand what the TN status is, but others are kinda clueless. Are the states a calling Psytrade?