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    Geithner's toxic recycling plan nixed by big fund

    Bridgewater Associates, the $71 billion money-management firm, has come out against participating in Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to get private investors to buy banks' toxic assets -- a week after saying it was interested in it. In an investor note obtained by The Post, Bridgewater...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Exiting calls. Buying puts. FDAX 4391.00.
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    Contradiction of PPIP and Mark.-to-market

    FASB AGREES OBJECTIVE OF MARK-TO-MARKET ACCOUNTING IS STILL WHAT WOULD BE RECEIVED IN AN ORDERLY TRANSACTION IN THE CURRENT INACTIVE MARKET. FASB SAYS AN ‘ORDERLY’ TRANSACTION DOES NOT INCLUDE FORCED LIQUIDATION OR DISTRESSED SALE. FASB AGREES TO REMOVE PRESUMPTION IN MARK-TO-MARKET...
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    Contradiction of PPIP and Mark.-to-market

    The FASB’s amendment to mark-to-market accounting rules looks set to be approved today — giving US banks more flexibility to value their assets. Time to buy banks then? Not quite. While FAS 157-e, if approved, will allow banks to gauge whether prices for their assets were made during...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    European Central Bank cuts key rate to 1.25% -- smaller than expected :p :) :D :cool: :eek: :confused:
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    Latvia missed out on a 200 million payment from IMF

    Credit default swaps written on the sovereign debt of Latvia rose sharply on Thursday after its Prime Minister said it had missed out on a €200m payment from the International Monetary Fund. Latvia, which already has a €7.5bn rescue package from the Washington-based IMF, was refused the...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    That´s more news I am concerned about : Credit default swaps written on the sovereign debt of Latvia rose sharply on Thursday after its Prime Minister said it had missed out on a €200m payment from the International Monetary Fund. Latvia, which already has a €7.5bn rescue package from...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    40 points on 3k ? Most probably Superfund from Austria entering trend following move....:D News from London : UK's Darling: 'Concrete' acton on tax havens by day's end LOL
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    US Economist Adam Posen: 'Merkel Does Not Get Basic Economics'

    For weeks, Berlin has been insisting that no further economic stimulus packages are needed. Leading US economist Adam Posen told SPIEGEL ONLINE that Merkel's approach is a mistake. Yet he is also critical of Obama's strategy. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
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    U.K. House Prices Unexpectedly Rose in March, Nationwide Says

    But is this just a dead cat bounce or something more significant? Nationwide is hedging its bets. The moderation in the annual rate of fall is somewhat distorted by conditions last year and so it would be unwise to draw strong conclusions from the significant slowdown in the annual rate of...
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    Morgan Stanley Says Sell Best S&P 500 Rally Since ’38

    Coincedently three banks, i.e. Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Citibank called the rally to be faded. LOL !
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    Short DAX at 7740

    4400.00 0 45.50 65.50 45.50 50 63.00 65.40 203 119.06% 4150.00 0 190.00 190.00 186.00 72 192.00 195.90 72 64.04% 4750.00 0 5.00 5.60 5.00 50 5.30 6.60 162 150.00% Call Premium Explosion :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Buying straddles and adding 4150 puts, 4450 calls. Let´s have some fun.:)
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    Eurex - The New Incentive Program And January Volume Plunge

    Paul Rotter must have left Bund trading. :D
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    Morgan Stanley Says Sell Best S&P 500 Rally Since ’38

    March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should sell U.S. stocks following the steepest rally since the 1930s because earnings are likely to keep weakening, according to Morgan Stanley. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced 21 percent in the past 14 trading days, the most since 1938, according...
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    U.K. House Prices Unexpectedly Rose in March, Nationwide Says

    April 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. house prices unexpectedly rose for the first time since October 2007 after the Bank of England’s interest-rate cuts attracted buyers to the property market, Nationwide Building Society said. The average cost of a home jumped 0.9 percent in March from the previous...
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    Nassim Taleb Says Geithner’s Bank Plan Will Fail

    It will be nasty by nature ! :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    4255.00 short.
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