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    Short DAX at 7740

    Taking some FDAX off the table at 3684.00. Trailing stop for rest in place. If bulls very nasty, could close gap above 703.50. :D
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    Merck to Buy Schering-Plough for $41 Billion

    March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. agreed to buy rival U.S. drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in cash and stock to get a larger experimental pipeline and products unhindered by imminent patent losses. Schering-Plough holders will get $23.61 a share, a 34 percent premium to the...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    They should give Helicopter Ben a call ! :p
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Bulls incompetent to take out 15 min SMA, 878.75. Too funny that collectively so many trading desks watching it and being wimps breaking trough ! :mad:
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    How Do Liquidity Providers Hedge Their Risk?

    Very good question ! "Effectively" hedging is an art ! Dynamic Hedging Strategies In this article, the authors use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to simulate hedging strategies for portfolios of derivatives and other assets http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~benninga/mma/MiER71.pdf
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Good, old FDAX. As reliable as a Swiss train ! Of course, we would have to take out 3600.00. Buying ATM puts, dynamic hedge in place. FDAX long, ready to buy more. :D
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    Financial Accounting Standards Board - FASB Statement No. 107

    Question 2: What additional guidance, if any, is needed in the area of determining fair value? FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value as follows: Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly...
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    Financial Accounting Standards Board - FASB Statement No. 107

    Related : http://www.fasb.org/fcag/03-05-09_fcag_handout.pdf
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    Financial Accounting Standards Board - FASB Statement No. 107

    February 25, 2009 VIA Electronic Mail (director@fasb.org) Technical Director Financial Accounting Standards Board 401 Merritt7, P.O. Box 5116 Norwalk.CT 06856-5116 File Reference; Proposed FSP FAS 107-b and APB 28-a Dear Board Members and FASB Staff: The Mortgage Bankers...
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    Michael Lewis: "Wall Street on the Tundra; How Iceland went bust"

    LOL !!! :D :D :D
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    PIMCO´s Gross opposes nationalization of C+BAC

    Investment Outlook Bill Gross | March 2009 http://www.pimco.com/LeftNav/Featured+Market+Commentary/IO/2009/Investment+Outlook+Bill+Gross+March+2009+Hairy+Lips+Sink+Ships.htm Question: What do you think about nationalizing the banks? Answer: I think Roubini, Dodd and Greenspan haven’t...
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    McCain Says Congress Should Stop Giving Aid to GM, Allow It to Go Bankrupt

    GM's failure could trigger round of massive layoffs and hurt companies that supply and manufacture parts, said Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank in New York. In all, GM's bankruptcy could lop off 4 percentage points from the U.S. gross domestic product, of which...
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    McCain Says Congress Should Stop Giving Aid to GM, Allow It to Go Bankrupt

    Related story : Canadian Auto Union Agrees to Freeze Wages in GM Deal The Canadian Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative agreement with General Motors Corp. to freeze wages and pensions until 2012 and force workers and retirees to pay a monthly health-care fee in an effort to...
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    McCain Says Congress Should Stop Giving Aid to GM, Allow It to Go Bankrupt

    March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Republican lawmakers said Congress should stop providing General Motors Corp. with federal aid and let the company file for bankruptcy if necessary. “The best thing that could probably happen to General Motors, in my view, is they go into Chapter 11,” Senator John...
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    Barclays to Assess Benefit of Asset-Insurance Program

    March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the third-biggest U.K. bank, will speak with British Treasury officials to determine whether its participation in a government asset-insurance program would be positive for shareholders. “We need to take a view as to whether the scheme will benefit our...
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    Any potential good news that will support the financials?

    Goldman Sachs : Level 3 Assets were approximately $ 66 billion as of November 2008 ( down from $ 68 billion as of August 29, 2008 ) and represented 7,5 % of total assets Morgan Stanley : level 3 assets were $ 78,4 billion as of 31 August 2008 8% of total assets Merrill Lynch ...
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    Quantitative easing explained

    Source : http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ada2ad4-f3b9-11dd-9c4b-0000779fd2ac.html
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    GE Really Is In Danger of BK

    The surge in GE’s credit-default swaps may also be related to collateralized debt obligations that bet on companies’ creditworthiness. The CDOs often held credit-default swaps tied to GE because they paid higher premiums relative to the company’s ratings, boosting returns, said Backshall...
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    Why civil unrest is not out of the question in the United States...

    Simple answer from my side : when pain has reached a peak, it´s time to get back into markets. Not calling for a bottom. People have now realized that they have to adapt to the situation. And the first signs are not be overseen : 1) With disposable incomes rising faster than spending, the...
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    One bank's pain is another bank's gain...

    Every time another bank founders, it’s worth remembering that at least one of its rivals is probably going to benefit, as corporate clients look to ditch the weak(er) for the strong(er). Greenwich Associates reminds us about those profiting from adversity, in its latest survey of companies...
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