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    Industry Fears Proposal in Congress Would Destroy High-Frequency Trading and Liquidit

    So many beautiful other markets out there. Europe, Asia, Latin America. Maybe the US is interested in an USD sell off and repatriating "emerging markets" ? :D
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    Japan, Britain and Switzerland All In Deep Trouble

    Every 20th person in Switzerland has a net worth over 1.000.000 CHF. Must be coincedence....:p
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Lloyds Banking Group shares up 27.5% Royal Bank of Scotland up 28.6% Allianz shares up 8.5% UBS shares up 11.8%
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    Short DAX at 7740

    240 min SMA at 3934.00. Might be a congestion area...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Observation : US 30 yr Treasury Bonds "trapped" for February between 130.00 and 126.00. Despite ugly news from macroeconomic front, no signs of further upward "pressure" on prices. Seems, every rally is being sold. I think there is the perception better macro numbers might come in for the...
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    Japan, Britain and Switzerland All In Deep Trouble

    Wrong perception of Switzerland. Ten Richest Countries (based on 2004 GNP per capita in US$) 1. Luxembourg ... $56,380 2. Norway ... $51,810 3. Switzerland ... $49,600 4. United States ... $41,440 5. Denmark ... $40,750 6. Iceland ... $37,920 7. Japan ... $37,050...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Long 3886.00.
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    Deutsche Bank’s Quantitative Team to Leave, Start Hedge Fund

    Deutsche Bank AG’s quantitative trading group is leaving to start a hedge fund as the Frankfurt- based bank scales back riskier businesses. Equitech Group, the bank’s proprietary equity unit, is forming Roc Capital Management LP, which will be based in New York and run by Arvind...
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    Stress test research note from UBS

    As part of the plan, Citigroup officials hope to persuade private investors that have bought preferred shares - such as the Government of Singapore Investment Corp., Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority - to follow the government’s lead in converting some of those...
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    Stress test research note from UBS

    UBS did a research note on bank nationalisation on Monday. It made some very good points — for instance, the need for orderly resolution in any nationalisations (to avoid triggering a cascade of defaults etc.), but what struck us was this section:Looking at past crises, the eligibility...
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    Switzerland-bankrupt!

    Mr. Artur Schmidt is an AUTHOR and economist. He likes to sell his books. But he likes also to comment on markets on his website : www.wallstreetcockpit.com www.bankingcockpit.com
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    240 min chart showing ES over SMA for last 720 min. SMA moving 860.00. Let´s see whether it can hold with "Bernanke´s support Senate hearing". :)
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    Japan posts record trade deficit of $9.92 billion in January

    Short JPY and adding more to my position. :)
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    Japan posts record trade deficit of $9.92 billion in January

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan posted a trade deficit of 952.6 billion yen ($9.92 billion) in January, reportedly its largest ever, as exports continue to drop at a faster pace than the fall in its imports, according to data released Wednesday. The deficit was lower than the 1.13 trillion yen...
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    Half of modified mortgages go sour in 6 months

    Thrift regulator releases study on success rate of reworked loans WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - More than half of all modified mortgages defaulted again within six months, a top banking regulator testified on Tuesday. A study looking at loans that were modified in the first three months of 2008...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    http://www.marketwatch.com/quotes/xlf Change:+0.67 +9.33% Tells you all you need to know.
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    Prechter Recommends Short Covering

    :D :D :D
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    Short DAX at 7740

    3751.00 maybe next "support".
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    Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

    A year ago, it was hardly unthinkable that a math wizard like David X. Li might someday earn a Nobel Prize. After all, financial economists—even Wall Street quants—have received the Nobel in economics before, and Li's work on measuring risk has had more impact, more quickly, than previous...
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    C at 2.16, BAC at 3.91...

    If both go to zero, how many Dow points do they represent ? And more important : will it be easier for hedge funds to control index markets further by slamming financials ? What´s the risk / reward of both not being "nationalized" ? :confused:
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