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Low June 2001 : 1,3680.

If you see RBS being nationalized, you will understand it is "normal".

Long 17 but already taking some contracts off the table at 72. 46 in ES is resistance.

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The pound may appreciate almost 9 percent versus the U.S. dollar in three months as its 26 percent drop this year has become too extreme to sustain, according to Bank of America Corp. Sterling, trading at $1.4786 per dollar, may rise to $1.60 in the first quarter...

The U.S. Treasury, under pressure to revive lending, is demanding monthly reports from the banks that received the most capital from the government's $700 billion rescue program. Neel Kashkari, the official who administers the Troubled Asset Relief Program, wrote to Citigroup Inc., Bank of...

USD/JPY 90.36, T Bonds 132.22. Some asset reallocation going on. Look for higher ES prices.

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 ...

Maybe of interest : http://seekingalpha.com/article/114688-hsbc-interesting-options-activity-proceed-with-caution

There are not anymore "rich" people in the US after Madoff.

In an attempt to restore confidence within the financial sector, the Treasury will tell the banks of its plan on Saturday. It aims to announce details of the rescue package publicly early next week. The bad bank plan has climbed the political agenda in the past couple of weeks as the...

Moody’s noted that the U.S. government’s Eligible Asset Guarantee Program does not include some of Citigroup’s investment banking assets. The program covers $301 billion of assets in which Citigroup has a $29 billion first-loss position. Moody’s initially believed that the program was...

Dresdner Kleinwort upgraded HSBC to buy from hold Friday, saying a likely dividend cut is now fully discounted in the share price after the stock fell around 23% in a month. The broker said it hasn't changed its core view that HSBC will cut its dividend and that it might need to top up its core...

The Charlotte, N.C. bank noted that preliminary Merrill Lynch results indicate a fourth-quarter loss of $15.31 billion; the Merrill results weren't reflected in B. of A.'s quarterly numbers. http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={6F0B3B65-E944-4E47-BCEE-4FC48455790C} There...

Closed long positions. No momentum building up.

Bulls too stupid to take out 850.00 :mad:

Sean Egan said what? Gadfly credit analyst Sean Egan made an appearance on ABC’s World News Tonight this evening. He provided the sound for David Muir’s piece on Citigroup’s plan to break itself up. Among his quotes: The failure of Citicorp would be absolutely catastrophic...

A state owned “bad bank” to buy up tens of billions of pounds of toxic assets from high-street banks with taxpayers’ money could be set up, under plans being drawn up by the Treasury. Gordon Brown is preparing a new multi-billion pound rescue package for the banks which is expected to...

Maybe 4517 in the works but who knows ? :)

You may trade index options with MAN Financial ( they have a very good high frequency trading desk :=)), U.K. or Newedge or UBS or some other London desks...