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no screenshots? boo:mad::)

You keep thinking that.:cool:

How about the ABCP? 32 billion locked up goin on 6 mths in Canada. Ugly.

"I'm lovin it!" But ofc it fits my style. Death to quants!:D

UBS May Target Capital Increase of SF16 Billion, Sonntag Says By Carey Sargent March 30 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG may ask shareholders to approve a capital increase of as much as 16 billion Swiss francs ($16.1 billion), the Sonntag newspaper reported, citing people it didn't identify...

whatever. its all fiction anyhow.

huh? try 160k contracts equivalent. SO eminis trading 10X the volume as pit traded SP.

WOW the Technology Sector has a larger weighting than Financials in SPY now. http://www.sectorspdr.com/marketmap/ 19.14% Technology vs 16.80% for Financials. :eek:

Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan At-Risk Owners Could Get Cheaper Loans Sebastian Villalba mows the lawn of a house to be sold at foreclosure auction in Laguna Hills, Calif. (By David Mcnew -- Getty Images) The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of...

the usual - no one believes a word they say.:cool: oh wait maybe that was BSC or CFC or WM or GS or MER or ABK or MBI or AIG or UBS or CS or DB or C.....

Bond Insurer FGIC Falls Below Key Regulatory Capital Level Wednesday March 26th, 2008 / 17h33 By Lavonne Kuykendall Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- After setting aside just over $800 million to pay expected subprime mortgage-related losses, troubled bond insurer FGIC...

Another week and well basically @ the lows or fading back that way. Not much bang for the buck err.. 800 billion bucks:D

Fitch says will keep rating on bond insurer MBIA Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:08pm EDT .NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings on Monday said it plans to maintain its ratings on MBIA Inc. (MBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest bond insurer, despite MBIA's request to withdraw the...

Fed's Next Move May Be to Buy Mortgages, Treasury Investors Bet By Daniel Kruger March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Forget lower interest rates. For the Federal Reserve to keep the financial markets from imploding it needs to buy troubled mortgage bonds from banks and securities firms, say the...

I'm guessing there were record #'s of account blow ups this past week. I've never seen a week like that in 20 yrs. Props to IB for keeping the data feed up and running without a hitch.

Bank of England Says It Seeks to `Ease the Strains' in Markets By Dick Schumacher March 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England said it is studying ways to ``ease the strains'' in financial markets and denied a report that it's considering using public funds to shore up the mortgage-backed...

CME ES E-mini options contract average daily volume : 73k Feb 08 100k Jan 08 59k Dec 07 67k Nov 07 60k Oct 07 56k Sep 07 88k Aug 07 83k July 07 77k June 07 48k sept 06 20k sept 05 11k feb 05

Bailing out Bond Insurers was a non starter to get ABX indices off the floor. Now it looks like another plan is brewing. Just in time for elections no doubt. Central banks float rescue ideas By Chris Giles and Krishna Guha in London Published: March 21 2008 22:02 | Last updated: March...

S&P puts negative outlook on Goldman, Lehman By John Spence Last update: 11:22 a.m. EDT March 21, 2008Print RSS Disable Live Quotes BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday affirmed its ratings on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ...

Goldman Will Reduce Capital Markets Workforce, N.Y. Post Says By James Kraus March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to dismiss as much as 15 percent of its workforce in the capital markets and related support departments, the New York Post reported, citing unidentified...