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    Activists empty bank accounts to protest bailouts

    PARIS (AP) -A group of activists in Paris have emptied their bank accounts after a call by French sports icon Eric Cantona to protest practices by leading banks. The group marched in costumes in Paris on Tuesday and withdrew money from a branch of Societe Generale. They then opened accounts...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Then please leave my thread if you do not see anything that you might learn. :)
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    Short DAX at 7740

    At the end of the day I will make at least 50 % with this "idea"! But hey, I am a rookie in this business. ;=)
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    Euro bonds, it's coming?

    I want the German D Mark back ! :) At least I can hopefully pay my bills again in 1000 DM notes ! :)
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    Short DAX at 7740

    If 6999.00 touched, buy 100.000 March 2011 puts.
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    Moody's Downgrades Hungary

    BUDAPEST—Credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service Inc. downgraded Hungary by two notches on Monday citing fiscal-sustainability concerns, holding the country in investment-grade territory but maintaining its negative rating outlook. "We expect that the headline budget deficit figures...
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    Ireland 'likely' to leave Euro

    The euro zone region's inability to fund future bailouts will probably force some of the 16 euro nations, including Ireland, to abandon the currency within five years, the head of the world's largest bond management firm has warned. Mohamed A El-Erian, chief executive of investment management...
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    Euro sovereign bonds would end the crisis argues Luxembourg´s PM and Italy´s FM

    Wolfgang Münchau tends to think and write in extremes...it sells better....
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    Euro sovereign bonds would end the crisis argues Luxembourg´s PM and Italy´s FM

    However, Germany’s Wolfgang Schäuble – on Monday named as the FT’s European finance minister of the year – said in a video interview that jointly guaranteed bonds would require “fundamental changes” in European treaties. He added that it was also key that governments had incentives...
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    Euro sovereign bonds would end the crisis argues Luxembourg´s PM and Italy´s FM

    In spite of recent decisions by European fiscal and monetary authorities, sovereign debt markets continue to experience considerable stress. Europe must formulate a strong and systemic response to the crisis, to send a clear message to global markets and European citizens of our political...
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    Credibility of Government Witness Attacked in Goldman Sachs High-Speed Trading Trial

    Van Vliet is an embarrassement for the HFT community...
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    Credibility of Government Witness Attacked in Goldman Sachs High-Speed Trading Trial

    MANHATTAN (CN) - Defense attorneys for the Sergey Aleynikov, the programmer accused of stealing Goldman Sachs' proprietary high-speed trading software, moved to strike the entire testimony of one of the government's expert witnesses, after he failed to identify a single line of source code...
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    Core inflation in the USA lowest since the series began in 1957...

    You better fasten your seatbelts for what can be expected, ladies and gentlemen ! Ben Bernanke and "dream team" are defintely on the wrong train and will crash the QE II wagon against the next available wall !
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    Food stamp registration / Supplemental Nutrition Assistance in the USA

    For those seeking a perfect explanation of what is happening in United Banana States of America right now, then look no further... http://www.zerohedge.com/article/market-celebrates-just-announced-record-foodstamp-usage-closing-2010-highs <object width="480" height="385"><param...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Summarizing this week : 1) Irish bailout 2) Portugal and Spain CDS widen to year´s highs 3) Jean Claude Trichet shows bond traders not to ph..ck around with him 4) Europe will not be bailed out with further IMF/US funds 5) Even the worst jobless numbers can not destroy a defunct, rigged...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Hum, maybe I am not used anymore to think about 5 lot increments because we have anyway slippage with volume > 50....
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    2800 contracts traded in 5 minutes. LOL ! If you need any more proof of how rigged this market is, don´t look no further ! That´s usually the volume in a millisecond.
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    CNBC : Who Needs Jobs When Wall Street Has the Fed?

    Pay no attention to those 15.1 million unemployed people—Wall Street instead is more focused on the man behind the Fed curtain and what he'll be doing to fire up the equity markets. Friday's significantly disappointing jobs report, which under normal circumstances would have sparked a...
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