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A Japanese Finance Ministry official said the government is ready to sell yen again following last week’s move if it sees speculative trades driving the currency higher. Further intervention would “maintain the effect and warn those who make unusual moves” in the currency market, Vice...

Own more than $100 million in stocks? :)

Morgan Stanley CONFERENCE CALL: S&P Ratings Downgrade of the US: Implications -- Sunday August 7th, 4pm (EST) / 9pm (UK) / 10pm (CET) Sunday August 7th, 2011 4.00pm (EST) / 9.00pm (UK) / 10.00pm (CET) The speakers will address the economic and market implications of Standard & Poor’s...

PARIS (Dow Jones)--French finance minister Francois Baroin Saturday questioned the Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. government's AAA sovereign credit rating and said France has complete confidence in the U.S. economy. "It's one rating agency amongst the three main ones. It's just one...

THE loss by the United States of its top-rank triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poor's has created a "grave" situation, India's finance minister said. "We will have to analyse it (the downgrade). It will require some time," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said. "The situation is...

There will be endless debate on whether S&P, the rating agency, was justified in stripping America of its AAA rating and — adding insult to injury — even attaching a negative outlook to the new AA+ rating. But this historic action has now taken place, and the global system must adjust. There...

NEW YORK/SHANGHAI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's, drawing a blast of criticism on Saturday from its biggest creditor China and deepening investors' alarm over the euro zone crisis. With financial markets in turmoil, finance...

Ha, ha, ha. There is only one comment left:

UNfortunately, foreign bond holders are as stupid as the rest of the world in accepting the leadership of the US of A in economic matters...

Nice formation:

Personally, I would welcome the resurrection of Deutsche Mark. :cool:

Daal, haven´t been for a while in the Journals thread. So, apologies for my late "intrusion". Returns are one part of the coin, yet you should also mention the risk part: how much of your equity is actually invested in % terms during your active investment holding periods? I guess, as you...

Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers may start weighing additional steps to prop up the recovery after growth fell below 1 percent in the first half of this year and economists began cutting second-half growth forecasts. “At a minimum, the FOMC will have a serious debate...

ZURICH—As the specter of the Swiss franc reaching parity with the euro looms ever larger, the alarm bells and calls for help from Switzerland's businesses are growing more shrill. The franc hit all-time highs versus the euro and dollar on Tuesday as markets eyed widening Spanish and...

I want to implement a cheap USD/JPY DEC strangle option strategy. What are my cheapest "options"? USD/JPY at earthquake lows. That´s good opportunity to make some $$$...hum, sorry YEN. :D

Did you ever see Wall Street making "risk free payments" to retail traders? Answer: NO. Mass deception is on Wall Street´s menue a la carte every single day. Why do you think has the expression ANALsyts to do with fecal language? :cool: