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Gentlemen, this so called "press conference" was a farce. Sell your US Dollar holdings and show Mr. Bernanke very personally what you think about his "Hollywood" appearance. Have a nice day! GL+GT :)

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke against the possibility of a third round of quantitative easing, saying the trade-offs are "less attractive at this point." He said inflation has got higher and inflation expectations are a bit higher, so it's not clear that...

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s budget deficit exceeded goverment estimates and the euro area’s overall debt reached a record, narrowing Europe’s options for putting an end to the fiscal crisis. Greece’s shortfall was 10.5 percent of gross domestic product in 2010, higher than a 9.4...

Greece shoudl default and exit the European Currency Union at the same time and introduce the Drachme again. That´s a "real" solution! I think the safe haven demand for US Dollars would be "bombastic" :D

Interactive Brokers, MF Global, RJ O Brien, PFG Best, Vision, Dorman, RCG, OEC = retail business entities. Enough said.

(Reuters) - Portugal's budget deficit for 2010 has been revised higher to 9.1 percent of gross domestic product, raising pressure on the caretaker government as it negotiates the terms of a bailout likely to reach 80 billion euros. Statistics agency INE said in a statement late on Saturday it...

Greece has launched an investigation into widespread market speculation that the country could seek a debt restructuring over the coming holiday weekend. Government and court officials in Athens said on Thursday that the prosecutor had launched an investigation prompted by an email sent by a...

thx

NBG= Gradually falling GGB exposure in 4Q 12.8 billions ONLY....

Someone’s in trouble. Wednesday’s market whispers – that Greece was going to announce a restructuring of its debt as soon as this Easter weekend — have spurred a response from the country’s finance ministry. But the response is not so much about a possible restructuring per se...

A nice one from Citibank´s Greek banking team: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/04/21/551936/barber-ians-at-the-greek-gate/?updatedcontent=1

Gentlemen, 500 pips in the worng direction and I have to start one of my famous dynamic hedging operations...still holding the position. I am just recalling the famous "Giselle Bündchen" EUR/USD top two years ago. US Dollar is being smashed around the world. All commentators see bad times...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The following is the text of Standard & Poor’s release of its decision to downgrade the ratings outlook on the U.S. debt: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it affirmed its ‘AAA’ long-term and ‘A-1+’ short-term sovereign credit ratings...

S&P's rating on U.S. remains AAA... http://www.marketwatch.com/ Finally. :)

USD Consumer Price Index (YoY) (MAR) Expectations 2.6% EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index (YoY) (MAR) Expectations 2.6

I am not yet as "good" as Goldman...:D

...and actually being paid 2/20 for it...in some cases 3/50 (SAC Capital). ay, ay, ay... I think, I have to change this landscape a bit and charge 4/60 for REAL PERFORMANCE :D :D :D

Place a 10.000 lot market order in Mini S&P`s and you will experience what "market manipulation" actually means...

Marc Faber ridiculing the FED http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000015563 :D

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co said Friday it found water leaks at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan's Miyagi prefecture after a strong aftershock Thursday night, according to media reports. The operator said water leaked out of spent-fuel pools of the plant's No. 1 and...