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US (3.200%); UK (3.491%); JPN (1.180%); GER (2.946%); GRC (11.460%); POR (5.895%); SPN (5.314%); ITY (4.531%) Isn´t it a cruel joke that in an economy like Germany 10yr rates are at 2.946 %, almost insignificant "lower" than US10yr ? US should be somewhere between Greece and Spain...Where...

Goldman Sachs ’ trading activities in the credit insurance market in 2007 have come under attack from a US senator after e-mails revealed a senior trader urged colleagues to “kill” some investors’ positions. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the most bullish forecaster, says the Stoxx Europe 600 Index will rally 20 percent because profits may expand twice as fast as the 14 percent average rate in more than 26,000 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and WPP Plc, the world’s...

The usual equity derivatives desk from London....

Guess, who has collected your put option premium last month in the middle of the European debt crisis and thanks to never ending liquidity from the FED ? Yep, your friendly Wall Street neighborhood ! Old game - nothing new, but every time still impressive. :cool:

I can´t get any Greek paper. So many nationalist buyers out there. You know "diaspora" buyers... :D And to be honest : I don´t trust the Greek tax system....:p

Japanese MOF selling non-stop ? I heard some London addresses naming China as non stop seller for a couple of weeks now...?

Retail flow : http://www.ici.org/pressroom Instis have no other "choice"....bond prices at all time highs a couple of weeks ago, QE II announced, risk / reward heavily in favor of shorts. And then comes Obama and his tax deal with the Reps. Halleluja ! :p

True, but we also know that "retail accounts" have been redeeming stock mutual funds for the last 33 weeks !

ASusilovic very happy in the last couple of days. It seems bond traders are recalling what it means to be a US bond trader. And by the way : thank you Mr. President for the prolongation of the tax cuts ! :cool:

Gold, Silver, Copper, all other metals to sell off hard and merciless. :cool:

From Optiver´s website : IT is key to making the best market. The origin of an order is irrelevant to us. The only decisive factor is the speed with which an order is received. This has led to an increase in global volumes and a need for extensive investments and development in IT. Today...

Bloodbath of the bonds Tuesday’s rally on the S&P 500 turned out to be unimpressive. A sharp rise in US Treasury yields — the 10-year increased 21 basis points and the 30-year 21bps — dampened investor euphoria, leading the S&P to close just 0.05 per cent up on the day. Jitters in...

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- German exports unexpectedly dropped in October as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and a cooling global economy curbed demand. Sales abroad, adjusted for working days and seasonal changes, fell 1.1 percent from September, when they rose 3 percent, the Federal Statistics...

Multinational companies in a range of industries are seeing slowdowns in Europe and bracing for what could be many months of weakness. Companies in the technology and health-care fields are under pressure from government efforts in Europe to cut costs, while consumer-goods makers have to...

Following last night's sale of Citi Treasury shares, we have learned that S&P will increase the float factor of Citigroup in the S&P after the close from 88% to 100%. As a trading desk reports: "We estimate S&P index funds have up to 374 mln shares to buy today (~89% of ADV), assuming no offer...

Under questioning from MPs on the Treasury Select Committee, Stephen Nickell, a member of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and a former Bank of England rate-setter, said a collapse of the single currency was "a possibility"...

Freaky. I am shocked. :p

Gap number 14 and counting. I think this is breaking all "gap records"- ever initiated by PPT. :cool:

Forex Pros – German factory orders rose less-than-expected in October, official data showed on Tuesday. In a report, Deutsche Bundesbank said factory orders increased by a seasonally adjusted 1.6% in October, after falling by 4.0% in September. Economists had expected German factory...