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Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- France’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in two years in the second quarter as companies began hiring again after the worst recession since World War II. The jobless rate dropped to 9.7 percent from 9.9 percent in the three months through March, Paris-based...

Regulators are scrutinizing what some in the stock market are calling "quote stuffing," trading in which unusually large numbers of orders to buy or sell stocks are placed in a fraction of a second, only to be canceled almost immediately. The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun...

Base unemployment in several European countries was above 10 % for quite a while, yet stock markets and other affiliated markets happened to go through the full cycles of recovery and recession. I think the US of A has to admit that there will be no return to the good, old, golden times...

Target reached. Exit rest of position. One day later than expected. Better late than never...

Bank of America sees "growth recession" BofA: Fed to resume buying assets early 2011 BofA: U.S. 10-year yields fall to 1.75% next year Growth recession. What is the US of A dreaming of ? 3 %, 4 % growth ? You should be lucky to have some sort of "sustained", low growth at all !

Last print 6073. Entering some 6050 puts.

Not until the bearz have bleeded enough...

Exit some more at 6059.00.

Nice. :)

1074. 1/2 position exit. Rest target 1081.75.

Exiting some FDAX. Last print 5999.00.

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- The pace of growth in the 16-nation euro zone's manufacturing sector slowed in August, according to the final Markit manufacturing purchasing managers index released Wednesday. The PMI fell to a six-month low of 55.1 from 56.7 in July, but was slightly above a...

Hans Werner Sinn ( by the way IFO Institut president ) is painting a ridiculous simplified picture of the German landscape. I will simply answer with an image from Destatis ( Germany's Statistics office ) :

Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in China grew at a faster pace in August after the weakest performance since early 2009 in July, signaling that the economy’s slowdown is stabilizing. The purchasing managers’ index rose to 51.7 from 51.2, exceeding forecasts, a government-backed...

Citigroup Inc. plans to almost triple its workforce in China to as many as 12,000 people in the next three years, intensifying its rivalry with HSBC Holdings Plc in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amAkE5LS_.UM&pos=3 Yep...

Great trader.

Fortes fortuna adiuvat.

Spent some time lately in Madrid. I know the whole, whole, whole, whole "story"...

LOL ! So, Daniel Loeb has changed his political colour, hum ? Not anymore elite but pragmatic ? :cool: :D

Desperate attempts by bearz to pull the market down. Yet, armada of put protection 1040, 1045, 1050, 1055 holds.