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As the economy sputters, prospects are dimming for unemployed workers who were banking on a seasonal retail job to carry them through the holidays. After a disappointing back-to-school season, many retailers say they intend to barely increase their seasonal jobs from last year, when hiring...

89 % of retail traders are long USD/JPY. Ouch ! This cries for further USD/JPY losses... I think the sponsor of this forum ( FXCM ) is not objecting that I post this very interesting picture : Source : https://plus.dailyfx.com/tnews/index.jsp?ib=fxcm&lang=en *No warranties or...

Nazz, what we need is another 12 sigma event that finally sends some "market participants" to the place where they belong - into oblivion !

Somehow, this is a point that’s rarely made. And yet, it is pretty important. Last time Japan went scouting for JGB investors, it had a plentiful resource in its own population base — all of whom were aging but were also looking for a risk-less investment until retirement day. This...

Last print 6271.00. Wall Street psychopaths have managed to trap enough fools into their trap.

Put/Call Ratio 1:2. Lot of bulls on their way. I think we will come down a bit.

Europe’s fledgling economic recovery could suffer if the euro is undercut by other currencies, the European Union’s economics chief warned as China rebuffed fresh pleas to allow the renminbi to strengthen. The warning from Olli Rehn, Europe’s commissioner for economic and monetary...

I am waiting for the next flash crash.

B. of A. to exit first mortgage wholesale lending LOL ! The net margins must be horrible... :D

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/junk-bond-etfs-boom-as-investors-crave-income-2010-08-22 What goes up exponentially, should come down exponentially... :cool:

DEARBORN, Mich.—Ford Motor Co. plans to drop 175 dealers from its network of Lincoln retailers over the next two years in a bid to improve profitability for the remaining franchisees and strengthen the brand's competitive position in the luxury-car business. The reductions will be aimed at...

Ford to cut 175 Lincoln dealers Encouraging news for the US economy...

Nothing special. All my calls are up between 150-250 %. I thought it might be a good idea to sell some futures into the "rally"...

Filled. Target : below 1142.00.

Waiting to short 1155.25.

Germany’s push for European fiscal prudence amid tepid growth and sovereign-debt burdens is “liable to send the euro zone into a deflationary spiral,” billionaire investor George Soros said. German leaders have insisted on fiscal austerity measures in the euro zone while continuing to...

China is selling relentlessly - yes. Don´t forget about "yuan policy" pressure, too. http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ad6dy8RVp9B0

despite BOJ decision....That´s going to be fun today ! Or with other words : be prepared for massacre !

wave, uncle hedge fund Paulson is pumping this market with his gang brothers. Their stupid opinion is Fed Intervention Will Make 'Everything' Go Up - like David Tepper said on CNBC. Insane thinking - especially from a "hedge fund" pro...

If Deutsche Bank´s Tokyo quant desk wouldn´t have beenn resolved, I would say they hit the wrong "button"...:D