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The "massive shortsqueeze" so far was a 2% move from 4950 to 5050? Wow!

They should upgrade Lehman now, maybe they could raise $50bln in this "capital friendly" environment?

Oh my bad. Make that $8 bln :cool:

You mean the dip in FAZ from $100 to $5 -- that you averaged down all the way?

HAHAH Good one!

Why is that not good?

As an EU citizen, you can simply move to one of many low tax jurisdictions, trade from there and pay zero/low taxes. You keep your EU passport, can visit up to 180 days a year.

haha :cool:

American tax payers are going to get fleeced over the next 1-2 decades. UK and EUR zone won't be pretty neither. The good thing for Europeans is they can simply move away and assume tax liability in low tax jurisdictions such as Switzerland, Caribbean, Monaco or Dubai; no such luck for...

I am surprised this buy recommendation from GS didn't come with a $5bln capital raise attached :cool:

Evans-Pritchard on the future of the "super savers" (China, Japan, Germany): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5339435/Asia-will-author-its-own-destruction-if-it-triggers-a-crisis-over-US-bonds.html He makes a good point. I see politicians from Germany to...

Makes one wonder why there's no Buffet "average down" investing guru equivalent in Japan :cool:

Building more empty skyscrapers? Build more idling machine parks? Build more bridges to nowhere? Build more high-speed magnetic monorails into rural Gobi desert? How is that going to help. All the trillions of Dollars the Chinese have won't change the fact that G7 consumers are sick of the...

Reading the weekly headlines of rapid economic recovery out of Beijing reminds one of Goebbel's gifted propaganda skills. Is China inflating one gigantic bubble of excess capacities that will end in tears (and hundreds of billions in non-performing loans in a few years)...

If you haven't watched the video, do yourself a favor, goto the link and watch that video of the interview with Davidowitz. He's amazing, this guy must come from stand-up comedy. Hilarious. They should have this guy on CNBC and Bloomberg, not these boring analyst clowns.

Hasn't the market taught you your lesson already that stock prices and the economy are two different things?

Unchanged, since years: short SPY, short USD :cool:

I'd rather be interested in an explanation how it is NOT an imbalance.

That's why they call the FDAX the one armed bandit... it takes your money as fast as a professional gypsie pickpocket

I'm surprised Eastern Europe is suffering this much. The lines of trade they're leading in - human trafficking, prostitution and vodka - were supposed to be recession proof :cool: