I’m struggling to find a different way to say the same thing again… Ah, the hell with it. The 10-12 month cycle projection is...
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Pushing Non-Official Holders of Local-Issued European Debt into Subordination
I spotted some interesting commentary on the maturing March 2012 Greek bonds. After buying at 40-45 cents, it seems the hedge funds are trying to unload in a bidless 35-cent market. The ECB has the largest stake, bought at 70 cents. This official holder’s dominance of this market, and refusal so far to participate in haircuts, is making the...
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Hedge Funds the Winners if Greek Bailout Arrives
January 10, 2012
Hedge Funds the Winners if Greek Bailout Arrives
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
LONDON — Could Greece’s next rescue payout go straight into the pockets of London hedge funds?
That, more or less, is the bet that a growing number of inves...
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What if the SEC investigated Banks the way it is investigating Mutual Funds?
By William K. Black The Wall Street Journal ran a story today (12/27/11) entitled “SEC Ups Its Game to Identify Rogue Firms.” “Rogue” is an interesting word with a range of definitions. When it is used as an adjective its meaning is: “...
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Hedge Fund Abuses Hurt All Investors
Advisor Network|12/14/2011 @ 12:04PM
Hedge Fund Abuses Hurt All Investor
The reputation of the opaque and rarefied world of Wall Street hedge funds has been severely tarnished of late. .
Now we hear allegations that hedge fund managers have select,...
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Scott Brown used swing vote to water down WallSt bank regulations
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WASHINGTON — Campaign contributions to Senator Scott Brown from the financial industry spiked sharply during a critical three-week period last summer as the fate of the Wall Street regulatory overhaul hung in the balance.....
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First Year Analyst to the 99%: "The Finance Industry is a Complete Scam!"
In an open letter posted on Reddit, a first year Wall Street analyst is doing his part to help Occupy Wall Street — by explaining how some of the things they're most upset about actually work.
"I'm writing this in hopes that the OWS movement ca...
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SPX Update: The Crash vs. Seasonality: Round One
The traditional wisdom is that light-volume holiday sessions, such as the sessions approaching on Wednesday and Friday, are bullish.
Since 1941, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) has seen an average rise of 0.28%, and a positive close 70%...
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Lloyd says the economy will snap right back, and Volcker will be overturned
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/goldman-s-blankfein-growth-to-
snap-back-.html
And if that doesn't pan out, there's always a job waiting as head of Treasury, the Fed, or Greece.
Excerpt:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest ...
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Paul Volcker says Volcker rule too complicated
Paul Volcker says Volcker rule too complicated
SINGAPORE | Wed Nov 9, 2011 7:52am EST
(Reuters) - The Volcker rule is too long and complicated and financial lobbyists are to blame, said the man who gave his name to the new regulation on bank trading....
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Europe – "The men without qualities"
Oct 29, 2011
The men without qualities
By Chan Akya
By far the biggest problem is the one involving the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF), where the promise had been to increase its size from 440 billion euros (US$606 billion) to over 1 tri...
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Monday Morning Outlook: Despite Technical Feats, Bulls Remain at the Mercy of Europe
Monday Morning Outlook: Despite Technical Feats, Bulls Remain at the Mercy of Europe
All eyes will be on the euro zone as EU leaders convene over the region's fiscal future
by Todd Salamone 10/22/2011 10:28 AM
U.S. stocks extended their upward momentu...
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Volatility Derailed Quant Funds in Q3 and Clouds Their Outlook
Volatility Derailed Quant Funds in Q3 and Clouds Their Outlook
By Justin Grant (mailto:jgrant@techweb.com)
October 11, 2011
URL: (http://advancedtrading.com/algorithms/231900529)
Beneath the cacophony of screaming headlines about the European de...
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The Insidious Truth About Federal Reserve Policy
So far, U.S. Federal Reserve policy has done nothing to help the economy. To the contrary, it's actually been quite destructive.
Yet Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his cohorts will likely expand upon their ineffective policies next week by announcing a new "Operation...
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Paulson’s hedge funds endure another rough month
Paulson's hedge funds endure another rough month
On Thursday August 4, 2011, 2:33 pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund titan John Paulson's flagship funds performed poorly in July and sank further into the red for the year.
The Paulson Advantage P...
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The Debt-Ceiling Debate: The Death of the "Risk-Free" Investment
There's an old investing axiom that says "there's no such thing as a free lunch" - which basically tells us we can't earn a profit without taking some risk.
And whether or not the United States defaults on its debt when the federal government hits its debt ceiling on Tuesday,...
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The Dirtiest Politician of Them All
Eric Cantor takes millions from hedge funds while defending their tax favored skimming. His wife is a former Goldman Sachs executive. He has a position in an ETF that is short Treasuries.
This man is the lowest kind of political scum.
http://www.w...
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Financial Companies: We’re Not Too Big To Fail
It is not very often that business people head to Washington to explain how unimportant they are.
But over the last several months, executives from more than two dozen financial companies and their trade groups have paraded into the Treasur...
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Is the market rigged? Survey says…
Yes
Unfortunately, they are focusing on the wrong part. The market is rigged at the banking level, not the hedge funds.
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Patrolling Wall Street On The Cheap
Government regulators on the Wall Street beat have long been outnumbered and outspent by the companies they are supposed to police. But even after receiving budget increases from Congress last month, regulators are still falling behind.
The Securi...
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Madoff Says Banks Were ‘Complicit’ in Fraud
BUTNER, N.C. — Bernard L. Madoff said he never thought the collapse of his Ponzi scheme would cause the sort of destruction that has befallen his family.
In his first interview for publication since his arrest in December 2008, Mr. Madoff — look...
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We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Jobs (In The U.S.)
The latest from Charles Hugh Smith....
Excerpt #1...
Global Corporate America has decoupled from the American middle class; its interests are now international rather than domestic. Global Corporate America has been decoupling from its country of ...
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JP Morgan says it will take gold in collateral
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J.P. Morgan Will Accept Gold as Type of Collateral
by Carolyn Cui and Rhiannon Hoyle
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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Gold hasn't reinvented itself as a currency yet. But it is getting closer.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NY...
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As Promised
He is still a believer in his creation, despite being sucked down in the subprime vortex riding Novastar. caveat emptor.
As Promised
. . . the description I hit upon (ca 1985) to describe what I was doing was “financial engineering.” As far as ...
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Excerpts Jim Shepherd Nov “Promo” Letter
FWIW - Been a while since Shepherd was featured...
Excerpts Jim Shepherd Nov “Promo” Letter
SUMMARY:
1. Stocks are soon to plunge, mapping out a pattern similar to what happened in the 1930 - 1932 period
2. The big opportunity in gold and ot...
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Schaeffers Monday Morning Outlook
http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/content/monday+morning+outlook+market+stuck+in+neutral%
3b+djia+slips+below+11100/observations.aspx?ID=103703#103703
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What the Trading Desk Is Expecting: Trading Range Reminiscent of Late 2009
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FBI raids two hedge funds
WSJ Breaking: FBI raids the Connecticut offices of two hedge funds amid a massive insider-trading investigation. http://wsj.com
zerohedge FBI Raids Diamondback And Level Global http://bit.ly/9eiiGR
zerohedge Level Global Owns 165mm worth of Apple
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Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malprac...
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US Fin inst to pay $144B in compensation, benefits in 2010
12 Oct, 2010, 02.54PM IST,PTI
US Fin inst to pay $144 bn in compensation, benefits in 2010
NEW DELHI: About three dozen of the top US financial institutions are set to pay a record USD 144-billion in compensation and benefits this year, a 4 per cent...
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Big 3 French Bank Assets Triple France’s GDP According To David Stockman
David Stockman, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan Administration, has in recent years become a prominent and outspoken critic of the Fed, central banking policies generally, government finance schemes, and other aspects of the world’s screwed up financial regimes. Mr. Stockman’s perspective on these issues is...
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