A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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(Reuters) – China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury, in what is the Treasury’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, according to documents viewed by Reuters. The relationship means the People’s Bank of China buys U.S. debt using a different method than...
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Gold SeekHold on for eurobonds, JP Morgan and euro money printing to boost gold and ...Gold SeekAt the same time the long-standing enemy of bullion prices, JP Morgan is in serious trouble with its derivative gambles on the eurozone. Estimates of losses...
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Treasuries Investors Reduce Bullish Bets, JPMorgan SaysBloombergUS Treasuries investors cut bets the securities will advance, and raised neutral and short positions this week, according to a weekly survey by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The percent of “n...
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BloombergTreasury Yield Close to Record Low on Europe Debt CrisisBusinessWeekGerman and French finance ministers plan to meet today on the euro, after Europe's debt crisis sent Treasuries surging last week as investors sought the relative safety of...
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Treasury Yield Close to Record Low on Europe Debt CrisisBloombergThe German and French finance ministers plan to meet today on the euro, after Europe's debt crisis sent Treasuries surging last week as investors sought the relative safety of US secu...
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The Treasury had a light calendar last week. The market faced a big Treasury settlement on Tuesday but from then until the big end of month settlement of new paper, supply pressure wasn’t, and won’t be, a problem. With fear driving waves of capital into the Treasuries, a downside breakout in yields, and an...
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Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index Decreased to -5.8 in MayBloombergThe Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's general economic index decreased to minus 5.8 in May from 8.5. Economists forecast the gauge would rise to 10, according to the median ...
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Globe and MailTreasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on GreeceBusinessWeekBy Wes Goodman on May 15, 2012 Treasury 10-year yields were 10 basis points from the record low after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said a Greek election would b...
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The composite liquidity indicator downticked last week on small declines in most of its components. We know that the downtick in the Fed’s pumping to Primary Dealers is temporary, but the weakening in other indicators may not be. Over the course of this latest surge, most of the cash has been targeted at the...
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Everything except treasuries sucked wind.
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The composite liquidity indicator rose slightly last week, on slight increases on most of its components. The uptrend in the indicator has continued at a steady pace since it broke out in March. Over the course of this latest surge, most of the cash has been targeted at the Treasury market, with stocks getting...
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Moneycontrol.comWORLD FOREX: Euro Tumbles On Weak Europe, US Economic DataWall Street JournalBy Erin McCarthy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The euro tumbled against its main rivals Wednesday after a stream of disappointing economic data ...
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CNBC.comBond yields are going to surge! Eventually?CNNMoneyBy Paul R. La Monica @lamonicabuzzMay 2, 2012: 1:43 PM ET How low can rates go? Investors are still flocking to long-term Treasuries despite economic weakness. That's because US bonds still...
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This is an extended free excerpt from the Professional Edition Fed Report. The composite liquidity indicator rose slightly last week, on a mixed performance of its components. The uptrend in the indicator has continued at a steady pace since it broke out in March. Over the course of this latest surge, most of the...
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PIMCO's Gross cautions against inflation and credit "ocean"
Reuters – 2 hours 8 minutes ago.. .
By Sam Forgione
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Central bank policies will induce growth in developed countries this year but will create inflationary risks down th...
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BloombergEarnings Growth Fails to Sway S&P 500 Outlook: Chart of the DayBloombergUS companies are poised to repeat their first-quarter success in exceeding analysts' earnings estimates, according to Jonathan Golub, chief US market strategist at...
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The markets got a gift in the week just ended, but they couldn’t do much with it. The Treasury paid down a whopping $50 billion in expiring short term bills on Thursday. That’s cash that came back to holders of the paper, many of whom were Primary Dealers. They used some of it to...
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The following is the executive summary of this week’s report to subscribers.To read the reports risk free for 30 days (one time only), click here. The markets face another week on relatively easy street in terms of Treasury supply. Even though the Treasury is auctioning a big slug of longer term paper, it is...
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The following is an excerpt from the Executive Summary of this week’s Professional Edition Fed Report. Subscribers can access the full report here. The composite liquidity indicator was virtually flat last week on a mixed performance in its components. The indicator has recently accelerated upward away from its 39 week moving average. With demand...
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“You can make a firewall as high as you want and it will be no help” -Wolfgang Schäuble, new Eurogroup head, and German Finance Minister It was fun while it lasted but the bloom off the LTRO is now turning into, drum roll please, a liability. Funny how accounting that recognizes this concept works in...
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Two minute Radio Free Wall Street clip. Although the Fed’s Bullard is largely irrelevant as a voting member of the Fed, what he says is not. He said the central bank is on pause, and more stimulus is not currently warranted. On the balance sheet, Bullard commented that the Fed has taken substantial risks and he...
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Massive Federal deficits require higher taxes; ever-expanding public debt and higher debt service sets up a death spiral once new investment is crowded out by Federal borrowing.
In only three more years you're talking $20 trillion in public debt f...
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The 10 year yield arrived at the top of the base pattern at 2.40 this week. At that point the stock market mysteriously got the shakes and enough cash was freed up to buy enough Treasuries to prevent a major trend breakout in yields. The market sentinels deep in the bowels of the Treasury...
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The cash generated by the ECB’s second big LTRO operation hit the US banking system last week. At the same time the Fed is still pumping cash into Primary Dealer trading accounts, and it just completed a big mid month cash infusion. This was all part of the master manipulators’ master plan, of which...
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One stock holding up the entire planet earth.
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