Posts Tagged ‘ Treasury Rates ’

Well, we’re almost to the point where we have to PAY Uncle Thug to lend him money

I never thought I'd live to see the day that, after racking up: FIFTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT ...people would be piling into 4-week T-bills and accepting ZERO interest. But here we are. Look for yourself: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/an...
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Fonteis Estranhas (Strange Sources)

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September 11, 2010

Maybe it is just a coincidence but isn’t it interesting how Treasury rates have suddenly upticked ahead of the Sept. 16 grilling of Tim Geithner over Chinese currency manipulation . I...
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Cash Inundation – Professional Edition Fed Report

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April 13, 2009

The Fed and Treasury are inundating the market with cash this week. The total of Treasury paydowns and Fed purchases is $71 billion so far this week, with 2 more direct Fed purchases of Treasury paper yet to come. As a result of this deluge, Treasury yields and short rates are down, the dollar...
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Excerpt from Warren Buffet’s shareholder letter

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March 2, 2009

Lemon Socialism

Funders that have access to any sort of government guarantee – banks with FDIC-insured deposits, large entities with commercial paper now backed by the Federal Reserve, and others who are using imaginative methods (or lobbying skills) to come under the government’s umbrella – have money costs that are...
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Fool on the Hill, Bride of Frankenstein Reports

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February 10, 2009

Massive levels of panic buying could not keep short term Treasury rates from rising this week, suggesting that even with unprecedented levels of demand, supply was still outstripping it. That was also true of the long end until today, when another massive wave of fear swept the markets, driving the 10 year Treasury yield...
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Healthy Healing Part II

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November 24, 2008

Following on other points in the Roubini matrix as discussed last Friday, in point 4 Roubini suggests that interest on mortgages and consumer loans are pushing higher. In fact, the resets on many adjustable rate mortgages are going lower.  40% of all mortgages are based on Treasury rates, and cost of funds indexes. The...
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