FED hasn't back-stopped everything, obviously. If you're holding stuff that's junior in the capital structure, like equities, Fed (unlike the...
I am planning on adding some physical longs arnd $892, if it gets there.
China is announcing all sorts of additional stimuli, including cutting stamp duty on stock trades, additional consumption expenditure, etc....
Let me spell it out for you (you're clearly not someone who answers to your own description)... Let's say AIG has insured a tranche held by,...
Have you looked at the stock mkt recently? Are you familiar with how the whole system-wide margin setup operates? Have you seen how much hedge...
No, that's not really how pensions are supposed to work. A couple of years ago they had coverage ratios that were quite a lot higher and a much...
Yes, there are, but there's a whole lot of causality issues with them...
You can use options, you can use diversification, you can do many things, but the best way to reduce PNL volatility is to have deep pockets (or...
This is just the first tranche of the TALF, the original one that was announced a while ago. There's gonna be more TALF-like programs as part of...
I am confused. I would be happy to oblige, sire, but I thought I did respond in appropriate context. The point I made earlier was that,...
Sneeze: [img] Cold: [img] I had to google these, so apologies if they're not up to the exacting standards of this forum :).
I never did claim that the US is "in control of the game", that was someone else. What is obvious to me from the Chinese GDP figures is that...
Totally disagree, this is a path-dependent process, so looking at it the 'logical conclusion', as you do, is wrong. Game theory might bring you...
I agree with you that it's a VERY complicated game that's being played by the two parties. All people see are headlines, like 'China is...
DUH! Did I just say 'modest modicum'? Ouch... Anyways, this sort of 'investigative reporting' really cracks me up. 'We bring you this...
What does it have to do with economic policy? All I am saying is that, if you think about it just a wee little bit, the statement 'US grants...
This is a JOKE... Anyone with the modest modicum of understanding of economics and finance should be able to tell you that this is idiotic....
Don't like Redi, but couldn't recommend the Barclays system enough. Really nice...
From the AIG conf call: The Q4 hits were down to asset revals of varying sorts and a write off of tax credits and goodwill. The new govt rescue...
At this particular point in time, politicians (esp. The Gord) have the same incentive issues as bank traders. They don't care about the long-term...
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