Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. So, if I go into the paper market and I bought my 10Yr - yielding 4.75% - and shorted my 2Yr - costing...
Gents (and Ladies)... I am trying to structure a flattener trade in the Italian 2s/10s BTP futures. The Bloomberg Index would indicate that, in...
it's a sweet deal for the Abu boys, there's no denying that... you could sell a fair few leaps against that position :D
hmmm, thanks.
How so? It's a killer coupon is it not?
There must be a few banks out there in a really dire position if Citi are this desperate.
interest payments near $1 Billion p.a can that be good?
these boys are in serious crap: "As of Sept. 30, the company's mortgage portfolio, including home loans and home-equity lines, was valued at...
quality post :D
I think we're flat to lower from here for some time. There's going to be a decoupling on US markets between stocks with genuine global exposure...
But it's only a couple of months since the Jap's were saying exactly the opposite that "the carry trade is not only a one way bet" or some-such....
well if you're in Europe you should, like me, definitely BE IN BED!!! That's absolutely true, and BMW have suffered recently because of it. I...
fseitun, agree with much of that and I'm in Europe. The credit crunch has already hit here and will hit markets. The thing is that Trichet won't...
Just watch the Yen. We fall through 108 convincingly. Then you're looking at much, much further falls. It should ultimately hurt the commodity...
If we hold beneath 108, I think we'll see 103. [img]
haha, obviously 4928 wasn't the resistance I thought it might be we're up to 4950 now. Will we see the 1.50 fall tonight..?
Yeah, but people were saying that plenty back at 1.28 against the Euro. The reality is that the US has inflated it's way out problems previously,...
surely the risk of rate cut in CAD has hit the Loon.
yep, took a massive hit last Thanksgiving night aswell. Just rode it from 4804 to 4828, my calcs say resistance there. 1.5045 next stop I'd imagine.
"robust" they may be. Doesn't matter, it's still inflation. The Zimbabwean consumer is very robust too, doesn't mean 500% inflation ain't a...
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