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by Ashraf Laidi
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 5:00
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Posted: Feb 20, 2010 5:00
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Looks like the BIS is still lurking on the offer in the 1.2745/50 area as the single currency quickly backed off from another run at that level. A few fresh tidbits are crossing the wires. Fitch says there is no ratings impact on French banks from their exposure to Greece (Thanks EU/IMF/ECB!)
Also. Senator Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee says that Bernanke told the committee that the European debt crisis would have had ramifications for US banks if it were not dealt with
Moodys: New Fiscal Framework Postitive For European Credit As A Whole
But it is negative for the strong credits in Europe, like Germany. Lowest common denominator? Sounds like it too me. Moodys also discovers what the we saw on Saturday. That this crisis response is an important step toward a common European treasury, like it or not. Liquidity concerns have been alleviated by the package, Moodys says
While im hedged euro so far iv'e been long gold and now going long on aussie and shorting swissie. and of gold decide to come down long copper. All in all there's more thoughtful trades and opportunity out there, also staying long with GBP till 15350.
@ month you naughty i choice to quote what i want to quote, mentioned what was worth while to mention. it was not to drive any assessment it was just some boring information that cud have been useful to someone. Thanks for the enlightenment .
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/european-banks-now-feverishly-betting-against-euro-bailout-fails-gold-surges
Deja vu all over again.
In other words, the very banks that Europe is bailing out are betting more and more aggressively with each passing day against Europe's own survival! Even George Soros has shed a tear of pride in how beautifully his initial plan to take on the BOE has mutated for the Bailout Generation.
The package is making debt profiles deteriorate, potentially damaging the ratings of core sovereigns, said Stefan Kolek, a strategist at UniCredit SpA in Munich. Its a kind of Ponzi game at the highest level.
The unprecedented loan package was designed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to halt a sovereign- debt crisis that threatened to push Greece, Portugal and Spain into default and shatter confidence in the euro. As part of the support plan, Germanys Bundesbank, the Bank of France and the Bank of Italy started buying government bonds yesterday.
there are no hidden agenda's
we speculators all we do guess work, on what effect a policy will have,
what steps certain authorities should take, what's the macro ramifications,
how the market participant are eyeing certain instrument, and so on and so
and then we make decision based on these broad measures, being human sometimes
we don't even look at all those factor we can only rely on a couple based upon your short term or
long term speculation, but trust me if there is any foul play here its not for us to speculate on that cuz
we can not change that. And that my friend in that market play making substance is called PRESSURE or its a MONOPOLY.
he simly lied..
Their private game>>>tell them THIS and U (clients,"frineds") make exactly the CONTRARY..
GS always is like crazy...