Category: Hedge Funds
Unrestrained Stimulus and Draconian Austerity: Two Sides of the Same Coin
The Elite Financial Players Are Manipulating the Game So that They Get the Stimulus … and the Little Guy Gets the Austerity
Liberal economists and financial wonks say that we need to learn the lesson from the 1930s and stimulate more to unnece…
Facebook Plunges From Opening Print, At IPO Price… For Now
$38.00 Syndicate bid holding…high was $45.00 – 200mm shares traded
FB getting very flashy crashy here…
I Just Got Back From the EU… and It’s Worse Than You Imagined
I just got off the plane from Europe. I went there because I wanted to see the effects of the French election as well as get an "on the ground" perspective of what's really happening in Europe.
I can tell you, the situation …
Forbidden Terms: For Immediate Release
Now that, thank God, the Facebook IPO is behind us, effective immediately, new Federal regulations expressly ban the following terms within the fifty United States and its territories:
+ Any ostensibly clever use of the word “Like” (e.g. “Investors ‘L…
Fadebook Opens For Trading At $42.05 As Europe Closes
From the $38 IPO price, we open at $42.05 (now at $40.1) but we note that in Germany it has tumbled from well over EUR90 earlier. We get the sense the media is disappointed, but of course they will be talking longer-term now and defending a weaker-than…
26 Minutes In And… Still Nothing
Yes, we are all waiting for what is increasingly becoming an epic disaster. In the meantime there is this:
TRADERS FOR FACEBOOK HAVING PROBLEMS CHANGING/CANCELING ORDERS:WSJ…
We believe CANCELING is the operative word. Of course, Europe is about to…
MS/Citi/JPM All Red YTD
Presented with little comment as JPMorgan, Citi, and Morgan Stanley (and JEF) are now down year-to-date (after being up 35-40% just a few weeks ago) and catching up to the credit reality that we have been so vociferous about…
and finally – XL…
Will The European Union Destroy Itself Just To Save The Euro?
David McWilliams (of Punk Economics) begins his latest excellent discussion by conjuring Clint Eastwood and noting that when it comes to the Fiscal Compact in Europe “they are pissing down our backs and telling us that it is raining”. The Fiscal Compac…
SkyNet Rising: Dutch, Belgian Futures And Options Markets Suspended
Help us Sarah Connor, you’re our only hope.
Source: NYSE Liffe
Why Stability Stalwart Singapore Should Be Seriously Scared If The Feta Is Truly Accompli
We have discussed the probability (around 50%) and possibility of a Greek exit from the Euro ad nauseum; how the post-election anti-austerity rage is bringing the world to a new realization that this is probable not possible and the widespread risk ave…
