Morning Audibles 8.6.10

"PORK BELLIES... I knew it!" (Winthorpe - Trading Places 1982)




I know, CV is just being moronic this morning (a phenomenon which is often unavoidable)... But, you know, you have to SEIZE THE DAY and there's nothing much to really SEIZE these days (based on my understanding of the word "seize")...



seize   [seez]
–verb (used with object)
1.
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
2.
to grasp mentally; understand clearly and completely: to seize an idea.
3.
to take possession of by force or at will: to seize enemy ships.
4.
to take possession or control of as if by suddenly laying hold: Panic seized the crowd.
5.
to take possession of by legal authority; confiscate: to seize smuggled goods.

Looking at the markets and the economy these days, one ban begin to understand why (although the latter two definitions ought to arrive at out doorstep at some point or another)...

So since there is not much to seize, let's get back to the subject of PORK BELLIES...




Romer To Leave White House


So I guess "Chicks Can't Do Math" (Larry Summers) was really the man, behind the woman, behind the man, after all... When interviewed about the truth to such speculation, Summers leaned over and replied...



I fart in opposite your general direction

Why is it that the only two that are smiling in what "looks" to be a police interrogation room, are the first ones who are abandoning spaceship Obama?

Why would anyone one want to leave in the middle of this blistering RECOVERY? I mean, surely accolades & awards for such an enormous feat of accomplishment should be just around the corner... Right? I mean, there are Nobel Prize awards just a few months away... You should be standing in line to receive yours like this guy...




Stiglitz Says U.S. Faces `Anemic Recovery,' Needs More Stimulus


“It’s absolutely clear that you need a second round of stimulus,” Stiglitz said. “It needs to be better designed. It needs to be focused more on returns on investment, education, infrastructure, technology. And if you do those kinds of high- powered investments, the long-term national debt will be actually lower and the growth in the future will be higher.”

“Unfortunately, with savings going up to 5, 6, 7 percent, aggregate demand is going to be weak,” he said. “The only thing to fill it is government.”

Let's see... CV was just commenting yesterday about the ROI (return on investment) on education...




CV said...





@anon

Worse than that is the HIDDEN INFLATION of tuition...

meaning: The ROI of what someone paid for tuition in, say, 1980 and eventual wages & salaries pocketed

VERSUS

What you pay today, and what one might expect the ROI on eventual wages & salaries, going forward, to be (and the amount they will be TAXED on those wages - the SOCIAL SECURITY deduction & the idea that they will probably never receive the social security payment when all is said & done)...

CV said...





I've JOKINGLY said before that if someone has a "college age" teenage daughter (and she's attractive)...

If your goal is a real dollar return... a better ROI might be to buy her a pole and some dancing lessons rather than pay 4 years of college tuition...

In the end - both probably bring about the same atmosphere...

In one scenario she leaves with a pile of loot

In the other she leaves with a mountain of debt (then to pay off that debt has to basically go pole dancing in the business world anyway to get ahead)...

Of course I'm just JOKING here...

We know colleges and businesses are upstanding and reputable places that produce worthy graduates of scholar...



Of course I should be booted from the blogosphere for making what would appear (on the surface) to be a sexist comment (just as anyone who criticizes Obama's economic policies is clearly a racist)...

But lo and behold, last night I find this article...




Stripper Finds Degree Profitable for Goldman Wasn't Worth It



Excerpt:

"Her bachelor’s degree in game art and design cost $70,000 in tuition and fees. After she graduated in December 2007, she found a job that paid $12 an hour recruiting employees for video game companies. She lost that job a year later when her department was shuttered."

"These days, Howard, 26, makes her living in a way that doesn’t require a college diploma: by stripping at the Lido Cabaret, a topless club in Cocoa Beach, Florida. “I didn’t know what else to do,” she says. “I’ve got a worthless degree. It’s like I didn’t attend school at all.”"

Maybe CV should be a guidance counselor?

So whatever... people... I now return you to your CAPITALISTIC endeavors (which include watching the government shred documents announce reports, and all the red and green candles that that produces)...

Meanwhile... Regardless if the NFP report looks bad/good or sugarcoated, you can go into the weekend and sleep soundly knowing that since Romer is returning to Berkeley, that's considered a "new position" in academia is ANOTHER JOB SAVED BY THE STIMULUS...



F411 "knew it" all along (just like our friend Winthorpe)...















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CV said...

@Stiglitz

You need more crack...

I-Man said...

Are you referencing the "Horn Top", DL?

Leftback said...

You are getting your Krugmans and Stiglitzes mixed up.
Joe is OK. The fact that he was not picked by Obama tells you a lot.

Vuvuzela said...

@DL

"The horn of Africa approaches"

Blow me

arbitrage789 said...

I-Man,

Just the 200 comments mark.

I-Man said...

Gotcha.

One track mind here.

I-Man said...

But I've kissed the rains...

CV said...

@LB

Stiglitz?

Please don't tell me you agree with these comments...

“It’s absolutely clear that you need a second round of stimulus,” Stiglitz said. “It needs to be better designed. It needs to be focused more on returns on investment, education, infrastructure, technology. And if you do those kinds of high- powered investments, the long-term national debt will be actually lower and the growth in the future will be higher.”

“Unfortunately, with savings going up to 5, 6, 7 percent, aggregate demand is going to be weak,” he said. “The only thing to fill it is government.”

Leftback said...

DL thinks we will be in Ethiopia by 4pm.

But what if we are making our way down the Chilean coast... quite a few little inlets but the wind keeps blowing you South.

CV, that's a $1 for using my vuvuzela joke.

arbitrage789 said...

CV,

IOW, if you put "lipstick on the pig", and call it "investment", then it's OK to add another few trillion to the debt.

CV said...

@LB

You forgot to "trademark" it...

You're slipping in your old age...

McFearless said...

I know nobody here thinks much of his market calls but David Rosenberg has been pounding the table for a while now that the economic data that we have seen for many months was typically what you see toward the end of an expansion, not the start or middle of one. If GDP goes below 2% I would say his macro calls have been really good.

Leftback said...

CV,

You are smarter than this. Please...

Your ideology is clouding your mind.
STIMULUS is not a BAILOUT.

Bailout = trickle-down economics. THEFT.
Stimulus = money in nearer the bottom that will be spent.

Extending UBs is a form of stimulus.
You can't tell me that technology/infrastructure spending is wasted.
I mean, half of the country looks like the 1860s... (trains, power..)

Leftback said...

Everyone here HEARTS Rosie.
His Macro calls are great.

arbitrage789 said...

At least the problem of social security and Medicare is easy to solve.

Just raise to eligibility age to 80.

CV said...

@LB

My problem is when GOVERNMENT does these things...

The money ends up getting wasted...

As always, I'm not against the THEORY, I'm against the APPLICATION...

But next time will be different - I suppose...

Nic said...

If anyone wants cheering up take a look at how this weekly candle is going to close on Dow / S&P etc

CV said...

@DL

Or they could raise it to 104... That ought to do wonders...

karen said...

I was stuck on the other side of the horn, laughing.. okay, nic, i will look!

CV said...

@Nic

I'd mentioned that yesterday as well...

Problem is... My fear was to go down and cover the gap from Monday (basically KT zone)...

Then do one of those 3:30 to close RAMP jobs into the close...

Then you only end up with a spinning top...

karen said...

nic, that hardly makes me happy.. we've just got another week that looks like a turn on our way to 1250 !!

karen said...

mrtopstep

#futures $ES_F [10:14:29 AM]: who is ready for a rally hanging down here too long nervous weak shorts????

Mannwich said...

@lb & cv: I think you're both right. There are many worthwhile stimlus projects out there but the outright corruption and bankrupted culture prevents much of the funds to be spent on those worthwhile ventures.

When there's a big pile of free money, the vultures inevitably come in and pick the carcass clean while worthwhile projects don't get done. This is all about cultural decline of a nation.

Mannwich said...

And it's not just "when gov't does these things". Look at the military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan basically looting the treasury for their own gain. I would argue that it's when gov't is married to big corporate interests is when we see this rampant looting, which is fascsim-lite.

arbitrage789 said...

Mannwich,

I wish it were only "cultural".

CV said...

@Manny

And I'll toss in that the GOP is probably WORSE at idiotic "pork barrel" spending projects than most DEMS are...

CV said...

Basically:

- when the DEMS spend, some "little" people benefit (but the overall effect is that it makes people "lazier" over time)...

- when the GOP spends, it's just a bunch of useless crap that only benefits their cronies...

arbitrage789 said...

Yes.

"useless crap" by both parties.

Leftback said...

The last three US governments have all been fascist.

BUSH the younger #1
BUSH the younger #2
OBAMA

All have transferred wealth from taxpayers to corporate elites.
Fascism.

karen said...

oops, faz hit my first target of 14.03.. should i hold out for 14.17 ???

karen said...

oh yes, LB, infrastructure projects like THE BIG DIG.. and wasn't there a bridge to nowhere in Alaska??

arbitrage789 said...

The "big dig" wasn't all bad. But was it worth $15B...?

CV said...

Quick...

a new chart in thread

In what year did the SPX have a nice 12% "run-up" from the beginning of July - August? (like the one we've seen from 1010-1131)...

Price levels are removed from chart

Hint: The dollar was declining as well...

karen said...

CV, are you referring to the summer I almost killed myself?!

Leftback said...

We need intelligent infrastructure.

Every time the wind blows, the effing trees cut off power for three weeks. This is the 21st effing century...!!!

K, I got FAZ today, tight leash on that pup but she's BARKIN..' just slap a trailer on her and sit back with some popcorn.

karen said...

Or lost my mind.. or perhaps I did, laughing.

AmenRa said...

JPM

daily 3lb
trend=up
high 41.64; mid 40.42; rev 39.19

weekly 3lb
trend=no; direction=up (1 bar)
high 40.28; mid 38.06; rev 35.83

arbitrage789 said...

"Every time the wind blows, the effing trees cut off power for three weeks".

Actually, that happens a lot in Montgomery County, MD.

Mannwich said...

@DL: It isn't just that but it's certainly one of the drivers of this ongoing state of dysfunction.

Mannwich said...

@DL: The results of the Big Dig were OK but definitely not at that cost and time it took to complete.

karen said...

pfft on trailers.. i'll just sell half soon..

stupid to have lines above ground.. impractical, inefficient and unaesthetic!

Leftback said...

Yup. Was stationed in Bethesda, 1985-1989.
It's also a feature of life Between the Hedges in Greenwich.

arbitrage789 said...

Mannwich @ 1:22

Although, I would add that, after all the bailouts we've seen, $15B seems like a pretty small drop in the bucket.

CV said...

@DL

"Actually, that happens a lot in Montgomery County, MD."

Yeah, but the GOOD THING is that it usually only happens in the intermittent periods that the underground water mains don't burst and flood out whole neighborhoods...

That's real inconvenient for Obama because the streets get blocked for him to play his golf rounds at Burning Tree CC...

Mannwich said...

Great point, DL! "Only" $15Billion? Pfffttt. In comparison to the Wall Street boondoggle, that's a relative bargain and the heart of downtown Boston now much nicer as a result. Much easier to get to/from the airport now too.

Mannwich said...

And if we're going to "waste" money, I'd like to see something tangible that can actually be utilized by the public as a result.

karen said...

The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S.[2] Although the project was estimated in 1985 at $2.8 billion (in 1982 dollars, US$6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006),[3] over $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars)[3] had been spent in federal and state tax dollars as of 2006.[4] A July 17, 2008 article in The Boston Globe stated, "In all, the project will cost an additional $7 billion in interest, bringing the total to a staggering $22 billion, according to a Globe review of hundreds of pages of state documents. It will not be paid off until 2038."[5] At the beginning of the project, Congressman Barney Frank joked, "Wouldn't it be cheaper to raise the city than depress the artery?"[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig

they got some of there $ inflation figures confused i think..

Leftback said...

Projects like Big Dig are best evaluated with ten years hindsight.

We need this stuff, after being in Europe this looks like the 3rd world.
LB's reaction to the NYC subway on his return was unprintable.
The MTA is literally falling apart.

Perhaps we need LLOYD to join BLOOMIE on the subway...

CV said...

Barney Frank...

Mr. Austerity...

Neel "Kash and Karry" said...

$15 BILLION ?

Chump change....

arbitrage789 said...

Karen @ 1:31

Obama is sending quite a lot of "pork" money to California. A lot more than $22B.

CV said...

When NYC is underwater, you can all become gondoliers...

BR is practicing his "canoe" act as we speak...

Leftback said...

Bwarney likes a good intervention on a regular basis.

Mannwich said...

@lb: Banana Republics don't see the need for infrastructure spending. Everyone's on their own in this culture.

CV said...

Alright people...

Let's cut this horsecrap and get slicin' & dicin' down to KTville...

arbitrage789 said...

Neal Kash-and-Carry,

We can just take it out of social security and medicare anyway.

karen said...

more fun reading: http://www.bigdighighwayrobbery.com/

Mannwich said...

In a collection of individuals (as opposed to a community), everyone thinks the other guy should pay for it.

Mannwich said...

@karen: I was living on Boston during those days. What a pain in the arse that project was but having been back a few times recently, the city is really MUCH, MUCH nicer all-around, partially as a result of that project.

karen said...

All I know is that $15B ain't what it used to be..

Mannwich said...

@DL: Yeah, that's their plan, isn't it? And we may just be dumb enough to let them do it.

Leftback said...

Karen, Mr Market is looking down at your top again...
I'm thinking that he means business.

karen said...

I was living there in the mid 90s.. loved those potholes.. had to have my tires aligned every other week... : )

Leftback said...

Apparently LORD BLANKFIEND has joked that people would cheer if he slit his wrists.... just as he joked about GS doing God's work.

Um, Lloyd, we have news for you.

Mannwich said...

So was I, karen. Not downtown but in the Brighton, Newton area. Fresh out of college about 1-2 years in an entry level job at the old Lotus Development corp (before Louis & the gang took over) in the Peoples' Republic.

Leftback said...

K,

Your alignment looks perfect from here.

:-)

arbitrage789 said...

Good thing they don't have any potholes in Manhattan.

karen said...

mrtopstep

#futures $ES_F Henry [12:22:26 PM]: U crude 80.00 may be broken 79.80 to 79.65 poss Minor r 80.60. The minor upside pivot is 81.20 the key…

karen said...

ah.. the house that ozzy built in manchester-by-the-sea! did you see it?!

arbitrage789 said...

Man @ 1:41

Yeah, the lotus spreadsheet software was the "killer app" of its day.

Mannwich said...

You should come to Minneapolis, DL. It's like third world country status on some streets here.

Our side streets in my hood never got plowed in time all winter last year so we had a 3-5 coating of ice on it all winter until the spring thaw hit. Did a number on my car and the roads below.

And so what I have seen recently? The city paving roads that didn't need to be paved and ignoring the ones that do! CV - there's the gov't at work for you. ;-) I'm dead serious though.

arbitrage789 said...

Mannwich @ 1:46

I've been to the airport there a couple of times... but that's all.

Mannwich said...

@DL: Yes, it was. Nice company to work for too. One of the few that had a full one-week "sabbatical" (in addition to vaca time) after six years of employment. You don't see that stuff anymore. Great place to work and good peeps. Those were some fun days where colleagues actually hung out together after work. Lotus Notes was a nice app too but Gates and MS squashed them.

Mannwich said...

@karen: Ray Ozzie? I did not see it. Doesn't he work for the "enemy" (MS) now? Isn't he Chief Tech Officer?

Mannwich said...

Or do you mean Ozzy Osbourne? ;-)

Leftback said...

Lotus 1-2-3, I remember that...
The early days of Apples were fun.
I liked MacWrite and MacDraw a lot.

Did you ever work on a Wang, Karen?

Henry Wanger said...

I know a lot about Wangs

Mannwich said...

@lb: Back in the day my grandmother worked for Mr. Wang himself as a secretary in Lowell, MA.

Mannwich said...

@Wanger: LOL! Have you had a losing trade yet?

karen said...

THE Ray Ozzie of Lotus Notes fame and fortune..

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ray-ozzies-house/view/?service=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ozzie

karen said...

it is pathetic that the spy can't even correct to the 20 ema.. i mean really.

karen said...

i know that Ben in particular loves this guy:

Current pattern tells me one thing ; Get ready to buy on the dip !

http://gicharts.blogspot.com/2010/08/powershares-db-agriculture-dba-get.html

Mannwich said...

Wow, that's quite a house, karen. My sister's family lives up that way in Hamilton. Whole area is nice up on the North Shore....

Like to hit Crane Beach while we're there. Just up the road a bit in Ipswich.

karen said...

I love what TraderMark writes:

I don't know if there is any catalyst for the selloff other than countless stocks are sitting at egregious levels, nowhere near support and the whole basis of buying stocks at this point is "Ben Bernanke will print more money so I can't lose". Granted, that reasoning worked wonders for a good 13 months in 2009-2010 but even the Federal Reserve backstopped free market needs a breather from time to time.

p.s. if you keeping track at home, 1106.44 is the 'gap fill' point, I won't cover until I see the white of its eyes.

http://www.fundmymutualfund.com/

Leftback said...

It's almost like KAREN is dancing, and Mr Market is loving the view, but he really really wants to see her TOP, and he is crazy for her, but he has to put another dollar in her garter before the Top is revealed... and he just can't help himself, cause the joint is gonna close in two hours.

arbitrage789 said...

LB,

You're a poet.

And you don't even know it.

Mannwich said...

From the "you couldn't make this stuff up" dept - BofA Managers Offer BK Whoppers as Sales Incentive:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/06/bank-of-america-manager-o_n_673239.html

It seems to be working! Fleece your fellow for a Whopper Jr.

Mannwich said...

I think he knows it, DL.

Leftback said...

Must.... resist.... Whopper jokes....

;-)

Whopper Wanger said...

No comment.

karen said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0G1fg-vNxs

topstep- brian! complete with marbles..

Leftback said...

It's hard to talk with your mouth full..
..they give you the marbles when you matriculate at Oxford.

Onlooker sighting, over at Trader Mark.

CV said...

I caught this exchange on a blog last night and thought it was hysterical...

Some dork says...

why aren't bond yields rising
Too many "grandmas" chasing the quintessential bubble of the past 30 years, bonds. Walking right into a death trap, thinking the 'government' is going to save them.

why isnt the dollar rising due to the perception of higher rates
Why would foreign investors buy US dollars when they are certain to be devalued through inflation? Who cares about interest rates?

why isnt the Fed preparing markets for the possibility of higher rates

See above. The US faces an instant funding crisis the moment that investors believe that rates are going to rise substantially. The Fed is loathe to trigger even the perception of that happening.

Answer:

You're right, grandma and her cronies are manipulating the bond market from the short end to the long end, no one cares about interest rates, and the equity market trading on no volume is telling us the truth.

Come on man, lets get realistic.

karen said...

When LB looks in the mirror, he sees a 25 year old Pierce Brosnanesq futbol star with a genius IQ.. laughing hysterically.

Mannwich said...

@lb: Had Onlooker sighting at TBP last weekend as well.

Nic said...

Leftback is on fire today. He must have a weekend of fun planned.

CV said...

Grandma and her cronies manipulating all the way from the short to the long end...

Is that how it works LB? :-)

McFearless said...

I wonder if there will be a wheat update from AT in the near future.

CV said...

@McF

Not this weekend...

Andy will be skipping this weekend folks... Other engagements...

arbitrage789 said...

Grandma manipulating the long end.

...?

karen said...

i swear.. 10 min chart setting up for a melt up into the close..

consumer credit anyone? i know.. dumb excuse for a rally but every one is dumb..

you think they've got the shorts conditioned now?

I-Man said...

Oh, I see the test of the 61.8, (also the 100 of the first hi to low swing today) is going to coincide perfectly with the release of CC.

That crafty Mr Fibonacci, always got something up his sleeve.

Mannwich said...

I wouldn't get short heading into Mo-Mo Monday.

karen said...

uh-oh.. not sure if we should fade this guy:

http://gicharts.blogspot.com/2010/08/gold-yield-and-deflation.html

I-Man said...

Fibs.

Mannwich said...

Good call, karen.

Leftback said...

Karen,

My shorts are incredibly tight here ahead of cc data.
But then it's been this way since you brought in that new icon.

You forgot to mention my wit, charm and maturity.

karen said...

gotta luv those 3pt spx moves.. and i was just typing "but it has to clear 1115 when I look at we're at 1116.. ha!

I-Man said...

Well, we crushed through the 61.8, and the 50 just now...

So buying the retest of the 50 should be a money trade into the close.

karen said...

sometimes the early ramps fade.. it's late ones that hurt the most : )

Leftback said...

Just like that, my shorts are off....
Only Karen could do that to a man.

Nice profit on the day and watching for now. No more equity trades.
LB sees some targets in fixed income and FX.

Mannwich said...

Let the covering begin in anticipaton of Mo-Mo Monday.

72bat said...

re-taking monday's gap up open. can we get an epic fail into the close? just how bad would consumer credit have to be? dream on, bat.

Leftback said...

This guy has been good on FX, says EURUSD tops at 1.35, before a bounce in BUCKAROO BUCKY stomps on commodity trades.

http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVf6D.L.fVWE&pos=5

karen said...

mrtopstep

#futures $ES_F surpris! Hit out stps abv 1113.50 area nxt res 1116.50 area

CV said...

@LB

Nicole Elliott had EUR at 1.35 as well...

arbitrage789 said...

Someone here is very "cocky" today.

karen said...

CV or Nic.. any clues on helping me find that nicole elliot link/video again.. i'm not coming up with anything..

karen said...

$spx now setting up to rev on the 10 mins.. can't say we aren't having fun today.. but what happened to Ben.. nursing his hangover?

Leftback said...

We may have jumped the gun a bit but we are short the 7y-10y.
Also started a small yen short.

BoJ and Japanese exporters must be getting antsy at these levels.

Other than that, nothing but our existing equity longs.
Which means, we are pretty much LONG most of the time, Karen.

Mannwich said...

Going GREEN by close? Man, I'm glad I'm not actively trading this crap right now.

Lord Blankfiend said...

Fun over.

Sideways to close. We are in the Hamptons.
Turn off the machines, Giles.

karen said...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300852/Spanish-police-close-public-beach-Michelle-Obamas-250k-Spanish-holiday.html

Leftback said...

Not very bearish technical picture on horrible data...
We are going to have to be patient. Momos dead ahead.

As Macro Man would say, pink flamingoes everywhere.

The 7y and 10y look like big bloated wildebeests here.
Goldfinger might wake up to a bleeder. JPYUSD is rich.
Take your pick.

Giles Straightarrow said...

I will, Sire, I mean, LLOYD.

karen said...

LB.. did you get stopped out of your gold short?

McFearless said...

I'm around, just a little busy

Leftback said...

K,

Long ago, but just re-entered. The short, I mean.

Right here, peep have been running into gold, USTs and JPY.
We reckon that lot will get sold to fuel the MOMO.

CV said...

@karen

You might check the CNBC Europe website...

Her appearance was on Squak box, I think, yesterday...

karen said...

i'm sure wishing IRA was still 100% in precious metals fund instead of 100% in MM earning neg interest.. but had to be safe than sorry..

and my jr miner is red on the day..

arbitrage789 said...

You can all relax. Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back from their summer recess to fix our problems.

http://tinyurl.com/37lqowp

Mannwich said...

There you go, DL. No wonder the market is "off its lows".

On that note, I'm outta here. Have a good weekend all.

Leftback said...

NANCY IS LONG AIG.

She is the worst.

AmenRa said...

That damn trendline from 3/6/09 to 5/25/10. They just don't want to close below it again.

Leftback said...

Tick, tick

Karen, you are such a TEASE. One minute we think that we will get to see your top, then BAM, our shorts are off and we are left longing...

McFearless said...

Hello and goodbye.

arbitrage789 said...

Karen,

If I make a comment about one of Leftback's grammatical constructs, are you going to rush to his defense?

AmenRa said...

SPX trying to get to the 50% fibo...

karen said...

DL, nope.

I-Man said...

So glad to be done with this week...

Anyone else feel me on that?

karen said...

I-Man, I wish tomorrow was Monday.. but i also know the weekend will be gone before I know it so I may as well make the best of it..

AmenRa said...

Bonds didn't believe the close either.

Obama said...

CV,

I see that you have 341 comments. If you charged $1.00 per comment, you would have $341.

Obamanomics.

CV said...

@Obama

If you had ever worked at a Dairy Queen, you might know something about administration...

karen said...

wow.. ten year closed near the low end, too..

what i don't get is that everyone seems to be aware of this anomaly but it's holding..

just as a weaker dollar isn't an indication of economic strength, hence the market should reflect the weakness as well.

if i say something has to give one more time...

karen said...

zerohedge

Futures about to turn green

Nic said...
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Nic said...

I can't believe that weekly shooting star is just gone in a couple of hours :(

Leftback said...

TNX has had a good run, but with auctions ahead on Wednesday, the broker-dealers are going to want to unload those puppies.

Early Momo in equities and big fixed income selling into the 10y/30y auctions on Wednesday/Thursday, then a reverse late in the week to push traders back into Treasuries, so we can make profits on the bonds we bought on Tu, W, Th.

This is easy stuff. Bye all, have a great weekend.

karen said...

Nic.. thanks that is so weird because I did a cnbc video search.. even an exclusive to europe search.. and the earliest video i found was 2009. so thank you for that.. we have fomc next week.. it's either gonna be a dollar save or dollar crash..

Nic said...

OOps wrong link
Karen here it is:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/?video=1558418467&play=1

karen said...

that's okay.. that one was July swiss market.. i want to see how it played out now : )

Nic said...

Karen
Here is Nicole's weekly analysis published today if you would like. I will post every Friday if interested
http://bit.ly/d48v8n

CV said...

@Nic (4:33)

I'd like that...

CV said...

Also... Everyone...

ANDY T has the next (two) weekends that he'll be doing vacation time with the family before the kids go back to school...

So no Sunday Evening Post either this Sunday, or next...

I'll put up an early thread (Sunday Afternoon)...

But if that's the case, I'll probably let AMEN RA's CORNER run into the weekend (so the comments stay in tact...

CV

Summer - you know...

karen said...

Thank you! there is some good stuff in that report..and I like the way it is organized. Her verbiage is a kick! I also really enjoy watching and listening to her. I need to get more organized.. I have an IF/THEN table in my head but I need to put it in black and white.. especially since I've had so many distracting personal issues. : )

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