The 5 year note auction was decent, a touch better than what was seen in the 2 year yesterday but in the context of turmoil in the...
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William Ackman, managing partner of Pershing Square Capital Management, discusses the benefits of short-selling, Goldman Sachs’...
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The S&P downgrade of Greece and Portugal’s debt ratings whacked U.S. equities yesterday. Lowry’s notes that the major market...
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Dr. Clifford S. Asness is founding principal of AQR Capital Management, a highly regarded, top performing quantitative hedge fund. Prior...
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Okay, its time for a little fun. Like the cartoon caption contests the New Yorker runs each month, we are going to have our own little...
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There is talk that the package for Greece will total 120b euros over 3 years which would be much bigger than initially said a few weeks...
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There is a very interesting Bloomberg article on SIGTARP — the entity charged with putting some oversight on the TARP funds. Almost...
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1. Wildly bullish sentiment readings. The latest Investors Intelligence survey is now up to 53.3% for the bulls (versus 51.1% the prior...
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Most European bond markets remain under pressure again. Whatever happens with Greece now, the cost of capital is going up for most of the...
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