HereishowIthinkthenextfewquartersaregoingtoplayout.Eachnew
downgradetriggersmorelossesatfinancialinstitutions.Youdon'twritedownabond
insuredbyMBIAasAAAuntilthereisactuallyawrite-down.Andthenyoudo,and
announceitattheendofthequarter.Alongwiththerestofthelossescausedbynew
downgrades.Wearegoingtoseemassivewrite-offseveryquarterbythesamefinancial
institutionsthathavealreadywrittenof...[
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Insight:Japan’slessonscouldeasecrisisByRichardKooPublished:January23200816:00|Lastupdated:January23200816:00Theechoesareeerie.BenBernanke’sgradualchangeoftoneduringthepastyearandthisweek’smassivecutininterestratesseemstoparallelthatofJapaneseofficialsbackin1992.Atthattime,aninitialperiodofdenialwasreplacedbytheshockingrealisationthatthedamagecausedbytheburstingofthebubblecouldtakeyearstorepair....[
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Bondshadtheendoftheworldpricedin....ithasnowbeendelayed.
Moneythatwashidinginbondsisnowfleeingintoequitiesbeforeitmissesthemove.
BondsranintoVERYstrongresistanceatthe3.3%levelyesterday.
IFthereistobeanysortofeconomicrecovery,therewillbeademandformoney(rightnowthereisnone).Thepipelineforhomerefi'sisbuilding,sothatisonepotentialsourceofdemand.
Bondsjustgottooexpensiverelativetoanyr...[
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ReadingRothbardmannfm11
NEW1/23/200810:40:40PM Thisisfrompage11ofAmerica'sGreatDepression:
Nowwhathappenswhenbanksprintnewmoney(whetheras
banknotesorbankdeposits)andlendittobusiness?6Thenewmoneypoursforthontheloanmarketandlowerstheloanrateofinterest.Itlooksasifthesupplyofsavedfundsforinvestmenthasincreased,fortheeffect...[
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TheMarketBracesfortheBoomersSponsoredby byAlanMurray
Sunday,January6,2008providedbyWillthebabyboomers'retirementcausethestockmarkettogobust?Thatquestion,studiedanddebatedformorethanadecade,isnolongerhypothetical.KathleenCasey-Kirschling,theformerNewJerseyteacherwhowasbornonesecondaftermidnightonJanuary1,1946,becameeligibleforSocialSecuritybenefitsthisNewYear'sday,makingherthefirstsplashofa...[
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Isit1998again?mannfm11
NEW1/22/20087:36:05PM No,1998wascurablebythefedbecausetheUShadcollateralleft,themarketwasragingtogoeverhigher(bycomparison,thisonehasbeeninslowmotion)anditwasasituationthatwasexternaltotheUS,somesmallAsiancountries,RussiaandLTCM.Thisoneissystematic.1998didn'thavebankstaking11digitwriteoffswithmostlikelymoretoc...[
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Recapitalizebanksmannfm11
NEW1/22/200812:14:47PM SomeonesaidtheFedcutratestorecapitalizethebanks.Theyrecapitalizedthebanksbackin1990bygivingthebanksthattookoverbondsinplaceofthebadloans,butthebondswereyieldingprettyfairrates.Theythencutratesgivingthebondsapremium.Today,iftheydidthesamething,itwouldn'tworkbecauseratesarerockbottom.Al...[
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BCAResearch:Takeprofitsonlongdurationbondpositions
"Valuationandotheryardsticksarguethatinvestorsshouldtrimbonddurationtobenchmark.TheUSandglobalslowdownhasfurthertoplayoutandcreditmarketstrainsarelikelytoremainelevatedforsometime.Nonetheless,thegovernmentbondmarketrallyisgettingstretched,andwesuggesttakingprofitsonabove-benchmarkdurationpositions."First,ourvaluationmodelsshowthatUSandG710-yea...[
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"The$400bnoflossesforecastisinsignificantcomparedtoitemsinthetable,notleastDB'scalculationof$149.1trnfortotalworldfinancialmarkets.However,theongoingandmoreseriousproblemthathasyettobecheckedconcernsconfidence.Thesetbackinstockmarketvaluationssincethesub-primerelatedproblemsbrokeisvastlygreaterthan$400bn.[
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Atthispoint...CashisKing.smokey
NEW1/21/20088:29:48PM Whatwearewitnessingisacollapseoftheforeignassetbubbleswhichwerefedbythedollarcarrytradeof'02-'04.
Dollarborrowerswhotradedthosedollarsforforeigncurrenciesinordertopumptheforeignstockmarketbubblesarenowsellingthosestocks,andtradingtheforeigncurrenciesfordollarsinordertocall-of...[
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