Current European Debt Yields: Punitive

Germany: 3.35%
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Greece: 14.07%
Portugal: 9.34%
Ireland: 9.85%
Spain: 5.51%- up .098

10 year bond yields

It’s risk off in Europe with all major indices lower by about 0.5%. However, Switzerland is down more than 1%.

S&P futs are down 5.

Good times. Sixty five cents above national average.

Stealing 50,000 dollar sinks and selling stuff on eBay. The horror!

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I wonder if the Las Vegas casino lobby had anything to do with this?

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Daraa, Syria chanting “leave, leave, leave”

One level above junk. The question is, why isn’t it junk?

Brent is now trading at a 13% premium to WTI.

9.7% vs 9.8%

Correction: consensus was 9.5%. marketwatch.com is retarded.

+5.4% versus 4.9%

Senate rejects measure to defund Planned Parenthood; vote 42-58

Always fun to watch. My condolences to his family.

No. Ticker % Change
1 ZIP 55.33
2 NEP 32.00
3 ACOR 26.89
4 CHINA 24.27
5 NYNY 20.91
6 BAA 18.78
7 RPRX 18.28
8 YRCW 17.06
9 SVU 16.85
10 SCOK 16.04
11 OTIV 15.65
12 LLEN 15.40
13 CEU 14.96
14 CIGX 14.42
15 COOL 14.41
16 QIHU 13.10
17 COIN 13.04
18 CBMX 12.70
19 MOBI 12.38
20 YOKU 12.11
21 CFSG 11.86
22 AXU 11.41
23 LIWA 11.34
24 MGH 11.02
25 ONSM 10.74
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No. Ticker % Change
1 XPRT -27.78
2 FFHL -21.05
3 ONAV -16.85
4 ENG -12.22
5 KFS -10.69
6 RXII -9.38
7 PAAS -9.13
8 INUV -9.02
9 PARD -8.54
10 CBR -8.30
11 PERF -8.28
12 SUF -8.18
13 SRZ -8.06
14 UFPI -8.03
15 CDE -7.97
16 DLB -7.56
17 ZSL -7.41
18 LEE -7.32
19 HSWI -7.25
20 BIOF -7.23
21 TIV -7.07
22 TVL -6.86
23 OSBC -6.72
24 CLSN -6.72
25 TXCC -6.69

The stock is down nearly $30.

Pro Gadhaffi forces have shelled it beyond recognition, Stalingrad style. Rebels have closed it, as a result.

No word on what those fancy NATO warplanes are doing to stop the shelling.

There are now 960,000 millionaires in China, up 9.7% from 2009. No word on how many got rich off of fraudulent reverse merger listings in the US.

Over the past 3 months, the S&P is up 3.11%. However, the dollar is down a staggering 7.41% over the same time frame, which is especially punitive for foreign investors indexing in the US.

It has plunged in recent weeks due to Japan, pushing its 6 month loss to -52%.

Big demand for Latin America’s largest Mcdonalds franchisee.

They will price 73.5 million shares for its IPO at $17/share.

The initial range was expected to between $13 and $15. The ticker symbol will be ARCO.

Fox business is reporting NDAQ will “sweeten” its offer for NYX.