Monthly Archives: July 2011
Spanish Yields Are Blowing Out
10yr yields are now 5.95%, the highest since 1997.
Comments »Italian Markets Down 3% With 2 Year Spreads Widening by 4%
S&P Earnings Climbing Back to 50 Year Trend Line
Gold Expected To Remain Strong as a Safe Haven Play
Gold was up a meager, meager gains considering Italy and Greece, $3.75 to $1547.90….
Comments »Citigroup Downgrades Brazilian Stocks and Emerging Markets in General
Brazil Increases Requirements For Dollar Shorts
For trades over a billion there will be a 60% deposit required. No margins yo…..
Comments »The DKS and Greece Debt Crisis Connection
So some are saying conspiracy regarding DKS. This story may actually confirm that if you believe some one wanted to create a crisis for financial markets. I’ll just choose not to believe that.
Comments »“The Best” Currency Analyst States The Dollar Decline is Over
Copper Prices Fall for a Second Day on Slow Growth Expectations
Sinochem Corporation and Monsanto are in Talks to Create a Stronger Business Alliance
Nestle Buys a 60% Steak in Hsu Fu Chi Confectioner for $1.7 Billion
Asian Markets Stayed Firmly in Negative Territory While You Slept
European Markets Fall on Italian Debt Crisis
Oil Falls Overnight on Continued Fears of Slow Growth
Arcelor Mittal and Peabody Energy Make a $5 Billion Bid For Macarthur Coal
The 2 largest coal companies are offering $15.50 or a 40% premium for Macarthur…
Comments »Flash: Lonza to Acquire Arch Chemicals
They are paying $47.20 or $1.4 billion, all cash deal for ARJ.
Someone leaked this info. Come on, look at the chart.
Italian Short Selling Rules Start Today
If you are short 0.2% of company market cap: you file forms. Every 0.1% increase: you file more papers.
Full article
High Taxes: The New American Future?
“I can tell you this: Democrats need a lot more tax revenue to make their long-term budget plans works. This is why Obama has not offered a long-term budget plan. The need for massive tax increases would then be clear to all. In private, liberal economists all talk about a need for a value-added tax to raise the additional revenue.
But a liberal think with close ties to the White House, the Center for American Progress, recently released a budget plan that goes out to 2035. It shows taxes as a share of the economy rising dramatically to nearly 24% of GDP vs. around 18-19 percent historically. And I am guessing they would go even higher if the table went beyond 2035. If Boehner and the Republicans don’t hold the line now on taxes, this is the American future.”
Read the rest, including the graphs, here.
Comments »The Unveiling As Per Anonymous
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