February 2008
90 posts
USD is the new carry trade funding currency.
January 2008
76 posts
just loved Kanye West - Young Folks http://hypem.com/track/312426
just loved Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm http://hypem.com/track/258473
just loved Shugo Tokumaru - Young Folks (Peter Bjorn and John Cover) http://hypem.com/track/248137
just loved Bjork - Bachelorette http://hypem.com/track/245727
just loved emancipator - Shook (Mobb Deep And Sigur Ros remix) http://hypem.com/track/236463
twiddling thumbs until the FOMC sideshow.
Bull/Bear Market Thoughts. http://tinyurl.com/yqsanr
Of course SocGen knew. Too many people in the chain of information would have all had to miss obvious red flags along the way.
Bull Market? Bear Market? Doesn't Matter.
I find the obsession with whether or not we are in a bull or bear market a complete waste of energy. We all have to operate in the environment that we are in. If you approach investing/trading with a well thought out strategy, it should matter what type of market it is, you should continue to follow your strategy regardless. For example, let’s say your strategy is to buy momentum/leaders and...
Dear Ben... →
Single Malt Scotch. kthx.
Watch Sopranos on dvd. never seen it until now.
hwlp
Rainy day. We need it.
monoline rescue. mortgage lender rescue. emergency rate cut. RIP capitalism, viva la revolution :(
Sacre Bleu! 4.9 Billion EUR (7.2 Million USD) in loses from a single rogue trader at Societe Generale. On index futures no less.
New asset raising strategy: “We promise not to be worse than Brian Hunter or Jérôme Kerviel”
An Economic Stimulus Plan →
USD getting pillaged across the global. Nice one BB.
Check out the volume of the last few down days vs todays rally http://tinyurl.com/2fpbxu
LIGHT volume in todays rally. Troubling indeed.
“rally” meaning of course the difference between -3% and -1% these days.
Another lunch time rally
ok, so looks like stockcharts.com just hadn’t plotted volume for today properly, and it was record buying. oh well, I trade forex anyways.
just loved Portishead - Wandering Star (La Cigale, Paris, 4 12 1995) http://hypem.com/track/470641
YouGetSignal.com - Visual Trace Route Tool →
OUCH. AAPL down 13% after hours
If you’re one for technical price action, check out the massive engulfing bar on EUR/USD.
Why is that people come to ask me questions for which I have to google the answers to while they stand there and look over my shoulder?
WTG Bernanke! Only a 1.5% decline instead of 4%+! Long life the free (or not) markets!
75bps cut from the fed. Long live fear. Stimulus plan - Bernanke and Paulson switch jobs.
Lunch break. Will traders come back buying or selling?
Twitter Poll: Fed emergency rate cute announcement tomorrow. Yes or no.
Tons of opportunities to take advantage of carry trade unwinding. Short emerging market pairs, short high yield G10, Long anything JPY
Global equity meltdown. Currencies can never go to zero. There is no long term upward bias and no gov’t restrictions on going short.
Ruebens for lunch. Yum.
photoshoot by the lake today.
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Good morning so far. Time for some brunch.
working in NeoTicker
Process Lasso →
trying out twitteroo
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@howardlindzon your lombardi’s tweets always make me jealous and hungry. Not a good combo to be sure.
Nice volatility in the currencies markets. Lots of opportunities shaping up. More later.
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