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Home Sales Continue To Plunge As Home Prices Surge
Article By:
James Quinn
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:49 PM EDT
The National Association of Liars (Realtors) reported existing home sales this morning and they continue to blather about weather and a glorious future. Meanwhile, existing home sales have plunged by 7.5% in the last year and are now at a 21 month low.
How Important Are Hedge Funds In A Crisis?
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Global Economic Intersection
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Friday, April 18, 2014 8:58 AM EDT
Before the 2007–09 crisis, standard risk measurement methods substantially underestimated the threat to the financial system. A new method that more accurately accounts for these spillover effects suggests that hedge funds may have been central in generating systemic risk during the crisis.
A Ramble On The Puerto Rican Bond Market
Article By:
Bruce Krasting
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 11:50 AM EDT
To me, the big, big, big macro economic factor is population growth (or the lack of it). Coupled with population growth is the rate of aging within the population. I don’t care what the Fed and all the other CB’s do to push back on the deflationary consequences of demographics.
Why Gold? 85% Of Pension Funds Will Go Bust In 30 Years
Article By:
Jesse's Cafe Americain
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014 1:25 PM EDT
In an inflation, stocks may do quite well, as their inflated valuations keep pace with inflation. Bonds are likely to get obliterated. In a stagflation not so much.
In this article: GLD
31-Year-Old Hedge Fund Trader Made More Than The CEOs Of The Six Biggest Banks Combined
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, April 14, 2014 7:14 AM EDT
Over the weekend, there has been some consternation over the report that the CEOs of the 6 largest US banks: JPM, BAC, GS, MS, C and WFC, collectively made $96.1 million in 2013, more than $86.3 million the year before and the most since the financial crisis.
Escape From The Matrix: Alternative Finance And Investment Advisors
Article By:
James Levy
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Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:36 AM EDT
One of the fallacies that has enslaved the minds of investment advisors is the idea that their clients are "investors"
In this article: LC
Bear Funds Are Not Over Bought
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Friday, April 11, 2014 2:59 PM EDT
The actively managed HDGE is not over bought and just now making a breakout. That is a scary thought for stock market bulls. It’s not just HDGE either.
Carl Icahn Warns: "Easy To Fake Earnings" Thanks To Fed; "Major Correction Coming"
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Tyler Durden
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Friday, April 11, 2014 5:23 AM EDT
"Everybody loves this market," jokes a hursuit Carl Icahn fresh from his eBay exigencies, "everybody is buying this and buying that... we have a lot of hedges on."
Triple Whammy Shocker: Goldman Shutting Down Sigma X?
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:31 AM EDT
Back on March 21, before the release of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys and before the infamous 60 Minutes interview, when Goldman COO Gary Cohn wrote his infamous WSJ Op-ed bashing HFT, it was clear that something was afoot.
In this article: GS
Slaughter: Hedge Funds Have Worst Day Since June 2012
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:18 AM EDT
Over the past few days we have been following, with great interest, the events in the most popular "hedge fund hotel" names on both the long and the short side.
Excerpt: All The Presidents' Bankers: The Justice Department Goes Soft
Article By:
Nomi Prins
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Monday, April 7, 2014 7:27 AM EDT
Many congressional hearings and investigations have probed the bankers' practices since the crisis that began in 2007. Similar to the Pujo hearings after the Panic of 1907, though, they have resulted in nothing material against the bankers with the strongest political alliances.
The True Contrarian Play: Isn't What You'd Think It Is
Article By:
Dr. Paul Price
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 11:47 AM EDT
Expecting a major market sell-off might not be a good assumption.
Read on to see why that's true.
"Best Month For Stocks" Begins With Modest Overnight Futures Levitation
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 7:47 AM EDT
Yesterday was window dressing day (facilitated at just the right time by Yellen's most dovish commentary to date) not only for the hedge fund and vacuum tube community, but also for banks, which as we reported received a record $242 billion in Treasurys
For Stocks, April Is The Least Cruel Month
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, March 31, 2014 7:55 AM EDT
Both the entire month of March, and its last full week, particularly for biotech investors and especially hedge funds, is a time that many would rather forget and continue pretending that the saying "as January goes, so goes the year" is no longer applicable.
Hedge Funds Slammed: "Smart Money" Has One Of Worst Weekly Losses Since 2001
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, March 31, 2014 7:00 AM EDT
Last week in the markets was all about what was happening below the calm surface waters, which saw the DJIA post a tiny increase and the S&P dip just a fraction.
