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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:52 | 1816415 bigwavedave
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Green bitchez. Bwahahahaha

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:04 | 1816452 paarsons
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It may seem like a joke.  But it's a start.

How much of a haircut did Goldman have to take?

Angie Merkal has balls.

Let's see where this leads before we shit on her head.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:08 | 1816463 Motley Fool
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The Farce is strong with this one.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:55 | 1816551 Comay Mierda
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:24 | 1816622 WonderDawg
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 13:10 | 1817779 techperson
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Mon, 11/14/2011 - 21:00 | 1877701 haibop
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definitely it is!

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 12:50 | 2399433 haibop
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agree how to

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:18 | 1816464 jm
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:45 | 1816521 Harlequin001
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:50 | 1816539 nedwardkelly
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:11 | 1816592 jm
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:46 | 1816531 nedwardkelly
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How much of a haircut did Goldman have to take?

I'm just not following...



Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:49 | 1816538 Translational Lift
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Fri, 11/11/2011 - 00:26 | 1868944 haibop
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this is no funny! memory foam mattress

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:11 | 1816549 Al Gorerhythm
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Mon, 01/30/2012 - 08:05 | 2108995 taxi952
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Your beeing a little hard on those poor girls

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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:54 | 1816421 Mongo
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Because voluntary has been redefined as mandatory

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:57 | 1816432 HD
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The difference between sex and rape...

Sat, 11/19/2011 - 14:35 | 1894309 haibop
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oooh right! walk in freezer

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:00 | 1816442 What does it al...
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A question of procedure.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:01 | 1816568 Translational Lift
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Ask Obummer and see what he says!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 09:36 | 1816899 Iam_Silverman
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:55 | 1816422 Karl Tashjian
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Pretty good joke.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:23 | 1816617 Al Gorerhythm
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So you think it's funny, eh? Why you little............

Sat, 11/26/2011 - 11:39 | 1915082 haibop
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Sat, 03/10/2012 - 21:25 | 2244025 haibop
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smart... Inteligator

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:56 | 1816423 Fips_OnTheSpot
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:58 | 1816436 Ghordius
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nobody with two brain cells

BAN CDS (Again)

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:00 | 1816443 Fips_OnTheSpot
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:17 | 1816457 Ghordius
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:40 | 1816520 magpie
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But who could survive the "true" rates of interest.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:48 | 1816535 Harlequin001
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:15 | 1816602 Calmyourself
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 13:13 | 1817802 techperson
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Tue, 12/27/2011 - 14:38 | 2014187 haibop
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smart move. get your wife back

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 01:12 | 2180065 haibop
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exactly surveys4income

Tue, 05/01/2012 - 20:59 | 2389821 haibop
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exactly Inteligator

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 09:49 | 1816953 Fips_OnTheSpot
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:56 | 1816424 agent default
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:22 | 1816486 MsCreant
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:32 | 1816508 agent default
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:47 | 1816534 GeneMarchbanks
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Sat, 12/24/2011 - 03:22 | 2008933 haibop
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:00 | 1816425 HD
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:56 | 1816426 spz_trader
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:00 | 1816427 Cognitive Dissonance
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:03 | 1816450 GeneMarchbanks
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No refills.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:15 | 1816473 Cognitive Dissonance
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:01 | 1816428 Ghordius
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"the EFSF is still too small to restore investor confidence"




Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:57 | 1816433 Catullus
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And now you know: there is no SHTF insurance. That bet never pays out.

Oh, and those of you holding on to the CDSs as a proxy hedge to other debt, you're no longer hedged.

Not sure why the CDS market on sovereigns doesn't collapse on something like this.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:05 | 1816455 Everybodys All ...
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It probably will.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:58 | 1816435 BW
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No CDS default, sell bonds.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:25 | 1816491 MsCreant
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Refuse to support ALL GOVERNMENTS, sell bonds.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 23:13 | 2183229 haibop
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may be not so fast - for your own benefit. tw

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:59 | 1816437 Help Is Not Coming
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Here is an idea: Buy a Greek Bond and don't volunteeer for the haircut. When Greece goes to default on your bond state that you're willing to let the EFSF buy it for full face value and not a penny less.

Somebody, somewhere has got to be working this angle. (Caveat: I don't really understand all the nuances of bond trading but this idea is the first thing that came to mind when I read the story.)

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:07 | 1816462 topcallingtroll
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If greece and the banks quietly buy up the remaining bonds, or even the CDS, then they can default on the rest, no problem.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:59 | 1816438 disabledvet
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ridiculous. the size of Greek CDS is deminimus. This is all about the "linkages" between European banks and the connections thereof to their respective "leaders." This truly is "kick the can down the road" as it solves absolutely nothing...although it does appear to represent a direct transfer of wealth from Europe to New least today. If I were a European i'd be buying gold...provided i had a job/money/whatever. That's just the generic take to me. I think an interesting sidebar is "why does Europe export gasoline to the United States?" That's always seemed odd given that gasoline is WAY more expensive over there than it is over here--and the USA certainly doesn't have a shortage.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:00 | 1816441 Boilermaker
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So, in other words, they, the banks, the fed, the treasury, the IMF, and rest of the BIG SWINGING DICKS can do WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY WANT TO DO.  And you and I can't do a fucking thing about it.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:02 | 1816446 topcallingtroll
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Surely you didnt just now figure that out?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:07 | 1816459 Everybodys All ...
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It has never been any more blatent.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:07 | 1816460 HD
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True. But look on the bright side. At least they can't shoot rubber bullets at your face through the internet...yet.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:21 | 1816484 Boilermaker
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Ahhhh, the silver lining.  Thanks!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:19 | 1816482 Motley Fool
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You can buy gold.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:21 | 1816483 Boilermaker
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True, and they can confiscate it in exchange for notes.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 09:53 | 1816968 Iam_Silverman
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"And you and I can't do a fucking thing about it."

Yes we can.  Do something about it, that is.  Just say NO to purchasing government debt - of all flavors.  No more sovereign bonds, no more munis, no more GSE or other agency debt either.  Look carefully at all of your investment vehicles - if they use government debt as a form of offset against more volatile components of their portfolio, dump them now.  Force the PD's and CB's to buy that stuff.  In fact, with the IASD showing their true colors, you might even want to reconsider any bonds in your portfolio - especially if they need CDS to offset any part of their value.  Once the bond market tanks and commercial paper is infected, then you will see more thought given to what these clowns have just done.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:03 | 1816444 topcallingtroll
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Interesting to see what happens to debtholders who refuse to participate.

I bet greece is willing to trigger small, selective defaults.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:05 | 1816454 wang (not verified)
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:03 | 1816449 Sequitur
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Unbelievable, in a "of course they fucked more responsible banks" sort of way.

Yet more confirmation gold is the only true safe repository of value. Can't trust currencies, can't trust GAAP accounting by corporates, can't trust any banks (see Dexia), can't invest in bonds, and now you can't trust international contracts, i.e. your insurance is now totally worthless.

System is pure shit. So gold it is.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:23 | 1816488 terryfuckwit
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dead right when the rules are invented on the fly by the 1% no one gonna play any more... game over and stack your coins and bars.....

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:20 | 1816612 tocointhephrase
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Occupy Gold and Silver Bitchez!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:04 | 1816451 wang (not verified)
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futures up 26 - hope they hold till the open, I think moments like this define sell the news

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:04 | 1816453 TraderMark
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I am boggled that the 'free market' no longer counts in any manner - those who have CDS on Italy or Spanish or Portuguese debt must wonder what's the point.  Any and all hedging has become moot.

Anyhow, another fun Marc Faber interview yesterday on financial entertainment TV - he has a lot zingers in this one along with the normal fare about eventual war, and confiscation of assets down the road by desperate govts.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:11 | 1816468 goldenbuddha454
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That's what you get when communists run governments.  Oh that's a little harsh.  I mean socialists.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:26 | 1816492 Ghordius
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I disagree, this kind of interventions are more properly fascist, European Style

Mussolini wrote a few interesting articles about how and when the gov is supposed to step into the economy, bash a few heads and get all interests in line again... (I'm not giving kudos)

in the Anglophone countries you are more used to a different style of fascism, the "neo-liberal style", for a better word, where companies are never, ever, rebuked...

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:22 | 1816619 tocointhephrase
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Socialisim leads to Communism, dont be too hard on yourself! 

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:07 | 1816458 Kina
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So insurance is worthless. What to do....

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:11 | 1816469 Minoan
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Do not lend.100% safety.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:27 | 1816584 Al Gorerhythm
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That depends on the meaning of what "Is" is. Is is is or is is not is?. That needs to be fully defined. Let's ask ISDA to elaborate , oh, wait a minute, they have already given their opinion? 


50% "Haircut" Is Not A Credit Event.

Is is not is. Is isn't.


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:09 | 1816465 wang (not verified)
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Carl Weinberg on Bloomberg Radio just now


This is the basis for a Depression

A dark period for Europe

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:09 | 1816466 goldenbuddha454
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All this is going to do is bring inflows into the CDS market to a SCREECHING HALT!  And by the way, the ISDA will probably determine that the buyers of the CDS's have to continue to pay per the original contracts requirements.  Wow.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:13 | 1816470 Everybodys All ...
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Credit Default Swaps on sovereigns are totally worthless now.  The fact that ISDA does not see a 50% loss as a credit event is very telling. No amount of spin can now put this one back in the bottle. If you have sovereign debt and think you are hedged guess what you are no longer.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:14 | 1816471 goldenbuddha454
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so as a result all inflows of money into backing govt. debt end, today.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:15 | 1816475 Mentaliusanything
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Somewhere, some rather unpleasant drug Lords are on the Phone with a clear message.....

"I want my Fucking money back With Interest you Sons of Goth bitches. I stump Up, You banked it and Now....

See you in my court  you Mother Fuckers- Nobody screws with Us

Someones getting a Columbian Necktie for Christmas - blood red to match the season you limp wristed Fairy Fuckers"


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:33 | 1816510 cahadjis
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+1 for avatar

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:16 | 1816477 goldinpenguin
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AIG should get back into the business!

What happens if someone doesn't volunteer?

The sovereigns get preferential treatment, they get to make the rules up as the game progresses

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:18 | 1816481 Boilermaker
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I hope I don't voluntarily have a crash on my drive to work.  State Farm wouldn't have to pay if I intentionally T-bone another vehicle.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:26 | 1816494 AngryGerman
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Basically insurance business par excellence! You have to pay premium, and when it comes to getting something, sorry.

Just transfer this concept ot high-water insurance.

"My home just got flooded. Can I please make a claim?"

"Technically it was not a flood, as you voltarily accepted the water into your house by leaving the door open."

I wonder who was selling all those CDS?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:26 | 1816495 Belarus
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One huge thing lost in all this is Germany got there way. No money printing. No additional commitments. No bank recaps outside their borders. Everyone gets re-elected. This whole thing just feels like a set-up to give Germany the necessary time to move to the Dmark. No sane person believes "all is fixed." Yet, sure...the can has been kicked:


The markets have proved they don't need reality, they just need hope and this plan gives it for awhile, no? The thing is while true that the plan is not nearly big enough (see Gold and Silver trading in Asia markets), no debt exchange even takes place until the end of January. Therefore, if no banks have any epic fails before then, this may just push out the reality of this "kick the can" by another 3/4 months or longer. Unless current bond holders get nervous and start to sell because it's almost impossible to get hedge exposure now, likely not much happens in EU markets until next year.

What to make of Sarkozy etc. going to China to speak to the President?  Is there something up their sleeves? Like help with bank recaps so look through to France's credit doesn't take it on the chin?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:40 | 1816686 letitgo
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Spot on!  Merkel 5 - Sarkozy 1 in terms all Europeans can understand.

I'm sure she wanted to kill the CDS market which she sees as supporting risk taking behaviour in banks that ultimately hurts the rich countries that have to bail them out.

She got the haircut she was looking for months ago when Sarkozy's bank buddies got her to back down and she still hasn't agreed to any further German EFSF contributions (for which she now needs Parliamentary approval) or big-scale printing (which would involve breaching EU law).

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:29 | 1816500 K_I_T_T_Y
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[Dow Jones] The EU's banking package offers two surprises, says Royal Bank of Scotland. The first is that there will be potentially no cash dividends and bonuses for banks that fail the 'sovereign stress' test and their debt investors are at risk of restructuring or conversion to equity. The second is that newly issued contingent capital will count as core tier 1 subject to an EBA defined term sheet. Deutsche Bank (DBK.XE) and, to a lesser degree, Societe Generale (GLE.FR) and BNP Paribas (BNP.FR), have the most to lose if the dividend and bonus conditions are implemented, says RBS.

Logical reaction --> complete deleveraging of risks (similar to what happened in 1929) in order to mantain bonuses....

We won't see a recession, much worse....

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:01 | 1816994 Iam_Silverman
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Stress test?  You mean that annual parody of banking regulatory investigation?  The one Dexia passed, not only with flying colors - but also at the top of the class?  Sounds like a fresh round of bankster bonuses were already written in then!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:34 | 1817137 K_I_T_T_Y
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oops forgot!

First you do a CDA on the results and then you pass the stress test, so easy to steel money from the company!

Wondering why they are talking only about EU-Banks, US-Banks pay the bigger bonuses....

Think will be a close run who deplets the capital first...

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:28 | 1816503 jmcadg
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Oh my god, the markets love this shit. EURUSD up $1.14, German Dax up 279 points, French CAC (so apt) up 5.24%, Dow over 12k, S&P up over 2%


I'm going to bed and it just gone midday. Wake me up when this BS stops, I guess that'll be a couple of years much needed sleep.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:28 | 1816504 dvsteenk
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are non-european banks holding PIGS debt also bound to accept this 50% "voluntary" haircut?

and smth else: last few days attention was skillfully drawn away from Portugal and Ireland whose bond rates started shooting up again

...ticking time-bombs much closer to catching contagious Greekinosis than Italy, Spain, and Belgium which were kept in the news

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:32 | 1816509 Christoph830
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You can ban short selling or render CDS worthless but the market always finds a way...this is unsustainable and will only serve to intensify the ultimate collapse. European sovereign debt is now a closed market for private creditors, and the only bidders left are the governments themselves! Yields are never coming back down to sustainable levels. This is it.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:39 | 1816516 slackrabbit
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exactly - this has made the problem worse.

what are they going to ban next - shorting government bonds?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:25 | 1816623 agent default
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Count on it.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:36 | 1816513 slackrabbit
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Expect a sell off in credit default swaps - it seems when it comes to countries they are now worthless - but only when it's the powers that be dictate that they are. So nice to know cds hedging is now based on government whimsy.

likewise expect a possible string of interest rate risk and credit downgrades - if the market cannot hedge against sovereigns expect allot of money to leave the market - gold anyone?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:39 | 1816517 Lady Heather...UNCLE
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Riddle me this:

A: ECB is  buying PIIGS bonds.         

B: An EFSF SPV is constructed to issue  bonds (debt)to  raise monies  to buy  PIIGS bonds (debt)

C: EFSF is capitalised of sovereign guarantees which include PIIGS nations guarantees


Syllogism:: IF(ABC) then alot more (A)


Question: why is the Euro strengthening?



Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:45 | 1816529 Ghordius
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answer: because of gravity

the stuff the EuroZone is setting up is bad, and it's still not as bad as what the US and the UK are doing

of course, you can believe what the MegaBanks are saying, i.e. that EURUSD has to go to 1.3 so that the December figures look better

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:04 | 1817010 Iam_Silverman
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"Question: why is the Euro strengthening?"

Because this new plan will recapitalize European banks holding Greek debt.  The other banks worldwide are kinda' screwed now!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:40 | 1816518 sabra1
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i wonder if china hedged against their US treasury holdings?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:58 | 1816563 MFL8240
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Sure they do with US dollars! You know, the reserve curreency! lol!!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:40 | 1816519 goldenbuddha454
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A new product from banks needs to be invented to hedge against the ISDA declaring insolvency of sovereigns a "non-credit event".  Basically you would have an insurance policy against the CDS not paying given an obvious "credit event"!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:00 | 1816567 MFL8240
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That is what  derivative contract is.  Now you understand how fucked up this who sham is?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:42 | 1816522 Lady Heather...UNCLE
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PS I understand equities rallying...hell , money is being printed, but why Euro up and gold static?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:59 | 1816565 MFL8240
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Because the whole global economy is a charade of fraud and deceit led by the Wall Street GANGSTERS.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:08 | 1816586 Esso
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That's just how we roll in Hopiumland.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:44 | 1816525 earnulf
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As Sheldon would say, "In what world is a 50% haircut not a Credit event trigger?"    Hell, frontiersman and indians scalped for less.     As someone pointed out, If it's voluntary, why would ANYONE take it? (Have you seen the barber, that sissorhands fellow).      Anyone holding soverign CDS has chit for brains or as WC Fields would say, "There's one born every minute".

How the hell the stock markets could be up and folks touting this as progress is a spin that would cause most sane people to hurl thier socks, not to mention thier other unmentionables.    This has epic failure written large but the neon lights are unseen by the two blind mice of europe as they hold hands and gaze into the nuclear inferno of fiscal armaggedon.

Lies, lies and damned statistics!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:44 | 1816528 j0nx
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These things are happening because the people are allowing them to happen. It really is just that simple folks.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:46 | 1816530 Vampyroteuthis ...
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This is like paying for years on home insurance. Once day the gov't shows up and burns your house to the ground while preventing the insurance company from paying out.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:47 | 1816533 Lady Heather...UNCLE
Lady Heather...UNCLE's picture's all irrelevant. Our thoughts are irrelevant. If you can print a paradigm as powerful as cash, it's all irrelevant. The paradigm must cahnge. PMs

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:49 | 1816537 Everybodys All ...
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The whole CDS market is now a complete joke.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:53 | 1816547 MFL8240
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Why now?  Seems to me, its been a joke for years.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:51 | 1816540 MFL8240
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Print more money you cannot pay back, fuck with the natural events that would cleanse the system, perpetuate the Ponzi scheme and DOW 12,000.  This country is a group of fucking gangsters and this fraud needs to end before there is no turning back, or, have we already reached that point.  The Wall Street gangsters are entirely out of control and while I agree with the OWS message, I am ashamed that the ACORN trash could not find a more coherent group than the unemployed children they sucked into free money, drugs and sex.  Leave it to camp Osama/Obama to reach a new low on a daily basis. 


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:52 | 1816545 Seasmoke
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that point has already been they are seeing how far they can take things

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:55 | 1816553 MFL8240
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Oh come on, you know, grow the economy (without manufacturing or consumption) and all will be well.  Just listen to the lunatics in charge of the USSA.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:28 | 1816631 tocointhephrase
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-1 from the Coherent-Sex statement. Revolution is on the heels of the system. Young and Old, 'Rich' and 'Poor' have united over corporate greed and coruption! Occupy the world Bitchez, Occupy Gold and Silver. Fuck a banker where it hurts!


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:51 | 1816541 Seasmoke
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there are no more rules or laws.........why do people still follow them

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:29 | 1816641 tocointhephrase
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Anarchy with Socialism for the rich. An interesting concept! 

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:51 | 1816542 AngryGerman
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the only way i see that this whole charade is going to work is if we get another round of circle investments: I buy sth from you if you buy sth from him and he buys sth from me (simplified here of course).

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:53 | 1816543 whaletail
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This is stunning. And that's something in today's world. 

Why argue about the merits of PM's at cocktail parties? The argument makes itself now. "Yes, Buffy, but you should really consider the concept of 'counter-party risk' before investing..."

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:52 | 1816546 sabra1
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i bought some cedar bushes the other day. the salesman asked if i wanted frost damage insurance. i replied, you, you mean a cedar hedge?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:55 | 1816554 AngryGerman
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how would that work? if it freezes you get new bushes or what?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:56 | 1816560 whaletail
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What if only 50% of the bush freezes? Is that a frost event? 

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:02 | 1816572 AngryGerman
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Isn't it voluntary freeze anyway, bc you do not live in the tropics?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:57 | 1816561 slackrabbit
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from now on only the government decides  if you get a hedge - are you a party member?


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:31 | 1816646 Al Gorerhythm
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If I get issued a hedge, can I trim it?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 07:58 | 1816556 Quinvarius
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This is a good time to remember, "when rich people lose, they change the rules".  If you want fair capitalism, buy physical gold and wait.  There is no way participation in a paper system this nutty is going to last.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:05 | 1816578 MsCreant
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Until there are physical shortages of things, or until the average person UNDERSTANDS what is happening and what it means, they can't see the crime and get pissed. Thus the amorphous nature of "Occupy Wall Street." The paper system can go on without any of us investing, we should call it government INFESTING, they will prop it up with some program or printing or intervention de jure. As insane as this feels, it will go on.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:59 | 1816756 Catch-22
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If I may, "...intervention de jure." should be " intervention du jour."  

I still gave you an up arrow... I totally agree.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 09:37 | 1816902 MsCreant
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I think your word choice is cleaner than mine. I am on shaky ground for mine making sense, yours is not. However, take a look at the definition of de jure, from wiki.


Regarding the CDSs, you see where I am going here? But I may be out of bounds, I don't use this phrase daily.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:01 | 1816570 dcb
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does that mean buying cds is worthless, or the trades meaningless

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:01 | 1816571 belogical
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Do you think the bank taking a 50% haircut on my mortgage would be considered a default event

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:04 | 1816574 No Mas
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One must feel for the ZH Sheeple; the Tyler Durdens have told you with a relentless barage of "reports" that the EU is failing and that Greece will burn.  It's all over and the PIIGS will fall.

But, alas they awake to the news that Dear Leader has once again been proven wrong as the Tylers spew forth a veritable flood of excuses and whinings.  No matter, the EU lives to stand another day, "farce" and all.  The euro runs to highs against the greenback (still want to fight this fed?) and the market looks to rocket to 14K or better by year end.

The Sheeple can find solace in knowing that some day, something really bad will happen; it always does you know.  But for the immediate future, the EU moves along, China hasn't crashed and the OWS movement begins to eat itself alive from within all while attempting to martyr some fool via suicide by cop.

Well, the rest of us are out and about, enjoying the good news.  Smile ZH Sheeple; you'll live longer.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:08 | 1816585 MsCreant
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I agree that it goes on, the game is rigged for now. But why be such an arrogant self important prick about it?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:17 | 1816607 Esso
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Gee, you're makin' friends fast there, Mr. Mas.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:23 | 1816621 Kina
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You sound just a triffle pathetic? Got a few unresolved personal issues there?

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:37 | 1816674 Esso
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He's probably just mad because gold & silver isn't going to zero like the CNBSers promised.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:34 | 1816660 tocointhephrase
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You will do well in Government or maybe you are the Government, either way take a blanket coz Hell is a very cold place!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:35 | 1816664 tocointhephrase
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Occupy Gold and Silver Bitchez!

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:37 | 1816675 slackrabbit
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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:13 | 1816597 terryfuckwit
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so mr and mrs clever hedgie cds swap.. i can play this casino etc etc ... what have you learned today... i am sure plenty on here can tell you where the bullion dealers are....LOL

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:21 | 1816616 Kina
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These bankers are a sinister evil on society. They are a plague of evil leeches that will suck everything dry. They wont stop their vile work until they own everything and everybody on the planet.


Pitty their isn't a virus that just affects banksters.


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:28 | 1816635 Esso
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Farce is a good way of describing this thing. It's like the cartoon snowball rolling downhill getting bigger and bigger as it goes, except in this case the ball is rolling uphill from the bottom and instead of snow, it's money. Soon the giant moneyball will be perched on the top 0.1% of the hill, and everything below stripped bare.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:21 | 1816618 kiklion
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So a question, since it is not a 'Credit Event' due to it being voluntary, can I choose not to accept the haircut and redeem my bonds at par upon maturation?  

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:28 | 1816633 chrisd
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What can those people with CDS on greek do? Will they sue the ISDA over this?


Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:31 | 1816638 chindit13
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I suspect part of this “non-event” is to send a message to people (e.g., Kyle Bass) who were long CDSs without having any position in the underlying bond.  The message is you cannot buy insurance on your neighbor’s house burning down.

The other peculiarity---as if there are not enough---is that if I am heavily long some debt, I am now encouraged to write CDSs against my own position so that I can collect the premium.  Then, when I am forced to take a haircut, I can call it “voluntary” so as not to invoke a credit event that would force me to pay on the CDSs I‘ve written.  In this way, I limit my losses, especially if I wait until “default” looks certain (thereby maximizing the premium I receive).

Another bizarre way a profligate government could abuse CDSs is to go out of its way to appear as if it is on the brink of default, then sell CDSs---through a collaborator---on itself.  With the premiums received, the government might then make payment on its debt, thereby eliminating the possibility of default.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:42 | 1816693 Peter Pan
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Mate, this could make a bloody good movie. Just love it.
