This started out as a Wednesday cinema and library, but I just haven't had the time. So it's a
Jim Comiskey (vlog below) noted that Asian banks, including Bank of China, cut credit lines to France banksters like SocGen. Interesting that SocGen, which was down huge on Tuesday, was down again yesterday. Comiskey said SocGen was down 7% at the time of his video, but it ended up gaining along with other banks by day's end. Who buys financials when they're using manipulated rules and numbers to avoid appearing insolvent? I wonder how much of it was simply the market buying bank stocks at a discount, or was it the Fed/etc buying en masse to avoid a crash.
Market today was actually calm compared to the previous 400-point days up or down. I slept in, got up around 7 am and generally ignored the happenings. I did take a stab at FAZ below 62, but it was out of steam and I pulled out at almost break-even. I like DGP and FAZ going into next week, but I'm sticking to discipline and I'll probably wait until Monday before reconsidering any positions. Question is ...
1. Is the pegging of interest rates to mid-2013 the actual QE3 as we may not have imagined?
2. Is the pending collapse of the Euro monetary system coming next week or later?
France's big banks are in no position to win. They're eating toxic crap that originated in the US, and now the US is all over that shit making money on it. Typical. That's what makes me bearish on the sector and really, I should be long FAZ to 100. But I anticipate the probability of something out of the Fed in the next two weeks (Jackson Hole is on the 26th), so it's a tightrope up there trying to time the market.
I suppose a FAZ-alone trade has its extreme swings to come (81 to 58 to 76 to 60 in the past week or so!), but a DGP/QQQ pair might not be bad either. I lean toward sitting out and staying in 100% cash rather than deal with something like that. Someone with a large position in something like AAPL, though, could protect that bottom line with puts (not my style, but it's good insurance) or QID or FAZ. Another instrument to look at might be SPY since the 5-6% daily swings were highly profitable for the nimble traders.
I'm 95% certain the French banking system is about to hit the fan, and once that occurs, the dominoes fall across the land.
Market today was actually calm compared to the previous 400-point days up or down. I slept in, got up around 7 am and generally ignored the happenings. I did take a stab at FAZ below 62, but it was out of steam and I pulled out at almost break-even. I like DGP and FAZ going into next week, but I'm sticking to discipline and I'll probably wait until Monday before reconsidering any positions. Question is ...
1. Is the pegging of interest rates to mid-2013 the actual QE3 as we may not have imagined?
2. Is the pending collapse of the Euro monetary system coming next week or later?
France's big banks are in no position to win. They're eating toxic crap that originated in the US, and now the US is all over that shit making money on it. Typical. That's what makes me bearish on the sector and really, I should be long FAZ to 100. But I anticipate the probability of something out of the Fed in the next two weeks (Jackson Hole is on the 26th), so it's a tightrope up there trying to time the market.
I suppose a FAZ-alone trade has its extreme swings to come (81 to 58 to 76 to 60 in the past week or so!), but a DGP/QQQ pair might not be bad either. I lean toward sitting out and staying in 100% cash rather than deal with something like that. Someone with a large position in something like AAPL, though, could protect that bottom line with puts (not my style, but it's good insurance) or QID or FAZ. Another instrument to look at might be SPY since the 5-6% daily swings were highly profitable for the nimble traders.
I'm 95% certain the French banking system is about to hit the fan, and once that occurs, the dominoes fall across the land.
Blogs
Turd Ferguson: Gonna need more hats (Aug 12)
Turd Ferguson: Emotions in check (Aug 12)
Daniel Alpert: Reflections on 'Correction 2' - This summer it's different (Aug 12)
Joe Weisenthal: Something's going on with US bank stocks (Aug 12)
SGS: Consolidating (Aug 12)
John Rubino: Don't forget America's failed states (Aug 12)
Silver Shield: The mysterious imagery of the dollar bill (Aug 12)
James Rawles: The American Redoubt — move to mountain states (Aug 12)
Reggie Middleton: French govt creates a bank run? (Aug 11)
Silver Shield: Dylan Ratigan Hitler rant: Updated (Aug 11)
Silver Shield: Here come margin hikes at CME (Aug 11)
Turd Ferguson: Bring it down to Liquorville (Aug 11)
John Melloy/CNBC: As gold briefly hits $1,800, traders fear party is ending (Aug 11)
Reggie Middleton: SocGen CEO dismisses rumors - but bank run can't be ruled out (Aug 10)
Jim Willie: Inflation and deflation in a storm (Aug 10)
MoneyBags73: If you were amazed with $1815 gold... (Aug 10)
Turd Ferguson: (am/pm) Wild Wednesday (updated for margin hike) (Aug 10)
Turd Ferguson: (am/pm) Wild Wednesday (updated for margin hike) (Aug 10)
Bruce Krasting: David Faber, Chris Whalen and Euro banks (Aug 10)
Reggie Middleton: Nosebleed trading session update (Aug 10)
Peter Tchir: 2008 Redux (Aug 10)
Zero Hedge: CME hikes gold margins by 22%, gold drops 0.4% (Aug 10)
Zero Hedge: Weekly outflows from mutual funds surge to $13 billion (Aug 10)
Zero Hedge: BofA to sell $17 billion China Construction (Aug 10)
voxOnox: Don't overlook numismatics (Aug 10)
Gareth: Have hope: The elite make mistakes ALL the time (Aug 10)
Silver Shield: 5 reasons why American riots will be worst in world (Aug 10)
Kerry Lutz: Chris Duane (Silver Shield) interview (Aug 13)
GoldSeek.com: Robert Ian at GATA (Aug 13)
> This guy's voice/speaking tone is so annoying, but his coverage is good
george4title: Sacramento catering: Surviving and thriving in new economy (Aug 12)
FinancialSense.com: David Morgan: Silver is the world's money of last resort (Aug 12)
Realist News: Alabama in deep crap, re: $1 billion in muni bonds (Aug 12)
Randy Flag: Inflation in Shanghai (part 2) (Aug 12)
bigdad06: Bullion Bulls! (Aug 12)
> Interview with Jeff Nielsen
bigdad06: Bullion Bulls! (Aug 12)
> Interview with Jeff Nielsen
silverfuturist: Am I being pumped and dumped? (Aug 12)
visionvictory: Extend and pretend no more (Aug 12)
Bill Still: Nations don't need debt (Aug 12)
Alexiscom1: 1 yuan = 1 USD menu - simple food (Aug 12)
silverfuturist: Damon Vickers sold ALL his gold??? (Aug 11)
Jim Comiskey: Daily market insights - Metals futures (Aug 11)
BrotherJohnF: Silver update - Numismatics (Aug 11)
endlessmountain: Historical gold technical analysis - the 70s (Aug 11)
george4title: All hell is breaking loose (Aug 11)
barnone11967: Here are the reasons why gold and silver keep going down... (Aug 11)
bigdad06: S&P goes rogue! (Aug 10)
bigdad06: S&P goes rogue! (Aug 10)
bullorbearreport: Massive up day for gold and miners (Aug 10)
Jim Comiskey: Daily market insights - Metals futures (Aug 10)
Audio
Jim Comiskey: Daily market insights - Metals futures (Aug 10)
Al Korelin: Big Al, Trader Rog (Aug 10)
theeastwatch: Why I dropped out of society (Aug 10)
BrotherJohnF: Silver update - Ratescam (Aug 9)
James Turk: Jim Sinclair interview (Aug 7)
> Worth another look. And another.
Felonious Monk: Obama pay your bill (Aug 1)
Blog commentary
SeverinSlade: Eventually China will abandon the dollar (Aug 12)
Video
GreeneWave TV: Clapham Junction speaker (London riots 2011) (Aug 12)
Minyanville: Are you smarter than a Wall Streeter, Episode 3 (Aug 12)
Journeyman Pictures: UK Riots: Shopkeepers defend their businesses (Aug 12)
GreeneWave TV: Stock market panic emergency broadcast (Aug 11)
Mother's Best Child: London Rioting. Looting at No 10 Downing St (Aug 11)
John F. Kennedy: Secret society speech (1963)
Bob Chapman: Market, gold, silver predictions 2011-12 (Aug 12)
FinancialSense.com: David Morgan to gold investors: Time to lighten up (Aug 12)
FinancialSense.com: David Morgan to gold investors: Time to lighten up (Aug 12)
Al Korelin: James Turk interview (Aug 12)
Reports
Reuters: Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law (Aug 12)
Business Insider: Michelle Bachmann is the reason US lost AAA rating (Aug 12)
Business Insider: Why everyone is in love with the Swissie (Aug 12)
Business Insider: Why everyone is in love with the Swissie (Aug 12)
Business Insider: Deutsche Bank summarizes Europe's horrible season (Aug 12)
Business Insider: Bank of American having trouble selling big Chinese bank stake (Aug 12)
Business Insider: S&P 500 death cross: Another sign bear is back (Aug 12)
CNN: Buffett: The lower stocks go, the more I buy (Aug 11)
Metal bling
(new) SilverMapleLeafs: Cleaning ASE (part 2) (Aug 14)
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