Sep 05

The discussion is extremely well-informed. CDOs, CDS, SIVs, ratings agencies and securitization are topics.   A+ satire.

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Sep 03

The City’s dominance of the world’s foreign exchange and interest rate derivative markets grew during the financial crisis, even as London’s banking sector imploded, new figures from the Bank of England show.

The UK accounted for 37pc of the $4 trillion (£2.6 trillion) of global forex activity in April, compared with 35pc in April 2007, when it was already “the single largest centre” in the world. London also retained its pre-eminence in over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives, increasing its share of the $2.1 trillion global market from 44pc to 46pc over the same three-year period.

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Sep 03

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Market Hits $4 Trillion a Day as Investors Chase Profit in Growing Economies

Currency trading volume around the world has hit $4 trillion a day, fueled by investors in the wealthiest nations looking to diversify beyond their home markets in a time of economic turmoil.

The $4 trillion mark represents a 20% gain from $3.3 trillion in 2007, the last time the global foreign-exchange markets were surveyed, according to the Bank for International Settlements. While the survey found continued growth in currency trading, it did reflect a slowdown in the market’s growth from the prior survey, when trading volumes had soared 69% from $1.9 trillion in 2004.

The BIS survey, taken every three years in April, this time provides a snapshot of the currency market during the height of the European debt crisis and at a time when lightning-fast computer models have juiced trading volumes.

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Sep 02

Here is one of my friends and one of my favorite trading mentors. Plus he is a really good guy not a BS’r. He is a real pro.

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http://www.ForexTidalWave.com
Stephen Story describes the Forex trading gauntlet that he’s been through, and how you can avoid it.

Aug 26

The Swiss National Bank appears to have abandoned efforts to halt the appreciation of the `Swissie’ after losing 14bn francs (£9bn) over the first half of the year in a failed effort to stop money flooding into the country, some of it coming from German citizens in Bavaria opening precautionary accounts.

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Aug 18

Taylor discusses last week’s NFP report, which he calls a “goldilocks” number as liquidity will be ample, gives his perspective on the upcoming Fed decision, which he agrees with Goldman will be just the MBS roll off proceeds reinvestment into treasuries (which he thinks is already priced in), but he considers it a very small amount of money in the big picture. The result would be a weaker dollar “but only for a number of weeks.” The catalyst for the turnaround will be “things getting much worse.” Taylor does not see any unintended side effects of a new monetization phase, because, once again, the total amount will likely be small (we are not sure we agree with this: with the amount of margin for OTC products, commodities will likely benefit materially from a new QE round). Taylor repeats the old mantra that unlike Europe, the US has control over its currency, and that Europe is certainlyl unhappy with a weak dollar (a trend we believe we will see a lot of increasingly shorter frequency, higher amplitude moves in over the next few quarters). Taylor concludes by discussing his current trade: the short EURUSD pair. He does not see the euro going far beyond 1.35, and his target of 1 to 1.10 he sees as very realistic. As pertains to Europe, he sees the ECB easing in Q4, and due to the FX mismatch in global assets mostly denominated in dollars, he anticipates a major short squeeze in USD positions in Q3 and Q4, when the “economy starts to roll over.” He concludes by presenting his two sure bankruptcy candidates: Greece and Spain. We believe that with the European vacation season drawing to a close, the riotous festivities in the PIIGS may be upon us very shortly once again.

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Aug 07

Keeping risk small and rewards big is what a good trader is always attempting to do.
How can we do that???
How can we gain that kind of advantage??????
One way I have discovered is by trading off of the 1 minute time frame.

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Jul 31

These guys are talking about a different reserve currency that is needed. I don’t think people want or are willing to try a new one, at least I am not that trusting. Please give me a break, another fiat currency.

Why can’t we go back to trading in precious metal coins again. I trust gold and silver will be valued the same all over the world. If people don’t want to carry gold they can have it on deposit and use debit cards for this too, can’t they? I don’t know… Maybe I am too practical and I am making too simple a view of this.

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