Entries Tagged as 'gilts'

Hat Tip Monday: Credit card defaults, interest rates & a gilts row

July 27th, 2009 51 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Thanks for the great headlines.

Huge gilts row barely registers as UK sleepwalks into stagnation (h/t Mike/Liverpool)

Europe braces for credit card defaults (h/t Mongo)

Kevin Rudd warns interest rates to rise fast (h/t Mini US)

Chinese steelworkers beat manager to death (h/t Wilson)

Oil:  The market is the manipulation (h/t Lord Rothschild)

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‘Green shoots’, ‘bottoms’ and bond vigilantes

June 1st, 2009 53 Comments

Stacy Summary:  These headlines contradict any pronouncements on ‘green shoots’ and ‘bottoms.’  Speaking of bottoms, did you see the Bruno / Eminem clip?  You will have to hunt that down for as soon as it goes up on Youtube, Viacom has it taken down.  Also, I am looking for interesting New Zealand, Australian and/or other [...]

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 13 April 2009 [Updated]

April 13th, 2009 21 Comments

Stacy Summary:  The global currency and sovereign debt grid are once again in today’s headlines; and those headlines are ominous for the economic futures of US & UK.

China sold US Treasuries heavily in January and February

Are bond market vigilantes saddling up?

China must make yuan convertible to extend influence

Baugur properties transferred to its chairman’s personal [...]

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 26 March 2009

March 26th, 2009 6 Comments

The fabric of the global financial system continues to unravel it seems. Geithner, as the breaking headline yesterday noted, has suggested the US is up for a global currency to replace the dollar and the UK is unable to sell its debt.

CITY ALARM AS UK TREASURY FAILS TO SELL GILTS

UK COUNCILS DEPOSITED MILLIONS [...]

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