{"id":352804,"date":"2010-02-23T08:04:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/2010\/02\/23\/economy-and-markets-foreign-ust-holders-money-soros-buys-regional-dealers-inflation-tarp-tightening-matt-taibbi-again-greenspan-adam-hewison\/"},"modified":"2010-02-23T08:04:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T13:04:01","slug":"economy-and-markets-foreign-ust-holders-money-soros-buys-regional-dealers-inflation-tarp-tightening-matt-taibbi-again-greenspan-adam-hewison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/352804","title":{"rendered":"Economy and Markets: Foreign UST Holders, Money, Soros Buys, Regional Dealers, Inflation, TARP, Tightening, Matt Taibbi Again, Greenspan, Adam Hewison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Great charts – Foreign Holders of Treasuries \u2013 The Love is Gone<\/strong>\u2026. – Andrew Horowitz -  What we noticed from Tuesday\u2019s report is that there is a change at the top. Japan has now taken the lead spot as holder of Treasuries. That is a change that the Fed needs to take notice of, especially as there have been several comments out of China that are sounding more like action than threats. – The Disciplined Investor<\/a> <\/p>\n

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U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion – The Onion<\/strong> – The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct. … "It’s just an illusion," a wide-eyed Bernanke added as he removed bills from his wallet and slowly spread them out before him. "Just look at it: Meaningless pieces of paper with numbers printed on them. Worthless." <\/strong>… – The Onion<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Soros Fund Buys Citigroup, Bank of America, Ford and Loads Up on Gold<\/strong> – When billionaire George Soros speculates and predicts, we listen When George Soros buys and sells, we do the same – MarketWire – MarketWatch<\/a> <\/p>\n

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read this – The Future of Regional Dealers? – Beyond the Bulge Bracket, Assessing the Long-Term Potential of Small Fixed-Income Dealers Who Thrived in Crisis<\/strong> – Joan Weber -  New research from Greenwich Associates suggests that some non-bulge bracket dealers that captured market share in fixed income trading during the global credit crisis will struggle to retain that business as markets continue to normalize. – many interestring points – RiskCenter.com<\/a>
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thoughts – Inflation May Not Be All That Bad. Really, Trust The Economists \u2013<\/strong> Tom Lindmark – The WSJ Real Time Economics Blog has an interesting post that discusses the possibility that the Chinese will allow inflation to do the same thing essentially that a revaluation of the currency would accomplish. Basically, make goods more expensive relative to their trading partners and thus move towards some sort of adjustment. – But Then What<\/a>
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Stocks and Commodities Ignore Fed Rate Hike. Why? One Word: Inflation<\/strong>. – by  Paco Ahlgren – THE BOTTOM VIOLATION<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Treasury Says New Loans By 11 TARP Banks Rose 13% in December<\/strong> – By Rebecca Christie – Loan originations by 11 U.S. banks that received government financial assistance rose 13 percent in December from the prior month, the Treasury Department said today. … BUT … In its monthly survey of lending by the top recipients of taxpayer money from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Treasury also said total loan balances fell 1 percent in the same month … – Bloomberg<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Fed Begins Tightening Process: Discount Rate Raised To 0.75% From 0.5%, Futures Plunge, Dollar Surges, Curve Pancakes<\/strong> – Submitted by Tyler Durden  – Will the Steepener\/Carry Trade\/Long Stock bandwagon please proceed calmly in single file through the exit of the burning theater. Tightening starts: … – Zero Hedge<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Fed Seeks to Calm Markets After Discount Rate Rise<\/strong> – By: Reuters – … saying borrowing costs in the economy would stay low … "The modifications are not expected to lead to tighter financial conditions for households and businesses and do not signal any change in the outlook for the economy or for monetary policy," the Fed said in a statement. … \u2013 CNBC<\/a>  <\/p>\n

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The Fed\u2019s non-tightening tightening<\/strong> – David Kotok – Cumberland Advisors<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Matt Taibbi Blasts Wall Street Again In ‘Bailout Hustle’<\/strong> – Ryan McCarthy – Huffington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n

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After the Bubble, Beauty Is But Fleeting for Greenspan Portraits<\/strong> – By LUCETTE LAGNADO – Some Owners Who Paid Top Dollar Stash Paintings of Ex-Fed Chief in Closet,<\/strong> Under Bed \u2013 Wall Street Journal – U.S.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s No Quick and Easy Fix for This Economy<\/strong> – By Adam Hewison – … The NASDAQ market is in many ways more important than the DOW, and should be considered more of a leading indicator. If that is truly the case, then we have been in a bear market for the last eight years. <\/strong>… – INO Market Club<\/a><\/p>\n

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