{"id":85933,"date":"2009-12-16T20:33:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T01:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/2009\/12\/16\/markets-trading-and-risk-monte-carlo-pitfalls-japanese-bonds-man-of-the-year-history-refis-2s-10s-curve\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T20:33:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T01:33:15","slug":"markets-trading-and-risk-monte-carlo-pitfalls-japanese-bonds-man-of-the-year-history-refis-2s-10s-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/85933","title":{"rendered":"Markets Trading and Risk: Monte Carlo Pitfalls, Japanese Bonds, Man of the Year, History, Refis, 2s-10s Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billcoppedge.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bill-Coppedge\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Bill-Coppedge26.jpg\" width=\"87\" height=\"129\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"original content selection by MortgageNewsClips.com\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/original-content-selection-by-MortgageNewsClips.com26.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"67\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surlytrader.com\/understanding-financial-risk-modeling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"surlymonte-carlo-simulation\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/surlymonte-carlo-simulation.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"236\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/surly-trader3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"surly-trader\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/surly-trader_thumb3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"39\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Understanding Financial Risk Modeling &#8211; written is simple language, shows pitfalls of Monte Carlo simulation, discusses financial crisis<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surlytrader.com\/understanding-financial-risk-modeling\/\">Surly Trader<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bloomberg10.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bloomberg\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bloomberg_thumb10.gif\" width=\"185\" height=\"41\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Japanese Bonds Yielding 1.3% Offer Highest Return<\/strong> &#8211; By Wes Goodman &#8211; Nowhere are yields as low as in Japan\u2019s debt market and nowhere are returns higher as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama\u2019s government fails to stop deflation.&nbsp; <strong>The combination of the fastest drop in consumer prices in five decades and the yen trading at about a 14-year high has turned Japanese government bonds into the past month\u2019s best performers<\/strong> &#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601109&amp;sid=aJtpWZz88kkM&amp;pos=15\">Bloomberg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2s-10s &#8211; Yield Curve Risks \u2018Short Term\u2019 Narrowing:<\/strong> Technical Analysis &#8211; By Liz Capo McCormick &#8211; The difference, or spread, between yields on 2- and 10-year Treasuries will likely narrow after failing to break a key resistance level, according to a Citigroup Inc. report citing technical indicators.&nbsp; The yield curve steepened 2 basis points today to 272 basis points, after widening to as much as 276 basis points on Dec. 11, the most since June 5, when it touched a record 281 basis points. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601009&amp;sid=a8LmY_MEmpVo\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/business-insider-clusterstock.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"business-insider-clusterstock\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/business-insider-clusterstock_thumb.gif\" width=\"115\" height=\"54\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"time\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/time_thumb.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"52\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Greenspan: <font color=\"#ff0000\">Bernanke<\/font> Is Out Of Bullets, Now Inflation Is The Big Risk<\/strong> &#8211; Joe Weisenthal &#8211; yuck &#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/greenspan-bernanke-is-out-of-bullets-here-comes-inflation-2009-12\">Clusterstock at Business Insider<\/a> <br \/>versus <br \/><strong>Time Magazine &#8211; Person of the Year 2009 <font color=\"#ff0000\">(Bernanke)<\/font><\/strong> &#8211; The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1946375_1947251,00.html\">TIME Magazine<\/a> &#8211; the bloggers will go crazy over this (BC)&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/telegraph1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/telegraph_thumb1.gif\" width=\"199\" height=\"44\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>read this good historical perspective &#8211; Bond price crash is the surest bet in town<\/strong> &#8211; Jeremy Warner &#8211; Past performance, all financial advisers are obliged to tell you when seeking to stuff your hard-earned nest egg into the latest investment fashion, is no guide to the future &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/comment\/jeremy-warner\/6812792\/Bond-price-crash-is-the-surest-bet-in-town.html\">Telegraph UK<\/a> <br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nyt111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"nyt1\" src=\"http:\/\/mortgagenewsclips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/nyt1_thumb11.png\" width=\"193\" height=\"37\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Interest Rates Are Low, but Banks Balk at Refinancing<\/strong> &#8211; By DAVID STREITFELD &#8211; Mortgage rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels since the 1940s, thanks to a trillion-dollar intervention by the federal government. <strong>Yet the banks that once handed out home loans freely are imposing such stringent requirements that many homeowners who might want to refinance are effectively locked out<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/13\/business\/economy\/13rates.html?_r=1\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?a=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe?i=G2UYUiy5VxQ:oBme3JYjmHc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/mortgagenewsclips\/qTBe\/~4\/G2UYUiy5VxQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Understanding Financial Risk Modeling &#8211; written is simple language, shows pitfalls of Monte Carlo simulation, discusses financial crisis &#8211; Surly Trader &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Why Japanese Bonds Yielding 1.3% Offer Highest Return &#8211; By Wes Goodman &#8211; Nowhere are yields as low as in Japan\u2019s debt market and nowhere are returns higher as Prime Minister Yukio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}