In the latest scandal where five major banks agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice for manipulating the foreign exchange rates of the U.S. dollar and euro, only the corporations were changed ­– not the bankers – be they traders or executives. The banks were Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, […]

Late headlines yesterday from the IMF spooked early trade in Europe, which saw support for core debt markets. But this “will they, won’t they” (or should I say, “can they, can’t they”) approach has long been a tiresome excuse for dealers and is another reason why liquidity is so poor. The 10yr Tsy/Bund spread remains […]

We have begun preparing the handouts for the 2015 World Economic Conference (WEC). We will focus on the best trading opportunities moving forward. We just opened the Princeton conference and are selling tickets for our U.S. session. We were overbooked for that venue but opening up Berlin allowed some people to move their reservation to […]

Interesting day all around… European bonds are weaker from the opening rumors of unwinding the yen carry trade as a result of the stronger JPY (on Abe’s comments) resulting in 10-year bund trading briefly above 1% and the U.S. 10-year note at 2.50%, but then retail appeared and the bounce continued throughout the day – […]

COMMENT: Martin, It has been a long time since ….. has sent out a blog post, but I got one today. When Mr. …. probably first started slamming you for calling the 2011 gold top, his …. was 7.82.  It is now 28 cents, and he is still touting gold as the only real asset and debt as […]

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, could be charged with money laundering as she transported more than $10,000 worth of goods without declaring them. Lagarde appeared in New York City wearing French designs in a Chanel dress worth €3000, €6000 for her Hermès handbag, and at least €500 for her Christian Louboutin shoes, bringing the total to about €9500, not counting […]

Turkish elections have resulted in uncertainty, as the share market fell about 8%. President Tayyip Erdogan was hoping for greater power but the people had different ideas. On Sunday, the people dealt a serious blow when the AK Party failed to win an outright majority in a parliamentary election. There will now be a minority government […]

We will soon release Phase One of Socrates this month as was demonstrated at the Solution Conference. Yes, it has taken longer than expected but we had to be sure the transition to the Web Access would work as seamlessly as possible. We will not be able to open up the ability to talk and […]

COMMENT: Hi Marty, I just flew from Germany this week on Lufthansa. Looking for movies in the movie section, I found the The Forecaster movie. To my surprise, it was listed under the Lufthansa recommended movie list! I was so pleased to be able to watch the production. Sad that I had to be in […]

Gold broke to new recent lows in euros, with critical support forming at the 1010 level as deflation continues to crush the economy. The largest ETF fund used to be gold, but now with over $900 million in liquidations in May, the fund fell out of the top 10. So far, so good. It appears we are […]