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To: Real Man who wrote (38185)	5/9/2011 5:07:53 PM
From: ggersh	Respond to of 71463

Should, could, will get interesting, besides the banks which have total control over the markit, will it now become the "Great Hedge Fund Bailout". -vbg- Man we're screwed! -nfg-

To: Real Man who wrote (38185)	5/9/2011 5:32:03 PM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71463

No need to say anything. -vbg- And Here They Go For Round Two: CME Hikes Brent, Crude Margins By 25%, First Of Many Such Moves Tyler Durden's picture Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/09/2011 17:20 -0400 * Capital Markets * Crude * Risk Management Some brilliant Chicago-based exchange apparatchik just ask himself this simple question: "If it worked so well with silver, why not do it with crude?" The answer is here: the CME, as we predicted last week, just hiked initial and maintenance margins on Crude and Brent by 25%, as well as FX, and other petrochemicals. And, oh yes, this is prudent risk management, because while the CME kept margins flat when WTI was at $115, the massive spike from $97 to $102 is unbearably destabilizing. At this point one can only stand back and watch as the CME proceeds with hike after hike, in an absolute vacuum from the administration, which certainly had nothing to do with this decision. And really who cares: free capital markets died on March 18, 2009.