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To: carranza2 who wrote (75996)7/4/2011 10:44:57 PM
From: TobagoJack  Respond to of 217739
 
hmmmnnnn

must think about hedging, and hedging the hedge, and then hedge the ... ad infinitum

yes, testing times

we must remain true to the faith, because the printing presses are in working order, and we must buy the dip

as and when interest rate truly go positive, all hell breaks loose, for what was ill before would start dying anew, and then the wastrels would tee-up national emergencies, international responsibilities, and universal fairness, etc etc



To: carranza2 who wrote (75996)7/4/2011 10:46:58 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217739
 
just in

From: T
Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 9:50:53 AM
Subject: Re: Comments - Week of July 4

zerohedge.com

Per Bloomberg: "The rating companies have signaled the plan would trigger because it is being done to avoid default, so couldn’t be considered voluntary, and because investors would be worse off than by holding the new securities." The ECB is so confused by this intransigence and unwillingness to bend to the will of the criminal cartel that earlier today the ECB's Novotny was complaining to Austrian TV about this unexpected demonstration of independence: "Debt rating agencies are being much tougher on potential private-sector contributions to Greece's debt woes than in past bailouts, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Monday. "We are conducting a very difficult conversation with the ratings agencies," he said."This is what we have to try to find: a way that on the one hand certainly involves banks without having this lead to a default as a consequence," he added. "I also must say it strikes me that the ratings agencies are being much stricter and more aggressive in this European matter than they were, for example, in similar cases in South America.