technical trade video on CRB – excellent – Favorite theme: commodities – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – Investment Postcards from Cape Town  
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MUST READ – especially the part about Libor – Thinking The Unthinkable: The Treasury Black Swan, And The LIBOR-UST Inversion -Posted by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge
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A Daring Trade Has Wall [...]

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Swap Yield Curve thoughts by David Merkel – Monetary Policy is Loose — The Yield Curve is Steep – … The interest rate swap market is big — very big.  It allows parties to exchange a fixed yield over a period, for a floating rate, 3-month LIBOR [London Interbank Offered Rate], or vice-versa.  [...]

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Richard Bookstaber: Derivatives are the weapon of choice… – By Jeff Korzenik – Washington is starting to get serious about the regulation of Credit Default Swaps.  Via the internet, I caught some of the testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee.  I particularly enjoyed Rick Bookstaber’s assessment, “Derivatives are the weapon of choice for gaming [...]

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 18 Videos of the week – Video-o-rama: Higher bond yields raise caution – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – Investment Postcards from Cape Town

Baltic Dry Index – more than a snap-back rally  – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – The Baltic Dry Index – a measure of freight rates for iron ore and bulk [...]

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