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Kedrosky: Facebook Has Institutional Overhang

May 17th, 2012
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Paul Kedrosky, author of the Infectious Greed Blog and a Bloomberg contributing editor, talks about the outlook for Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering. Kedrosky speaks with Erik Schatzker, Stephanie Ruhle, Scarlet Fu and Sara Eisen on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” Source: Bloomberg May 17 2012

Booming Shipping Network

May 17th, 2012
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Very cool graphic showing the extent and route of global shipping lanes:   Click to enlarge: Source: Nicolas Rapp

Liquidity Risk and Credit in the Financial Crisis

May 17th, 2012
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The 2007–08 financial crisis was the biggest shock to the banking system since the 1930s, raising fundamental questions about liquidity risk. The global financial system experienced urgent demands for cash from various sources, including counterparties, short-term creditors, and, especially, existing borrowers. Credit fell, with banks hit hardest by liquidity pressures cutting back most sharply. Central bank emergency lending programs probably mitigated the decline.

The Never Ending Attempts to Eliminate Regulations, Or Why Has Canada Figured This Out While the US Acts Like a Nation Run by Warlord-Banker-Lobbyists ?

May 17th, 2012
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Courtesy of snarling bank critics Chris Whalen & Josh Rosner, have a look at 1994?s GAO/GGD-94-133 — its in the Think Tank doc FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System. Reining in bank recklessness seems to be a never ending task. Unless and until we either go full blown Canadian, or alternatively ringfence the speculative portions from the insured portions, the system remains at risk.

Philly mfr’g goes negative

May 17th, 2012
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In stark contrast to a near tripling in the NY mfr’g survey, the May Philly mfr’g report went from +8.5 to -5.8, well below expectations of +10 and the weakest since Sept ’11. The components confirm the headline weakness (headline not a sum of its parts) as New Orders fell to -1.2 from +2.7, Backlogs fell to -9.4 from +3.2 and importantly, Employment fell to -1.3 from +17.9. The Avg Workweek also dropped to -5.4 from -2.3. Inventories were down to 4.5 from 8.2. Prices Paid fell sharply to +5 from +22.5 to the lowest since July ’09. Prices Received went negative to -4.5 from +9.4.

Another run?

May 17th, 2012
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Greek banks are not the only ones experiencing daily deposit withdrawals. Bankia, the Spanish bank that was half nationalized last week, is reportedly losing deposits and this will likely lead to a full nationalization at some point soon. The Spanish IBEX is at a fresh 9 yr low as also the country’s biggest banks, Banco Santader and BBVA are down another 2%+. Spanish 5 yr CDS is at a new high at 545 bps.

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