bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 3/8/2009
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Trillion dollar bailouts, trillion dollar deficits, and the largest spending bill in US history. These days, one would think that with all this spending, the US Dollar would be as popular as a Wall Street CEO. However, this morning, the US Dollar index hit its highest level since April 2006 even ...
calculatedriskblog.com - 3/4/2009
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From David Evans at Bloomberg: Hidden Pension Fiasco
May Foment Another $1 Trillion Bailout (ht James &...
Bob) Public pension funds across the U.S. are hiding the size of a crisis that’s been looming for years. Retirement plans play accounting games ...
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Pensions: Another Trillion Dollar Bailout?
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Words from the Investment Wise: March 8 2009
The Big Picture —
... would be worried about their jobs after GS and JPM have both declined by roughly 60%. But when your competition is Jimmy Cayne, Stan O’Neal, John Thain, Dick Fuld, etc. … they look like superstars.”
“Longer term, however, the US Dollar Index remains well off its highs of this decade, or even the last six years. As shown below, as recently as 2003, the index traded above 100, which is about 12.5% above current levels.”
Source: Bespoke, February 2, 2009.
Mansoor Mohi-uddin (UBS): Dollar strength will ...
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