Gods of the World

Gods of the World

Sunday, March 04, 2012

Here is my newest paper: Market Commentary for Q1 2012

Here is the link to download the full paper:

http://www.mediafire.com/?m145mdavdhmsrhj


Topics in this edition includes:

1. The battle for the reserve currency status
2. How to save Greece and why the Euro is a failed experiment
3. History of the gold standard and the IMF
4. Q2 US yield curve trade strategy
5. Canadian housing market and covered bonds
6. Republican primaries
7. The Syrian and Russian relationship

Enjoy!

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Greek 1 Year Bond 80% Away From 1000%

As I mentioned in the few articles below or in my market commentary for those of you that read my Q1 2012 paper, Greek paper hit 1000% yield outside period of hyperinflation and here is an article from zerohedge today that follows up:

Today for the first time ever Greek 10 year bonds slide to below 20% of par (5.9% of 2022 dropped to 19.145 cents) as expected some time ago, as increasingly the revulsion to post reorg bonds gets greater and greater courtesy of that now meaningless cash coupon of 2% through 2015. When considering that the country will redefault within a year, it explains why nobody has any interest in holding Greek paper even assuming there is an EFSF bill sweetener. Also, today's ISDA decision did not help. What is most amusing is that as of this morning, the country's 1 Year bonds hit an all time high yield of 920.2%. Well, if Greek bonds crossing 100% just 5 months ago was not quite attractive, perhaps 1000% will. At this rate we expect said threshold to cross some time today.