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mitrado: May 10, CIC, China's sovereign wealth fund has stopped buying European government debt cause of concerns about economic crisis in the region
5/10/12
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wimdw: What alternative do they have then left...guess
5/10/12
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Michael A. Gayed Great debate on Minyanville between me and Peter Tchr about Spring Switch out of bonds IEF and into stocks SPY. Check homepage for hilarity.
5/3/12
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Josh Krause: Switch will require a change in management at the Fed. Long bond won't go up till Bernanke is shown the door.
5/7/12
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Josh Krause: Even then they will likely not let it rise too much to keep debt servicing costs low. I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.
5/7/12
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Michael A. Gayed So Fed dampens QE3 expectations which means no further bond purchases...and yet TLT is up, IEF is up, TIP is up. Who needs the Fed?
Michael A. Gayed Will be on Bloomberg TV at around 3:30 PMEST for "Chart Attack" discussing TIP/IEF and Oil (USO) + on Bloomberg Rewind Tonight at 8PM EST