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Argos
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Thanks, Kylafoon.
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THAT question is as good as....."Why are we NOT at around 600 in the S&P instead of where we are?" EVERYTHING that 'should be' really stinks
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Going into the close, keeping eyes peeled for bearish bid-ask ratios on the big financials.
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Nope. Nothing close to a pump-and-dump from what I saw.

Now I wonder if someone got a heads-up on the Fed opening the swap line floodgates. We'll see in 27 minutes.
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dollar off...stupid question...is the dollar the tail or the dog? when stocks sell off is it because the dollar strengthened or vice versa? whos wagging the dog now a days.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-28....
Bloomberg wrote..
Italy and Spain may get short-term relief to ease financing pressure, Xinhua reported, citing a European Union source at the summit in Brussels. German Chancellor Angela Merkel canceled a press briefing at the summit and her spokesman said talks on a growth accord were ongoing.


So I guess hearsay via the Chinese News Agency (which is apparently more plugged in than all the western news groups, and completely trustworthy) is enough to push the markets 1.5% in 1 hour.

Or maybe the Chinese need to unload some positions?
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"even though they have made considerable efforts to restore their public finances"...LMAO.


Huh? What? I turned off HBO...what more do you expect me to do?

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Crazy pills all around. I am going back to my bunker. **** this market.

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Well, the Fed did do an operation with the ECB with Terms of 84-Days (its first in a month):

http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/fxswap/fxs....

At some $9.9B, it's not the biggest sum.

I wouldn't necessarily attribute the rally to this operation, but it's nice to see that the US can come to the aid of the liars at Bankia, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, and the like. :)
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Zerohedge said someone fat fingered a 50k block of S&P mini's worth 3.3 billion.

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Quote:
Stocks’ swift bounceback Thursday was related to a smattering of headlines about the ongoing Europe summit, where leaders were set to conclude a dinner meeting shortly after the close.

“With the market looking out of control on the downside, there were rumors of some sort of a breakthrough in Europe. Nothing you could put your finger on,” said Peter Tuz, portfolio manager at Chase Investment Counsel of Charlottesville, Va.


http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/201....
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IMO, after SPX held around 1313 test, rally ensued, aided by end of quarter window-dressing.

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...one of Brian Sack's last fat fingers around op-ex...
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That people are even pondering this on TF is shocking to me. smiley

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This is a big time melt-up. Wow. Must be something out of Europe that the market absolutely loves.

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As if anything has changed:

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Seems that the past was prologue...

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News just out about a massive EU stick save.

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Hmm up 14 on es. Ha!

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Maybe it was a birdy bread-bomber from the future?!
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Nobody fat-fingered anything. The (exchange-set) maximum order size is 2000. While boxes can go crazy or mutate or get indigestion causing repped/duped orders- the idea that somebody poked in a couple of extra zeroes is bull. Especially in SP where a 5000-lot must be broken up...

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I've been away for a week.

Owebamicare decision guarantees more printing, in quantity.



They are "choosing" the hyperinflationary path; JMO.

http://www.amazon.com/Resistance-Revolut....


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