ok now i don't get it. Oil inventories was more than expected. by 1.7 million barrels more than expected. Crude spiked up Oversupply = price increase

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Colonial had only 20 billion in deposits and 25.5 billion in assets. BBT bought around 22 billion of those assets and have a loss sharing agreement with the FDIC on 15 billion worth of assets of which the FDIC is estimating will take a hit of around ...

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yep, and then lockhart's gonna come out and say "What recession? we're sweet" and then DJIA soars to 3 million within 20 seconds

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pre-news spike. expectations of a fantastic new home sales number

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core durable 0.8% durable 4.9% WTF???? we had a 4.1% rise based solely on aeroplane orders???? did the administration place another hardarse order on those F35s or something

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oh......and we also know that the US consumer confidence report is sourced from the sole sampling data point of one Mr Timothy Geithner.

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i guess the japanese like the fact that their not able to export there stuff. Incidently, did i hear this right? Colonial Bancorp files for chapter 11. Didn't they just get taken over by BB&T last week? Is BK just another excuse for BB&T to tap the ...

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i'm wondering what gotten ES and YM so happy pre-market

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or in other words....... people who assign value to worthless shit usually end up eating it.

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WTF — This has got to be an error tick right?...... somehow i just got a spike in the 30 day Fed Fund rate from somewhere around 0.16% up to 5%

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open a veterinary clinic

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Bernanke wasn't during his speeches. "This is a liquidity problem and not a solvency problem" * Lehmans, Bears, ML, Countrywide, FRM/FNM ........ "The American taxpayer has never lost a cent..." * Whats a loss sharing agreement again?

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Shanghai composite is -0.5% ATM

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Its even worse. That's the car that Mr Bean trashes whenever possible.

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Jokes aside though, Obama's stimulus plan (to bankrupt the taxpayer) has already earmarked $300 million on this household appliances rebates.

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Cash for clunkers was an absolutely none-thoughtout crackpot idea from those who want it to look like they were doing something. Now they are also mulling whether or not to release dollars for dishwashers plan and similar plans for household ...

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Cable is back where is started before the news....slightly lower in fact

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M5 chart. the initial 100 pip spike has the lowest volume of the entire bunch

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for a move of that size, the volume accompanying it is absolutely laughable.

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don't forget guys, options expiry today. There is always severe movements pre-markets based on nothing more than a rumour here and a rebalancing trade there. ES today has already seen a 16 point range and its still 3 hours away from opening.

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