FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy | |
Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 06:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy [link to uk.news.yahoo.com] SKY: Greece Crisis Threatens To 'Open Door To Hell' Greece's former finance minister has told Sky News that if Greece reneges on its bailout deal with the EU and the IMF it will "open the door to hell". |
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Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy Derivatives – The $600 Trillion Time Bomb Set to Explode Regulators have let this problem spiral out of control Oct 14, 2011, 11:05 am EDT | By Keith Fitz-Gerald Do you want to know the real reason banks aren’t lending and the PIIGS have control of the barnyard in Europe? It’s because risk in the $600 trillion derivatives market isn’t evening out. To the contrary, it’s growing increasingly concentrated among a select few banks, especially here in the United States. In 2009, five banks held 80% of derivatives in America. Now, just four banks hold a staggering 95.9% of U.S. derivatives, according to a recent report from the Office of the Currency Comptroller. The four banks in question are JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). Tick…Tick…Tick To be fair, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) estimated the net notional value of uncollateralized derivatives risks is between $2 trillion and $8 trillion, which is still a staggering amount of money and well beyond the billions being talked about in Europe. Imagine the fallout from a $600 trillion explosion if several banks went down at once. It would eclipse the collapse of Lehman Brothers in no uncertain terms. Read more: [link to www.investorplace.com] Last Edited by Blue Zeus on 05/20/2012 07:03 PM |
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Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 07:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy "Margin" Stanley's exposure detailed: Of particular note is that while virtually every single bank has a preponderance of its derivative exposure in the form of plain vanilla IR swaps (on average accounting for more than 80% of total), Morgan Stanley, and specifically its Utah-based commercial bank Morgan Stanley Bank NA, has almost exclusively all of its exposure tied in with the far riskier FX contracts, or 98.3% of the total $1.793 trillion. For a bank with no deposit buffer, and which has massive exposure to European banks regardless of how hard management and various other banks scramble to defend Morgan Stanley, the fact that it has such an abnormal amount of exposure (but, but, it is “bilaterally netted” we can just hear Dick Bove screaming on Monday) to the ridiculously volatile FX space should perhaps raise some further eyebrows… Crucial chart: [link to www.infiniteunknown.net] Source: [link to www.infiniteunknown.net] |
Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 07:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy [link to www.forbes.com] Morgan Stanley Is Having A Worse Week Than JPMorgan, Here's Why 5/16/2012 @ 4:01PM JPMorgan Chase isn’t the only firm on the Street having a tough week. Morgan Stanley is having a worse one in terms of its stock performance. So what’s behind the drop at Morgan Stanley ? Bank analyst Dick Bove says it’s all about Greece. “It is definitely Europe. The belief is that the failure of Greece will bring down much of Europe and the hedges Morgan Stanley put in place will not work,” he says. Unfortunately, MS was expecting to gain some relief from a successful FB IPO Instead, Morgan Stanley had to spend millions to prop the price of FB above the 38 IPO, to prevent a debut debacle Facebook Banker Morgan Stanley Bought A Humongous Amount Of Stock To Try Support To Price [link to www.businessinsider.com] Last Edited by Blue Zeus on 05/20/2012 07:18 PM |
Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 08:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy If it hasn't happened by now, nothing will happen. Quoting: Walking Eagle The laws of physics no longer apply. You can gamble and suffer no consequences. I learned from 2008, and the implosion of LEH, which had survived two world wars and the great depression, that you never say never It isn't necessary for the TRN dollar derivatives market to be triggered...even a small liquidity crisis will do damage In 2008, only the banks were insolvent in 2012, we are facing sovereign insolvency, the World Bank and the IMF are running low on firepower and China has said it will not rescue Europe We are , at the very least, in unchartered territory |
Blue Zeus (OP) User ID: 14348632 United States 05/20/2012 11:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FINANCIAL IMPLOSION: Global Derivatives Market at $1,200 Trillion Dollars … 20 Times the World Economy [link to money.cnn.com] JPMorgan Chase loss only going to get worse ...Now as the overall market has worsened, it costs even more for JPMorgan Chase to sell protection against possible bankruptcies on corporate bonds. Since JPMorgan Chase is basically the only one on its side of the bet, a worsening market makes it even more expensive to keep this position and more difficult to find other places to offset these losses. JPMorgan Chase's main bet has been on an index, known as IG9, of 125 U.S. investment grade companies. Shares of three of the 125 companies -- retailer J.C. Penney (JCP, Fortune 500) and insurers MBIA (MBI) and Radian (RDN) -- have taken big hits since last week, driving up the cost of offering protection against a default. Additionally, since Dimon's announcement, more hedge funds have piled into the index, further driving up the cost of selling protection. "There will be a stare-fest between the hedge funds and JPMorgan," said James Rickards, former general counsel at Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that required a $3.6 billion bailout from the Federal Reserve because of its massive losses from its trading activities. "It will cost JPMorgan an unimaginable fortune to push the spread back in their direction," he added. |
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