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Cut Jobs, Raise Rates, Buy Shares

by OptionPundit on November 14, 2008

A day after Citigroup (C) hit a multi-year low and relaxed below $10, CEO Vikram Pandit’s bought some shares (~>US$8MM) and announced to axe another 10,000 jobs. He also decided to raise rates on credit cards. Weren’t they suppose to lower the rates when FED is even willing to go lower than 1%, hello!!!Sure ”they” know something that I [...]

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Too Good To be True, But It’s true

by OptionPundit on October 8, 2008

Fed has cut the discount rate by 50 basis points to 1.75%, ECB also cut benchmark rates by 50 basis points from 4.25% to 3.75%; and the futures are up, triple digit (as of this writing). Here is a snapshot of what happened today in the Asian markets so far- Japan’s Nikkei falls 9.4 pct [...]

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