Top Shelf Tweets:Weak Economic Numbers, Dovish Ben Bernanke, Massive Chinese Gold Buying,The End of the Petrodollar,US Bank Credit Curves Improve

January 31st, 2012

BretRosenthal10:19am via HootSuite
RT @zerohedge: Yup: the revisions are here: New Orders down from 57.6 to 54.8, Employment from 55.1 to 54.8. NFP to be revised lower next
BretRosenthal10:02am via HootSuite
January Consumer Confidence 61.1 vs 67.0Briefing.com consensus; December 64.8 Econ #s weak explains Ben B. Dove comments last week.
BretRosenthal9:53am via HootSuite
PMI figures released to a limited group 3 [...]

Guest Post: The Demise of the Petrodollar by Casey Daily Dispatch

January 26th, 2012

Forward Via Gary Rosenthal of Rosenthal Capital Management
Maintaining the integrity of the Petrodollar system has no doubt been the catalyst behind most of the global political events since its inception in 1973.
Without a petrodollar the Fed will be forced to monetize not only new Treasury debt but trillions of maturing debt and all debt sold by foreign [...]

Precious Metals Outlook: India Agrees to Pay Gold Instead of US$ For Iranian Oil

January 24th, 2012

Via Gary Rosenthal of Rosenthal Capital Management,
If China follows India they would total about 1 million barrels/day of Iranian oil. At $100 oil this would equate to about $36 billon/yr (360 days x 1mm barrels/day x $100/barrel). $36 billion divided by $1700/oz equals approximately 21.2 million troy ounces of gold. Converting 21.2mm troy ounces to [...]

Microsoft (MSFT) A No Brainer Trade for 2012

January 20th, 2012

MSFT Microsoft: Color on qtr (28.12 ) Courtesy of Briefing.com

FBR Capital Markets notes, last night MSFT reported decent F2Q12 results, with revenue generally in line with expectations and EPS better than consensus. Expectations for the Windows and Windows Live division (WWLD) were tempered given the disruption caused by the floods in Thailand, but MSFT failed [...]

Credit Market Update: CDS Credit Curves of Key US Banks Are Now Positively Sloped Reducing Major Equity Market Risk

January 20th, 2012


Guest Post: MJ The Credit Guru
Was Pollyanna Invited to the Party?
Summary
 Risk of a European nightmare occurring has materially declined…
 US Bank Credit Curve are Positively Sloped…DRAMATICALLY reducing their risk of default within the next year.
 Last week we stated “….Bank equities and credit will give up this year’s gains  unless the bank CDS curves [...]