Here is the biggest news of the day and it aint good, word up.
Panic in the money markets!
Don't kid yourself this is out and out panic.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ere's what's happening:
Some of the world's largest and most "professional" investors, so cozy in their complacency just days ago, are dumping short-term loans (commercial paper) like hot potatoes, especially those backed by mortgages.
And with virtually no one willing to buy them, the rates that borrowers have to pay on these loans have gone through the roof.
Meanwhile, investors are so utterly desperate for a safe haven, and so anxious to throw more money into short-term Treasury bills, they've caused one of the greatest plunges in T-bill rates of all time …
* The 1-month T-bill rate has plunged from 4.52% last Tuesday to as low as 1.25% today. That's not a typo! It was actually down by more than THREE full percentage points in just four trading days!
* Today alone, the 3-month T-bill rate was down by over one full percentage point before recovering a bit.
* The all-critical spread, or difference, between the 1-month T- bill and 30-day commercial paper rates is now as much as THREE times bigger than it was just a few days ago — another confirmation of panic in these markets.
Things are happening so fast, even the nation's leading news organizations are having trouble keeping track.
We are screwed someone huge is Bankrupt and they have yet to come clean. I don't see how we are going to make it into 2008 without a major global blowout.