Friday, June 12, 2009

The Fed opened Multiple Accounts to TRADE?


Props to Zerohedge for having the nads to run this unconfirmed: Here

Which is why we were greatly troubled when we learned recently on good authority that Federal representatives may have opened multiple undisclosed-type accounts with none other than State Street Global Advisors over the past few months. All of these accounts are allegedly handled by one single trader, who is cocooned and isolated from interaction with other partners.

Zero Hedge can, as of yet, not vouch for this being 100% factual and is asking readers who may have additional knowledge of the situtation to please come forward and share their views (tips@zerohedge.com). If, indeed, the Federal Reserve or other derivatives of the administration, are now directly involved in trading, managing repo terms, stock lending, collateral distribution and other liquidity-crucial aspects of what was once an efficient market, then indeed this rally could be written off not merely as the biggest short covering rally of all time, but one that has been explicitly orchestrated by those who should be most impartial to an efficiently working market.

Uh, there's a bit more than just "writing off this rally" there.

If this is true and especially if The Fed is involved, there is a major problem with the law.

See, The Federal Reserve is explicitly not permitted to buy anything that doesn't have the full faith and credit of The US Federal Government behind it. It is that fact (found in Sections 13 and 14 of The Act) that has led me to repeatedly rant about The Fed's purchase of Fannie and Freddie paper - distinctly outrageous acts, given the plain language of the law. (Note that purchase of Ginnie Mae securities, which are fully guaranteed with full faith and credit, would be fine. Note also that Ginnie Mae didn't get in trouble fiscally either. Hmmmm....)

The Fed's charter and statement of operation is that liquidity operations are to be performed through the NY Fed dealing desk. That transparency is important. It is why I was able to detect the liquidity drain on September 24th and sound the alarm - even though it went unheeded - three days before the equity market collapsed.
If The Fed is dealing through one "special trader" at State Street, then all such transparency of action and intent is GONE.

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6 comments:

  1. Dum dum dum dum DUMMMMMMMM

    heh.

    Like we all didn't know what's been going on...


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  2. Nice of you to take credit for this piece that was written by somebody else?

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  3. credit is given on the very first line...

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  4. http://www.market-ticker.org/archives/1118-Uhhhhh....-Ben-Blatantly-Unlawful-Acts.html

    The plagiarist is named DirtySouth, and I claim my $20.

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  5. Do you people not see the link of each article at the bottom? I have no credit for anything. I post a snippet with links on every article. I should only get credit for finding these articles on-line so you can read them without searching!

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