"A few days ago the WSJ
made waves by disclosing that Goldman was in the process of recreating
another "Abacus", by pitching to clients a global "pain trade" presentation
created by Goldman's Alan Brazil, which, among others, speculated that funding
needs for European banks would be far, far greater than the IMF-proposed $200
billion, and would in fact be closer to $1 trillion. This emphasis is actually
odd, because Goldman focuses as much if not more attention on the end of the
Chinese bubble as it does on the end of the European ponzi. It of course also
did the usual Goldman thing, which is to allow select clients to piggyback with
its prop, pardon flow, desk, in recreating the same fiasco for which it already
had to pay a half a billion settlement to the SEC last year. Yet to date, nobody
had actually seen a public version of this report....That is, nobody, until now
- presenting Goldman's top secret "State of the Markets - Long and Short Risk
Strategies"
In summary, Goldman proposed key trades for Europe are:
While on China Goldman recommends its best clients to the following:
Full report below:..."
at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/here-it-presenting-goldmans-end-europe-report?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29
In summary, Goldman proposed key trades for Europe are:
- Buy 5Y Protection on iTraxx Series 9 9-100% Tranche
- Buy 6 Month EURCHF One-Touch Put Option
While on China Goldman recommends its best clients to the following:
- Buy a Short Equity Total Return Swap on Chinese Banks
- Buy a USD put CNY Call Option
- Buy Short-Dated CNH Bonds (Dim Sum Bonds)
- Buy AUDUSD Put Spreads or Receiver Swaptions on AUD Swap Rates
- Buy Copper Put Option spread
Full report below:..."
at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/here-it-presenting-goldmans-end-europe-report?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29