Major foreign holders of treasury securities

[boombala]

No wonder China is buying stock in US corporations instead of more treasury securities.

http://www.ustreas.gov/tic/mfh.txt

 

[imayoda]

How do you mean?

 

[boombala]

How do you mean?

Read article here and then ponder the issue:

After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms

After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms - NYTimes.com

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[imayoda]

Ah, I was hung up on liquidity. But if you're talking yields, yeah, treasuries suck.... at least until the Euro sovereign debt turmoil exacerbates.

 

[nova]

Ah, I was hung up on liquidity. But if you're talking yields, yeah, treasuries suck.... at least until the Euro sovereign debt turmoil exacerbates.

Greece is the bellweather I say, Greece.... :willy_nilly:

 

[kelvin070]

The graphics here best illustrates:
http://www.offtopicz.net/56994-where-america-s-debt.html

 

[Francis]

As I look at it Asia is addicted to the North American Consumers..

You try to collect and North America is your worse enemy.. Your total economy collapses from not only all the money you have invested but also the dependency you are required to keep giving so to keep your own people working..

Catch 22..

 

[kelvin070]

As I look at it Asia is addicted to the North American Consumers..

You try to collect and North America is your worse enemy.. Your total economy collapses from not only all the money you have invested but also the dependency you are required to keep giving so to keep your own people working..

Catch 22..

Not just my enemy, its the rest of the world's enemy.

 

[imayoda]

Greece is the bellweather I say, Greece.... :willy_nilly:

Werd.

Now if I just had a better handle on when this thing is gonna blow, I'd be shorting Euro like a mofo.