Hints and tips:
...Instead, it is a spectrum.”...
...No surprise to see GMO et al flag up “impact on third parties” from the start....
...So it’s not surprising that the first response from Buchheit et al is to answer back with bits of the bond contract that suggest sneaky loopholes instead....
...Again, it was all a bit vague in the courtroom, but one idea seemed to be giving NML et al whatever the backlog of 11 years of payments was, and then paying them at the EBG rate thereafter....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...In other words, the USO held sway over the market, i.e. these funds (USO, S&P GSCI et al) are artificially skewing the front of the NYMEX curve; putting downward pressure as they sell a massive percentage...
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