The 7 Big Stories That Traders Are Talking About This Weekend

Pour yourself a tall one and get cracking!  Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus passes along the top stories that traders are talking about this weekend. Here are the big ones:

Hedge fund managers have gone short Treasuries for the first time in 2 months

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-17/hedge-funds-shift-to-bearish-bets-on-treasury-10-year-notes.html

Chinese home prices rise at a slower pace in April (China Daily)

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-05/18/content_16509398.htm

Investors poured money like crazy into equity funds this week

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/3ba3c110-bf10-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F3ba3c110-bf10-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fwhat-traders-are-reading-this-weekend-may-19-2013-5

There was another insane amount of gold selling this week, probably associated with ETF liquidations  http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704551504578481043764806974.html?mod=BOL_hps_mag%22%20\l%20%22articleTabs_article%3D1

Inflation is still non-existent around the world

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-17/canada-inflation-falls-to-slowest-since-2009-on-gasoline.html

Obama approves more liquid natural gas exports

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/energy-department-approves-expanded-lng-exports/2013/05/17/3bd3ff04-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

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