Hedge Funds Underestimate Policy Makers? Will to Impose Greek Bond Losses Hedge funds seeking to wring profits from a Greek debt restructuring are underestimating the will of policy makers to impose losses on them, according to investors who say trying to beat the politicians is too risky.

Stocks Fall, Euro Weakens
Stocks Decline, Euro Weakens as Greek Leaders Meet Over Debt; Copper Drop U.S. and European stocks fell, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average down from an almost four-year high, and the euro declined the most in three weeks as Greek leaders wrestled with spending cuts to get aid and avert a default. German bonds rose, and commodities dropped.

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MF Brokerage Trustee Traced $105 Billion in Cash Movements in Final Week MF Global Inc.?s $1.2 billion in missing customer funds began to filter out on Oct. 26 as the company?s computers and employees couldn?t keep up with margin calls and increased demands for collateral, according to a trustee who has traced where most of $105 billion in cash went during the company?s final days.

U.S. Strips Formation Falls for a Sixth Month Amid Fed?s Operation Twist The outstanding amount of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury notes and bonds fell for a sixth straight month in January, the longest stretch of declines since 2009, as the Federal Reserve?s Operation Twist program soaked up securities.

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FINANCIAL NEWS : For Feb. 6th, 2012:

Stocks in U.S. Decline Amid Growing Concern About Greek Debt NegotiationsU.S. stocks declined, following a five-week rally for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, amid concern about Europe’s debt crisis as Greek leaders wrestled with spending cuts to get aid and avert a default.

Stocks Least Loved Since ’80s as U.S. Scales Wall of Worries
Stocks Least Loved Since 1980s as Americans Scale Steepest Wall of WorriesThe Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s best start in 25 years is doing little to restore Americans’ confidence in the stock market.

European Stocks Retreat on Greece Debt Talks; SocGen Shares
European Stocks Retreat on Greece Debt Talks; SocGen, Glencore Shares FallEuropean stocks dropped, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index trimming a six-month high, as Greece struggled to reach a deal with its international creditors.

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