Between the lines

  • Breathe, Release, Repeat and Party Like it’s 1974

    Oct 28, 11 • 3061 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Breathe, Release, Repeat and Party Like it’s 1974

    Isn’t the sense of relief contagious? It really is like a massive weight lifted off your shoulders. It’s taken months to reach this situation and the unbridled joy I’m experiencing is difficult to explain and contain. Forget the cobbled together €1...

  • Greece is just so last year whilst Italy is too big to fail

    Oct 27, 11 • 3288 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Greece is just so last year whilst Italy is too big to fail

    You don’t have to dig too deep to discover the real worry amongst EU ministers. Whilst they’re being extremely coy with regards to ‘allowing’ or actively encouraging Greece to default, that decision has probably already been made. If not then the...

  • Can You Kick It? Yes You Can

    Oct 26, 11 • 3295 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Can You Kick It? Yes You Can

    There’s many of us market commentators and analysts as sick of using the same tired metaphors as we are of listening to (or reading) reports with regards to the EFSF, the troika, the EU etc. Just when you think this can has no more metal left on it to kick...

  • The Vatican, Spivs and the EFSF

    Oct 25, 11 • 2594 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The Vatican, Spivs and the EFSF

    I have to confess I’m a little bit spooked, in Monday’s between the lines I tongue in cheek posed the question “who was left to offer up an opinion on how to solve the Eurozone crisis?” I jokingly suggested the Pope..gulp..and today the...

  • “Capitalism has Destroyed our Belief in any Effective Power but That of Self-Interest Backed by Force.”

    Oct 24, 11 • 2841 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on “Capitalism has Destroyed our Belief in any Effective Power but That of Self-Interest Backed by Force.”

    “Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.” – George Bernard Shaw.. I experienced a surreal moment when channel hopping late on Friday evening. I’d switched on the tv to catch up on the news...

  • Daily Forex News - Greece Debt and Austerity Cuts

    Debts By A Thousand Cuts

    Oct 20, 11 • 8533 Views • Between the lines 1 Comment

    Greece’s government voting in the austerity bill came as no surprise. The government is now a safe bet to get their next tranche of pocket money (circa €8 billion) courtesy of the troika which should ensure they can firstly fill up the cash machines...

  • Eurozone Crisis, It's As Clear As Mud

    Oct 19, 11 • 7259 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Eurozone Crisis, It's As Clear As Mud

    No sooner had the grand plan to rescue the Eurozone been touted it was summarily squashed and just when you think the French and German leaders couldn’t possibly fit in another meeting Sarkozy thanks his wife for giving birth and hops onto a plane to...

  • Daily Forex News - Eurozone Bailout Plan

    The €2 Trillion Eurozone Bail Out Fund is Born

    Oct 18, 11 • 6482 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The €2 Trillion Eurozone Bail Out Fund is Born

    So that’s it, the debate is over, the bunting can be put up, street parties can be held in every street throughout Europe as ‘D’ day is with us, the bail out fund lives and we can all breathe a little easier. Other than Bloomberg copy...

  • Daily Forex News - German Sense of Humour

    Oh those Germans and Their Wacky Sense of Gallows Humour..

    Oct 17, 11 • 17620 Views • Between the lines 5 Comments

    Germans struggle to make us laugh and are, according to a poll conducted in summer, the least funny nation in the world. Americans can make us laugh like drains coming top of a poll to find the funniest of 15 nationalities. The verdict on the UK, lagging in...

  • I have a dream. Did you Mr. Obama, Can You Remind Us What It Was?

    Oct 17, 11 • 4844 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on I have a dream. Did you Mr. Obama, Can You Remind Us What It Was?

    The most vain glorious of politicians could not possibly let an opportunity pass, such as the unveiling of the Martin Luther King memorial, without attempting to obtain some reflected glory and score political points. Likening the battle for racial equality...