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Dec 22, 11 •
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Whilst investors are winding down for the year-end and trading volumes are set to dwindle, the threat of mass credit ratings downgrades for the euro zone countries still stalks the market. However, the European Central Bank lending programme yesterday eased...
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Dec 21, 11 •
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The head of the world’s biggest bond fund said he sees a more than one-in-three chance that the euro zone will break apart in 2012-2013 and trigger a financial crisis akin to the one that devastated the global economy in 2008. “It would be the equivalent...
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Dec 21, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Gold Diggers Song – We're In The Money
“The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money)” is a song from the 1933 film Gold Diggers of 1933, sung in the opening sequence by Ginger Rogers and chorus. The lyrics were written by Al Dubin and the music by Harry Warren. It became a...
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Dec 20, 11 •
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German business confidence rose marginally for the second month in a row in December, perhaps suggesting that Europe’s largest economy may be weathering the region’s debt crisis. The Ifo institute’s business climate index rose to 107.2 from 106.6 in...
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Dec 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Word Contagion Re-Appears In The Lexicon Of The Technocrats As Does Dominic Strauss-Kahn
I can’t be alone in doing a bit of head scratching were Italy’s involvement in the proposed IMF lending is concerned, it’s reminiscent of the scene in Donnie Brasco were Jonny Depp gives the gangster Lefty, played by Al Pacino, money as a...
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Dec 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on Fools' Gold? Gold Sits On The 200 Moving Average
The safe haven status of gold appears to have lost it’s shine, whether or not this is a trend, or a temporary loss of faith (as a reversion to the yearly mean takes hold) remains to be seen. Many analysts and commentators have continued to hold...
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Dec 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Triple Witching On Freaky Friday Can't Put A Spell On A Bad Euro Bet
‘Triple Witching’ is an event that occurs when the contracts for stock index futures, stock index options and stock options all expire on the same day. Triple witching days happen four times a year on the third Friday of March, June, September and...
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Dec 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Sacré Bleu, La Fin De L'Entente Cordiale
The French term Entente Cordiale, translated as “cordial agreement” or “cordial understanding”, was first used in English in 1844 to denote recognition of common interests between the United Kingdom and France. When used today the term...
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Dec 15, 11 •
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Comments Off on Markets Stable For Now
The euro steadied slightly in the morning session hovering at 13000 just off new 11-month lows on Thursday, with investors’ collective eyes fixed on the Swiss National Bank (SNB) meeting to consider its campaign of currency intervention, while a Spanish...
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Dec 15, 11 •
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Comments Off on RWN (Rating Watch Negative) = Financial DEFCON 2 For France
In November 1959, the Joint Chiefs of Staff created the DEFCON system so that a uniform readiness posture could be prescribed in the various military commands. Since the system was introduced, portions of the U.S. military have been placed at higher readiness...
