Another Day, Another Deadline – Greece Set For 1 pm (GMT) Crucial Meeting One deadline after another has come and gone over recent weeks. The leaders of the three parties in the coalition government of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos postponed on Tuesday what was billed as a crunch meeting because of “missing paperwork”. Papademos, the […]
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It’s extremely difficult to sum up what’s happened recently without being open mouthed. There comes a time when you begin to run out of adverbs and adjectives to either understand or explain the overall global economic situation. On the day when Greece’s one year bond yield reaches 528% the ASE, the Athens Stock Exchange index,
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“Greece Will Default On Its Debt And Will Eventually Leave The Euro” – Paul Krugman The USA jobs numbers could disappoint.. So another month ticks by and another ‘NFP day’ comes around. For what it’s worth my advice is that, unless you’re already in a trend trade, you should be incredibly wary of taking a
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George Bush gave some legendary quotes during his time in office, the media labeled them “Bushisms”. On occasion a light was shone into the truth behind the actions of the USA admin. and govt. due to his quotes. This quote, (however clumsy), highlighted the real agenda behind the rescues, bailouts and QE at the time
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A spokesman for the Greek government said this morning that negotiations with its lenders are now focused on three issues; wages, pensions and bank recapitalization. Pantelis Kapsis, when interviewed, told Greek television that there are just a few “sticking points” to be cleared up before the Private Sector Involvement (PSI) is agreed by all parties.
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The highest proportion of European companies on record are missing profit estimates despite the region’s stocks post their best start to a year since 1998. Market bulls believe that the Stoxx 600 will extend this year’s four percent gain as the region’s stocks are still cheap and efforts by the European Central Bank to boost
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Default Is Not A Get Out Of Capitalism Free Card, But There’s Always The Sun The first time I went to Greece was to a small island called Lefkas, back then the small village of Vasiliki was at the time (late 80’s) termed “the windsurfing capital of Europe”. It was a cheap holiday, the accommodation
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Edmund Burke, a British statesman and philosopher who lived from 1729-1797, once described Spain as “a whale stranded upon the coast of Europe”. That quote seems apt on the morning that desperately poor Spanish unemployment figures have been published. Spain already has the highest unemployment level in the EU, where youth unemployment is close to
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The word “bankster” has been over used since the crash of 2008. In some respects, witnessing the unelected premiers of Greece and Italy turn the tables versus the banksters, is fascinating. To use the German word “schadenfreude” seems appropriate given Ms. Merkel was instrumental in encouraging both countries to put aside such petty trivial matters
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Following yesterday’s meetings in Brussels, Greek ministers have insisted that banks must accept a lower interest rate on the new Greek bonds that they will receive as part of the ‘swap’ deal. The 4% coupon demanded by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) (who represent Greek creditors) is not deemed to be acceptable. The move
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