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Negative German Bunds As Euro Crisis Heats Up

June 6, 2012

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Emergency talks on the Euro crisis are now being planned by the G7 – and this is being reflected in first-time ever historic lows on German bund yields.  Investors are now paying for the opportunity to retain the principal value of their investment.  Yields have turned negative.  Yes, let me repeat that.
The 2-yr German bund [...]

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German Bund Yield Gives Clue to Eurobond Proposal

May 29, 2012

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Will Eurobonds be the solution to the European fiscal mess?  There’s so much debt out there already, can more European debt really be the answer?
Nevertheless, the “Eurobond” is what Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has proposed as a way out of the European debt situation.  Perhaps a Eurobond offering would calm global markets over European [...]

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Nations With Lowest GDP Growth Rates for 2012

December 5, 2011

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Economically speaking, 2012 is looking good for central Asian, African and South Asian markets.  The developed world, however, is still struggling with debt overload and market saturation.
The United States is looking at about 1.3% projected GDP growth – nothing exciting, but also nothing to sneeze at when you see some of the other disappointing figures [...]

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Did Greece Crash the Stock Market?

May 7, 2010 · 4 comments

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Is Greece triggering the double-dip?  Yesterday’s several-hundred point dive in the stock markets globally was said to be the result of a “fat finger” typo – someone, a really big trader (eg., Citibank), typed in 15 “billion” of futures contracts instead of 15 “million” somewhere.
And is this the new kamikaze capitalism – where you don’t [...]

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