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Fitch Ratings has had many reports today, but perhaps the largest call is a downgrade of Spain to “BBB” that…
Reports of what appears to be am effective government takeover of Bankia in Spain, ongoing debt and capital concerns of the…
So much for any great help from the ECB, France, Germany, and any other entity being able to help the…
The Europeans need to make a decision soon. It is time to deal with Greece, then the markets can decide…
National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is not just up this Tuesday. It is up huge on a day…
Fitch has joined in on the European sovereign credit rating downgrades. First it was S&P, but we might argue that…
The market has not proven to be a price stability mechanism nor has it proven effective in being a price…
Spain’s 3.5+ billion Euros 10-year debt auction was a bad auction and the yield went off at 6.975%. This is…
The ratings agencies are at it again. We have noted that the PIIGS will continue to see downgrades and that is…
nationsonline.orgIf you are surprised about the newest crash scenario boiling up outside of Greece, this is something we have been…
Greece saved itself with its latest austerity measures. For a few months, maybe. If you have read about Greece’s woes…
Chances are good that you have heard of trading theories such as “The January Effect,” “The Super Bowl Effect,” and…
We have an unusual cast of characters in this week’s version of THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead, with…
It is not hard to find ADRs which have sold off by about 50%, and some are worse than that…
Standard & Poor’s just hit the brakes on the markets, a day after cutting Greece and Portugal. The PIIGS are…
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