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ThinkstockI already have gone on the record that the taxation of deposits in Cyprus is nothing short of theft. Regardless of a bloated banking system that was in shambles, taking depositors’...
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The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion as of that date, the...
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ThinkstockWhat happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you believe in...
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Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall S. research calls. We have calls in banks, solar, tech, biotech and more. Arch Coal Inc....
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ThinkstockIf you watch and read financial news avidly, you will almost certainly admit that with all of the stories on Washington D.C., the fiscal cliff, Obama administration officials leaving in...
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ThinkstockUsually all you see is a ratings downgrade and an affirmed “negative outlook” when it comes to the sovereign credit ratings of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain. That is not...
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Yesterday we said that Spain was looking more like Greece due to a Madrid protest that took place outside of parliament against all of the budget cuts and entitlement cuts coming down the pipe. Well,...
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The eurozone bailout approval and the coming announcement (or continued hint) of additional quantitative easing from the FOMC is not adding to the banks at the current time. We saw a “Sell the...
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You might not exactly be seeing a total “sell the news” reaction to Germany’s constitutional court rejection of a challenge to block a permanent eurozone rescue fund. This is great news for...
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The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) may be down and out and its loss may have widened, but the good news is that the last of the New York-listed Irish banks gets to live another day. The loss widened to...
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Most, or much, of the world hates short sellers. Betting against markets is just unfair, or so goes the logic. There is just one small problem: a market without short sellers is not an efficient...
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European leaders are taking the aid directly to the banks to stave off any added crisis. The futures in the U.S. are soaring and the markets in Europe are up big. This will sound a bit like the...
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A 2014 bond auction in France went off at 0.54% this Thursday, while the same maturity in 2014 went for a yield of 4.70% in Spain. The fear is that long-term borrowing rates will breach that 7%...
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The Greek elections went the way that the market participants were initially hoping for, but now the reality is setting in that Greece may ultimately not be able to stay in the Euro due to its...
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Trusting anything out of Greece or any of the PIIGS nations is a bit difficult these days. With the weekend coming upon us, Greece is set to be the center of the world yet again as the future of...
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