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"There’s a bombshell being delivered here - the European Central Bank is about to stop bailing out eurozone commercial banks. And that could mean another big lender going ‘bust’." — David Stevenson
Blogger’s note: Just like in the U.S. and UK, the European Union’s state bank has been extending easy credit to prevent "temporary" illiquidity in [...]
Tags: banks, bear stearns, credit, ecb, european central bank, eurozone, financial sector, institutions, spain, uk, us
“With economic growth likely to slow, investors will take a greater interest in firms with clearly visible profitability, operating in strongly growing markets. Here are three examples.” — Cedric de Fonclare
Blogger’s note: Each week our friends over at MoneyWeek in London ask a professional investor where he or she is investing [...]
Tags: Cedric de Fonclare, cyclical, economic downturn, euro, eurozone, fme, fresenius, inflation, recession, syngenta, synn, vallourec, vk
“But while there seems to have been more or less a straight fight between the States and us (the UK) as to who actually plunges into a recession first, within the last few weeks another strong contender for this dubious prize has emerged. The eurozone now looks like it [...]
“A more immediate concern is the growing divergence of European economies. Two big European economies, Italy and Spain, are perceived as more risky than the two core members of the Eurozone, Germany and France.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg
by Lord William Rees-Mogg
Baltimore and London — (TFN): In the last year, the euro [...]
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American financial gurus consider an overvalued currency the end-all be-all of national monetary policy. European manufacturers and exporters are disagreeing.
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“The range of euro bonds is quite wide, though they are all an expression of the same currency. The most expensive euro bond is the German, which yields 3.96 percent; the cheapest is the Greek, which yields 4.46 percent.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg
by Lord William Rees-Mogg
Baltimore – [...]