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Greek Deal reached – Bloomberg Flash | Insight Europe

Talks of last minute brakes on the deal from Pension cuts were also scotched as Ft and Bloomber also await news of the deal reached in Athens a few minutes ago. The Euro making merry obviously, Gold and Silver probably

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Posted in Financial Markets

Dealing yourself Emerging market equities | Fund insight

Despite the seeming market opportunity for Global funds in Europe with yields recovered to a 3 month low and credit markets busy in the new year without a whiff of default, the pending Greek discussions managed to pour water on

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ECB will keep monetary stance accomodative (More EUR 1 Tln firepower from the ECB?) | Insight Europe

Further rate cuts are not really an option though market economists believe a possibility of the same in March or April after the disorderly Greek default(Tom Vosa, Head of Market Economics on Reuters Insider) . Not an option for ECB

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Posted in Amitonomics, Europe, Global, US

Averting a crisis: On your “Marks”, Euro slide, and split…How Germans would like it!

Even as Italian bonds cross the rubicon and seemingly come back to a ‘safe’ 6.6% yield (that was the bottom, bonds are trading near 6.77%) , the only sovereign guarantee now working for the Euro and within the 17 country

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Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Europe, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Services, Global

European Sovereign Debt Crisis: S&P reaffirms AAA rating for France, Italy and Greece get new Premiers (Friday Report)

While not yet final, it is likely that EU Commish, Mario Monti will take up as leader of a new National unity government in Italy and another Euro ‘pioneer’ Greek Central Banker Lucas Papademos will lead the interim government there

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Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Europe, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global

European Banks Recapitalisation: G20, IMF, CDS writing and the Debt crisis

The Spanish sun of course need helps to shine its banks. Three downgrades for the sovereign, three for the banks..(one still to come) The Italian sun, did not even get a look in at Cannes, it is hot, dry and

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Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets

European Bank Results Season: Deutsche Bank maintains Profits, revenues in gruff quarter (Q3 2011, $9.85bln revenues, $1.2 bln profits)

Despite losses of $300 mln on Greek bonds, mainly in he PCAM division, the bank overturned last years loss into a low ball but a clean profit. The bank can also claim to have fully hedged its credit with a

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Posted in Banking, Europe, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global

Sometimes coalitions do fine | Advantage zyaada

Cameron, Vince Cable and the new Chancellor in London seemingly already have great pointers for their Aussie friends in the commonwealth and the Germans paring their trade deficit in Euroland. The British government has got analysts and bond traders in

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European Bank results | And then there were none – Advantage Banks

After the whirlwind of regulation and the global credit squeeze resulting in countless bank failures in the US and UK, one expected only a few like Societe Generale and Spanish Bank Santander to show a sterling come back on the

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Beating the Spanish recession? Learn the Santander way | Advantage zyaada

In a way more reminiscent of emerging markets though they have not seen many recessions, Banco Santaner continued buying its units in Latin America, having earlier last month bought off Santander in Mexico from Bank of America. It proposes to

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