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Category Archives: Bond Markets
European banks see debt threat in U.S. as well as at home
The deadlock in Washington over how to avoid a government default increasingly threatens to strike another blow to Europe’s ailing financial system because of the tremendous sum of Treasury bonds and other U.S. debt held by banks across the Atlantic. If the United States defaults and its top-notch credit rating is downgraded, European banks [...]
Political Cartoons: Financial “Reform”
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Politico Breaking News
POLITICO Breaking News: Lawmakers reached a final deal on a Wall Street reform bill early Friday morning after Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) agreed to a compromise with House Democrats on her derivatives regulation bill – clearing the way for the broadest rewrite of the nation’s financial regulations since the Great Depression. The legislation would create [...]
It’s Quiet Out There, Too Quiet
By: Matt Phillips A fragile calm pervades the markets Wednesday morning. But for the moment, the deterioration in the credit markets we’ve seen recently is slowing. Three month U.S. dollar Libor — that’s that key benchmark rate at which banks lend to each other — rose yet again, but not by much. The rate hit 0.53781% [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Credit Markets, Economy, Solid Principles, U.S. Stock Market, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Brown Brothers Harriman, Commercial Paper, Credit Markets, FOREX, Germany, LIBOR, Wall Street, WSJ
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Greek strikers march on parliament against cuts
ATHENS, May 20 (Reuters) – Thousands of striking Greeks marched on parliament on Thursday, in a test of the government’s resolve to implement tough austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF to drag Greece out of its debt crisis. The strength of the march will indicate whether anger against the government’s wage cuts, tax [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Greece, Solid Principles
Tagged as: EU, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, IMF, Reuters
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German Ban Weighs on Stock Futures
By: STEVE GOLDSTEIN U.S. stock futures dropped Wednesday, the first day of the hastily drawn-up German short-sale ban, which served to reinforce rather than dispel worries over the health of European governments and the lenders that possess their debt. More than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 68 [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Euro Zone, Solid Principles, U.S. Stock Market, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Angela Merkel, Credit default swaps, Dow Jones Industrial Averages, Euro Zone, European Markets, German Short-ban, Germany, Gold, Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, Stock futures, WSJ
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Brazil Stocks Decline Early Tracking Worries Abroad
By Gerald Jeffris: Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BRASILIA (Dow Jones)– Brazil’s Bovespa stock index extended recent declines in early trading Friday as the local market followed trends abroad spurred by continued concerns over fallout from fiscal woes in Europe. As of 1345 GMT, the main Sao Paulo stocks index declined 1.8% to 63,569 points after [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Euro Zone, Solid Principles, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Bovespa, Brazil, Euro Zone, European Markets, Greece, Greece Debt Crisis, Greek Debt, Sao Paulo Stock Exchange
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