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Tag Archives: European 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 [...]
Moody’s Downgrades Ireland
By MARK BROWN And MARTIN VAUGHAN LONDON—Moody’s Investors Service Inc. downgraded Ireland’s government debt by two notches Friday, taking the country to the brink of junk status, and kept its outlook negative. The agency, cutting Ireland’s bond ratings to Baa3, one notch above junk, from Baa1, said it was responding to a likely deterioration in [...]
Posted in All Things Irish, Business, Euro Zone, Solid Principles, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Business, Euro Zone, European Markets, Ireland, Moody's
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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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New Record Bet Against Euro
By: Don Curren Things just keep looking worse for the euro. Investors increased their bets against the currency to a new record level, according to data released Friday, as the euro weakens sharply in response to market concerns about the longer-term implications of the massive euro zone rescue plan. Net speculative bets–called shorts–against the [...]
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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GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Fall; Bailout Reassessed
By Michele Maatouk & Ishaq Siddiqi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)–European stock markets were sharply lower Tuesday, along with the euro, as investors began to reassess the viability of the EUR750 billion euro zone rescue package. “Yesterday’s strong rally following the euro-zone bailout announcement has halted as questions marks over whether the [...]
Posted in Banks, Bond Markets, Business, Euro Zone, Solid Principles, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: China, European Markets, Wall Street, WSJ
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European Markets Surge
By: ISHAQ SIDDIQI European stock markets pushed sharply higher Monday, while sovereign debt markets slumped, as market participants reacted to news of a hefty €750 billion ($955 billion) rescue package to stabilize the euro and prevent the Greek debt crisis from affecting other member countries. The Stoxx Europe 600 index jumped 5.9% to 251.09. London’s [...]
EU Sees Wider Greek Deficit, Roiling Markets
Bonds Fall as Investors View Bailout and Default as Givens By CHARLES FORELLE BRUSSELS—New figures revealed that Greece’s debt crisis is even worse than investors believed, delivering a fresh shock to European markets and all but ensuring that the International Monetary Fund and euro-zone countries will have to step in within weeks to bail out [...]
Posted in Bond Markets, Business, Euro Zone, Greece, IMF, Solid Principles, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: Athens, Bailouts, BNP Paribas, Euro Zone, European Commission, European Markets, Greece, Greek Debt, IMF, Investors, Moody's, Portugal, Spain, WSJ
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